Allan On Target For Maiden MENA Tour By Arena Success At Yas Links.
England’s James Allan is staring at a double celebration in shooting a five-under par 67 on Tuesday to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Abu Dhabi Open by Arena.
At Yas Links Abu Dhabi, the conditions were far easier in the second round than the first when players faced wind speed of up to 40-50 kmph. However, more challenging pin placements kept the scoring down, and Allan surged ahead with what eventually proved to be the joint best round of the day.
It was a bogey-free effort ...
Knox Dealt A 68 In His Las Vegas New PGA Tour Season Opener.
Top-ranked Scot Russell Knox kick-started his new PGA Tour season with four birdies in a 68 on the opening day of the Shriners Hospital for Children Open in Las Vegas.
Knox headed to a well-earned lunch trailing just three shots behind Canadian Nick Taylor who was in the clubhouse thanks to an eight-under par 63 while the American-born trio of Phil Mickelson, Brian Gay and Sam Ryder posted six-under par 65s on the TPC Summerlin course
Knox produced a flawless opening 13 holes in holing a 21-footer ...
Koepka Responds To PGA Tour ‘Player Of The Year’ Snub.
Four-time Major winning Brooks Koepka has responded to being snubbed by his fellow PGA Tour peers after rival Rory McIlroy was awarded the ‘2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year’ award.
McIlroy’s choice for the award following the close of the 2018/19 PGA Tour season came as somewhat as a surprise but then the No. 1 vote for the Northern Irishman also reflected just how popular he is on the PGA Tour.
This is stark contrast to the ‘stone cold’ demeanour Koepka exhibits whether ...
Knox Tees-Up In Las Vegas Looking For A Victory Jackpot.
Top-ranked Scot Russell Knox competes this week in Las Vegas very much looking for a victory jackpot.
Knox joins fellow Scot Martin Laird in the $7m Shriners Hospital for Children Open on the TPC Summerlin course just to the west of the gambling capital of the world.
Knox has not pulled four winning aces or lined-up all the ‘7s’ on the PGA Tour since capturing the 2016 Travelers Championship in Connecticut.
The Las Vegas event will be Knox’s first on the 2019/20 wraparound schedule ...
Irish Open Has McIlroy, A New Date & Just Needing A Location.
Irish Open organisers have the assurance of Rory McIlroy teeing-up and now they have a prime 2020 date, so all that is needed is rubber stamping of a host venue.
The European Tour has confirmed Ireland’s premier golf event will be held from May 28th to 31st next year.
That’s two weeks after the PGA Championship and a week prior to the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial on the PGA Tour.
It’s around a month earlier than in recent years and will occupy a date previously taken by the BMW PGA Championship ...
Victorious European Captains Torrance & Bjorn Urge Harrington Stay ‘His Own Man’
Padraig Harrington has arrived in Wisconsin for the 2020 Ryder Cup ‘Year-To-Go’ ceremony with two former victorious European Team captains urging the Irishman stay ‘his own man’.
Harrington jetted out of Edinburgh mid-Monday morning bound to Chicago and then a two-and-a-half drive north to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
The triple Major winner is no stranger to the course laid out along the shoreline of Lake Michigan having contested the 2004, 2010 and 2015 PGA Championships at the often ...
McIlroy Again Finds Himself Defending Early Season PGA Tour Move & Hints Doing The Same In 2020.
Some nine months on and Rory McIlroy again found himself somewhat justifying his 2019 early season decision not to re-join the European Tour and instead focus the start of a new year for a first time in his career on the PGA Tour.
McIlroy’s decision raised more than a few eyebrows and with many quick to criticise the four-time Major winner not staying loyal the European Tour’s ‘Desert Swing, and where for all but one season in his pro career, he had begun a New Year.
The four-time Major winner ...
