Scott & Ormsby Share More Than The Lead On Day Two Australian PGA Championship.

The Adelaide-born pair of Adam Scott and Wade Ormsby have much more in common than sharing the lead midway through the second round of the Australian PGA Championship being staged on the RACV Royal Pines Resort course on the Gold Coast. Scott and Ormsby are tied at 7-under par with Scott backing-up his opening score of 70 with a 5-under par 67 on Friday’s ‘Yellow Day’ and with Ormsby adding a 69 to his Thursday 68 in the group immediately behind. Their fathers, Phil Scott and Peter ...

Scott Soaring With Late Round Australian PGA Eagle.

Adam Scott brilliantly rebounded from an unlucky 13th hole double-bogey in eagling the par-5 15th hole in a round of 70 on day one of the co-sanctioned Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines on Queensland’s Gold Coast. The former Masters champion, and highest world-ranked played in the field, ended the first day of the last event of the year sharing 15th place and trailing just three shots behind the leading fellow Australian duo of Lucas Herbert and Brett Rankin who share the lead on five-under. Scott, ...

Hill Tees-Up On Australia’s Gold Coast Seeking A Gleaming Silver Finish To His Rookie Season.

Rookie Scot Calum Hill tees-up on Australia’s Gold Coast for this week’s co-sanctioned Australian PGA Championship already focussing on a gleaming silver end to his rookie season. Just weeks after management stablemate and good friend, Robert MacIntyre captured the European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’ trophy and Hill admits he would dearly love to add his name to the gleaming silver trophy. Hill, 25 is competing in far off Australia for a first time in his career after brilliantly finishing ...

Shane Lowry – The Awards Continue With AGW Golfer Of The Year

The awards rightfully continue for Open Champion Shane Lowry. After being overlooked by the European Tour in favour of Jon Rahm for ‘Golfer of the Year’ and Lowry’s picked-up three awards in quick succession. Last Thursday, Lowry was honoured by the Irish Golf Writers Association at their annual award presentation in Portmarnock with the honour – 2019 Male Professional of the Year. Then on Saturday night in a Ireland-wide telecast, Lowry was handed the 2019 RTE Sportsperson ...

Woods Plays Down Being A Playing Captain 2021 Presidents Cup & 2022 Ryder Cup.

Tiger Woods was quick to play down any talk of remaining a playing captain for the 2021 Presidents Cup and also acting in the same role for the 2022 Ryder Cup after leading his USA team to an emotional two point Presidents Cup victory at Royal Melbourne in Australia. Captain Woods brilliantly led by example to become only the second Presidents Cup playing captain since fellow American Hale Irwin led his team victory in the inaugural staging of the event in 1994. Woods, who turns 44 on December 30th, ...

Norman Savages Reed With Great White Shark Repulsed By American’s Actions.

When it comes to accusations of cheating don’t dare get in the way of Greg Norman. I was Akron, Ohio reporting on the 1995 NEC World Series of Golf when the Australian accused Mark McCumber of cheating and now 24-years on, the double-major winner has sounded off at Patrick Reed after the Texan was accused of cheating during last fortnight’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Norman was being interviewed on his American radio show Attack Life when asked about Reed’s actions on day ...

Lowry Honoured By Irish Golf Writers Association.

Shane Lowry’s historic win in The 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush has earned the 32-year-old Offalyman the Professional Player of the Year for 2019 at the Irish Golf Writers’ Association awards, sponsored by Allianz, at Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links, Co Dublin. In a quite extraordinary year for Irish professional golfers, with Rory McIlroy scooping the FedEx Cup title on the PGA Tour – in a season with four victories – and Leona Maguire impressively claiming a full LPGA Tour ...