Lowry Urging Dunne Will Be A Stronger Player Heading To Q-School
As Open Champion, Shane Lowry prepared to jet off to Dubai for a family break ahead of his crack at the European Number One spot, his good friend, Paul Dunne was sharpening the pencils ahead of 108 holes of hell at Final Stage Q-School.
Their paths could hardly have sent the pair in more different directions this term; Lowry breaking through with a maiden Major triumph at Portrush as Dunne’s game crumbled with 12 missed cuts in his last 14 events.
Lowry’s no stranger to suffering at the hands ...
Molinari Confirms Fooch Calling The Shots From First Event Of 2020
Open Champion Francesco Molinari has formally confirmed Mark ‘Fooch’ Fulcher will be taking over the caddying duty for the champion Italian golfer’s first event of the New Year.
‘Fooch’ is the former very long-time caddy to England’s Justin Rose but had to step down from caddying duties for the US Open winner late last year before undergoing heart surgery on January 10th to replace a valve.
Seventeen days late Rose captured a 10th PGA Tour victory and a 21st win ...
Lowry Calls On Tour To Remove ‘Back Door’ Opportunity To Become Euro No. 1
Open Champion Shane Lowry has called on the European Tour to end ‘diluting’ the lucrative ‘Final Series’ and avoid anyone becoming No. 1 via a ‘back door’.
Lowry, and currently No. 3 on the Race to Dubai, found himself dragged into last week’s controversy surrounding a bizarre scenario involving his Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management stablemate, Ross Fisher.
Fisher, and like Padraig Harrington, was afforded an invitation to compete in last week’s Turkish Airlines Open ...
MacIntyre Again Banging Loudly On European Tour Maiden Victory Door.
… Belek, Turkey
Top-ranked Scot Bob MacIntyre once again is staring at a maiden Tour success heading into the final round of the Turkish Airlines Open.
MacIntyre finished eagle, birdie, par and birdie in a round of 67 to be sharing second place with four others, including 2018 Masters champ, Patrick Reed on 15-under par on the Montgomerie Maxx course in Belek.
Austrian Matthias Schwab posted a 66 to extend his lead to three shots at 18-under par.
MacIntyre and Reed will have each ...
Pepperell Staring At Hefty Tour Fine After A Turkish Open ‘Tin Cup’ Showing – Kaymer Loses Count Of Lost Balls.
… Belek, Turkey
Firey Eddie Pepperell is facing a hefty Tour fine after walking off the course claiming he’d run out of golf balls following a calamitous ‘Tin Cup’ situation midway into his round on day three of the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek
Pepperell, 28 began his round from the 10th and was level par coming to the second hole or his 11th of the round. He then bogeyed the hole and also bogeyed the third hole or his 12th, and this after using a wedge to putt out on ...
Lowry’s Race To Dubai No. 1 Odds Lengthen After Turkish Airlines Third Day
The odds of Shane Lowry’s quest to end his Major-winning season as European No. 1 have lengthened considerably after a disappointing third round at the Turkish Airlines Open.
Lowry headed into day three buoyed by a second day 65 but his goal of building on that score sunk in taking a 75 that included just two birdies but also five bogeys.
Lowry looked in no mood to speak after his round and the media present here this week elected to give him the ‘day off’.
The Royal Portrush winning hero ...
Player Reaction Helps Lead To Change In Fisher’s Race To Dubai Status
It is understood a number of players complained to the European Tour regarding the scenario of England’s Ross Fisher first entering the Turkish Airlines Open on an invitation but then taking is place as a ‘normal’ entrant despite arriving in Belek ranked 105th on the Race to Dubai.
This came about through the very late withdrawal of two players and with Fisher, as the next available highest-ranked Race to Dubai player on hand in Turkey, being informed he would not require an invitation ...
