Koepka Slams Garcia As ‘Acting Like A Child’.
Triple Major winning Brooks Koepka has pulled no punches in declaring Sergio Garcia acted ‘like a child’ following controversy at last week’s inaugural Saudi International where the Spaniard was disqualified from the event for damaging a number of greens.
Garia later issued an apology and with the European Tour’s CEO, Keith Pelley accepting the apology.
However, and much to the surprise of many observers, the 2017 Masters champion avoided a fine and also a suspension and this ...
Lowry Returns To The States Confident Of Securing Masters Invitation
Shane Lowry has returned to golf’s richest stage for a first occasion in nearly six months confident of securing a Masters invitation.
Lowry will team with Gerry McManus, and the younger brother of J P McManus, in this week’s Euro 6.64m PGA Tour AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California.
The Offlay golfer is no stranger to the event and returns with a real spring in his step having capturing last month’s European Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
However, by not contesting last week’s ...
McIlroy Drops Honda Classic From His New-Look Season Schedule
Pebble Beach, California …
Rory McIlroy will surprise many with a decision not to contest the Honda Classic starting later this month in Florida.
The new World No. 9 ranked McIlroy, and a former Honda Classic champion and also event runner-up, has revealed his schedule up to and including the Masters in April and it does not include teeing-up at the Tour stop closest to his palatial Bears Club abode in clisebyJupiter.
Another casualty of his new-look 2019 schedule is McIlroy’s decision to ...
Garcia Avoids Fine And Suspension With Tour Chief Declaring Saudi Incident Over.
Sergio Garcia has avoided any suspension and/or fine with European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley declaring the matter ‘to be over’ after the Spaniard’s sensational disqualification from the Saudi International.
Garcia, and an honorary Life Member of the Tour, was thrown out of the event on Saturday after reigning Masters champion, Patrick Reed and a number of other players complained that Garcia had damaged some five greens.
Pelley first issued a statement indicating the 39-year old Garcia had been ...
Garcia Facing Yet Another Fine & Possible Now Tour Suspension
Sergio Garcia is staring at yet another European Tour career fine and the possibility now of a first competition ban after being thrown out of the Saudi International.
Nearly two years after being afforded the honour of Life Membership in capturing the Masters and Garcia was unceremoniously ‘red-carded’ out of the historic first Saudi Arabia by European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley.
It was reigning Masters champion, Patrick Reed along with a number of Garcia’s fellow Saudi competitors who came forward ...
McGinley & McDowell Drawn Into Haotong Rules Controversy – The Rule Is Unfair.
The Irish duo of Paul McGinley and Graeme McDowell have been drawn into the rules controversy that has erupted following an incident on the final green of last Sunday’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
China’s and defending champion, Haotong Li was slapped with two-stroke penalty after it was deemed his caddy to have helped in lining-up his birdie putt.
A European Tour rules official advised the actions were illegal and with the bogey that Li had to place on his card, and this after he had ...
Jackie Burke Jr – Golf’s Oldest-Living Major Winner Turns 96 Years.
A very special 96th birthday to golf’s oldest-living Major Champion – Jackie Burke Jnr and a person I had the great pleasure of meeting and sitting in his office at his beloved Champions GC in Houston, Texas in March of last year (2018).
Burke Jnr was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1923.
Thirty-three years later n 1956 he wrote his name into the golfing history books in capturing the 1956 Masters and also that same year, the PGA Championship at the Blue Hill CC in Canton, Massachusetts.
In ...
