Westwood Sings Caddy’s Praise In Bagging Only A Third Tour Ace & 18th Of His Career
Lee Westwood was singing the praise of his caddy and girlfriend, Helen Storey after the former European No. 1 aced his penultimate hole at Carnoustie on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Westwood was playing the short par-3 eighth hole as his 17th and was considering a 7-iron when encouraged by his caddy to go with a 6-iron.
And then much the delight of the now 46-year old Westwood, his shot hit the green just short of the flag and then took two bounces before disappearning into the ...
McDowell Knows He’s Headed To Whistling Straits But Hopefully As A Competitor.
Graeme McDowell has returned to competition this week in Scotand still getting over the horror in learning his Bahamas holiday home had been blown off the map by Hurricane Dorian.
McDowell along with fellow Ulster golfer, Darren Clarke and South African Thomas Aitken each had their homes totally destroyed at the Abaco resort located on Great Abaco island where the hurricane struck on 1st September.
McDowell’s disbelief in trying to fathom the loss of life and the total destruction forced him to ...
McDowell Returns To Golf Revealing How His Family Narrowly Avoided Deadly Hurricane Dorian.
Graeme McDowell has revealed how close he and his young family came to disaster in avoiding being at their Bahamas holiday abode that was virtually blown off the map by Hurricane Dorian.
The McDowell’s along with fellow Ulster golfer Darren Clarke and South African Thomas Aitken own residences on the exclusive Abaco Golf Club estate on the island of Grand Abaco.
Hurricane Dorian struck the Abaco islands on 1st September with maximum sustained winds of 295kph, and is now regarded as the ...
Russell Knox Making His Long-Awaited Alfred Dunhill Links Debut
For too long Russell Knox has parked himself on the couch watching TV coverage of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Not this year and with Scotland’s leading golfer making his debut appearance in the pro-amateur event starting Thursday on three courses in the east of Scotland.
And while Knox has not previously contested the $5m event, he’s no stranger to the Old Course, Kingsbarns Links and Carnoustie.
He said: “It has always been one of those tournaments that when it comes around each ...
Lowry Sees His Race To Dubai Lead Cut To Just 27 Points
Shane Lowry has seen his Race to Dubai lead cut to just 27 points at the close of the BMW PGA Championship.
Lowry posted a best-of-the-week final round 66 for a then share of ninth place but at the close of the flagship event the Open Champion officially shared 11th place behind England’s Danny Willett who won a seventh European Tour title by three shots at 20-under par.
Spain’s Jon Rahm, who had been tied with Willett after both the second and third rounds, found the water guarding the green ...
Inaugural Graeme McDowell Invitational Tees-Off In Birmingham, Alabama
The inaugural Graeme McDowell Invitational tees-off later today on the Greystone Golf & Country Club course in Birmingham, Alabama.
Nineteen university teams will compete over two days (36-holes Monday and 18-holes Tuesday) on the Founders course that also each year plays host for The Champions Tour’s Regions Tradition.
Among those teams is the University of Alabama (UAB) and with McDowell a member of the team while in university from 2000 to 2002.
The full list of university teams include:
UAB, ...
Ramsay … ‘Sergio, The Drinks Are On Me’ As Scot Grabs Best BMW PGA Finish & A Dunhill Start.
Richie Ramsay now needs to pay former Masters champ, Sergio Garcia’s more than his bar bill after the Scot not only secured a career-best finish of sixth at the BMW PGA Championship but also booked a place in this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Ramsay overcame a third hole bogey to grab four birdies in a three-under par 69 for a 13-under par total, and in the company of a second Masters winner, Patrick Reed.
Ramsay’s finish, and in a 11th started appearance in the flagship ...
