Mighty Maguire Lights-Up Moonlight Classic With Course Record 64
Mighty Leona Maguuire lit-up the first round of the historic Moonlight Classic with a new Faldo course record 64 at the famed Emirates Club in Dubai.
Maguire carded nine birdies and one bogey, completing her evening round by making a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole under the LED lights set against the glittering Dubai Marina skyline.
“I guess I just need to play at 3 o’clock and then in darkness: that’s the way to go for me,” said Maguire, who spent 135 weeks at the top of the Women’s ...
Woods’ Manager Insists Don’t Lose Your Mind Over Tiger’s Wells Fargo Absence.
The long-time manager to 15-time Major winning Tiger Woods has played down Tiger’s much talked about absence from this week’s Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in North Carolina.
Since 5pm last Friday (US time) when entries closed for the $7.9m event there has been more talk about the one player who is not teeing-up than the combined 156 players actually teeing-up in suburban Charlotte.
Woods has not competed on the PGA Tour since capturing a fifth Masters green jacket and in electing ...
G Mac Reckons Molinari Is ‘Flogging A Dead Horse’ When It Comes To Slow Play Remedies.
Graeme McDowell reckons Edoardo Molinari is ‘flogging a dead horse’ with the Italian golfer’s call for the Tour’s to act more on slow play.
Molinari, and the younger brother to Open Champion Francesco, was outraged during last week’s Hassan 11 Trophy it had taken so long to play 18 holes on the host courses in the Moroccan capital of Rabat.
The three-time Tour winner, went onto Twitter to voice his concern saying: “It’s time that professional golf does something for ...
Record 45 Chinese Teeing-Up In 25th Volvo China Open.
In a fitting example of the growth of golf in Mainland China over the past two decades, a record 45 Chinese players will line up beside their counterparts from the European and Asian Tours at this week’s 25th anniversary of the Volvo China Open.To be staged from Thursday (May 2) at the Genzon Golf Club in Shenzhen, the RMB 20 million tri-sanctioned tournament will see 156 players compete in China’s National Open Golf Championship – and with more than a quarter of the field comprising Chinese ...
Syme Captures First Pro Win But Staying On The Challenge Tour
Scotland’s Connor Syme will resist a move back to the main European Tour after securing a very first career pro victory in the second-tier Turkish Airlines Challenge.
Syme, 23 rolled-in a five-foot birdie putt at the first extra play-off hole to defeat Italy’s Francesco Laporta after both players had posted final rounds of 67 t o finished tied at the top at 23-under par on the Samsun course laid out along the Black Sea shoreline to the north-west of Ankara.
“I’m ...
Woods Masters Message Crystal Clear – ‘I Can Win A Fifth Masters & 15th Major’.
The message was crystal-clear from the four-time Masters-winning Tiger Woods.
“I feel like I can win,” he said just two days before he tees-up attempting to capture not only a fifth Augusta green jacket but a 15th Major Championship.
And Woods cited his form with nine holes to play in last July’s Open Championship at Carnoustie and how he went close in last year’s PGA Championship at Bellerive
“I’ve proven that I can do it and I put myself there with a chance to win the last two ...
It’s Official ‘Fooch’ Is Back On Rose’s Bag
It’s official with ‘Fooch’ bag on the bag of England’s Justin Rose.
We saw Mark Fulcher behind the ropes at last fortnight’s WGC – Dell Technologies Match-Play in Austin but now the duo are back inside the ropes as a team for this week’s Masters.
It will be Rose’s 14th bid for Masters glory and ‘Fooch’s’ return could not be more timely.
It has been three months since the former caddy to Dame Laura Davies was forced ...
