‘Oh, I’ve Missed You’ – McIlroy Reunited With Claret Jug At Royal Portrush.
“Oh, I’ve missed you!”
Rory McIlroy’s comments after being handed the Claret Jug at a corporate outing earlier this week at Royal Portrush.
McIlroy got a full 18-hole look at next year’s Open Championship venue where golf’s oldest Major is returning for a first occasion since 1951.
And it was McIlroy’s first hit-out on the famed Co. Antrim course since hosting the 2015 Irish Open where he had missed the halfway cut.
McIlroy joined winners of a joint TaylorMade and Golf Now promotion ...
Koepka Declares There Was No Argument, No Fight He & Johnson Best Of Friends
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Triple Major winning Brooks Koepka scoffed at suggestions he and Dustin Johnson were fighting on board the USA Ryder Cup team flight to France declaring the pair are the best of friends.
A London tabloid reported Johnson took exception to Koepka consulting with his fiancée, Paulina Gretsky following earlier suggestions Johnson and Gretsky had split.
There were also suggestions both Koepka and Johnson were involved in a further scuffle last Sunday following the USA’s ...
Double Celebration Awaits Molinari Brothers.
It will now be a double celebration when Edoardo Molinari catches-up next week with baby brother, Francesco.
Strangely, Edoardo has not seen Francesco, who is 19-months younger, since well before Francesco’s stunning Open Championship victory at Carnoustie.
Not only did Franceso become the first Italian to win a Major but the 35-year old last Sunday became the first ‘European’ Ryder Cup player to win five of five matches in a Ryder Cup.
And it was Molinari who secured the point needed for victory ...
Luke Donald Now Backs Harrington To Lead Europe In 2020.
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Padraig Harrington’s quest to lead Europe into the 2020 Ryder Cup continues to gain favourable momentum with fellow Versailles vice-captain, Luke Donald now backing the Dubliner for the Whistling Straits European Team captaincy.
Harrington went public in May at a Wilson Staff corporate outing at Carnoustie of his intention to seek the European Team captaincy ‘sooner’ rather than wait for 2026 when Adare Manor is hot favourite to host the biennial event.
Now two ...
Fingers Of Blame Pointed At Furyk’s France Four.
No sooner had the last putt dropped and the fingers of blame were pointing straight at Jim Furyk and his ‘France Four’.
The four – Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tony Finau and Bryson DeChambeau – were Furyk’s four ‘wildcard’ picks.
All but Finau proved to be a huge let down to the Americans in their goal not only to win back-to-back Ryder Cup’s but in the process end a 25-year European ‘soil’ domination of the biennial contest.
The so-called strongest ‘Stars and Stripes’ side ...
It’s No Surprise McIlroy Should Tip Harrington For 2020 European Captaincy.
It comes as no surprise Rory McIlroy should tip fellow Irishman Padraig Harrington to lead Europe as Captain into the defence of the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.
We know local Wisconsin-born Steve Stricker will be appointed the USA Team captain and while Thomas Bjorn cannot be ruled out of retaining the role for Europe, Harrington would seem the next-best suited to replace the Dane.
“I’ve always thought Pádraig would be a good captain in the United States,” said McIlroy to Sky Sports.
“He’s ...
‘Diddly Squat’ Declares McIlroy As Europe Extend Home Soil Winning Edge To 29-Years.
“It doesn’t mean diddly squat,” was Rory McIlroy’s answer to the American-based The Golf Channel when asked his reaction to losing to Justin Thomas in the opening match of the of the Ryder Cup Sunday Singles encounters at Le National in Versailles.
Thomas had won the first with a birdie but was quickly 2 down after McIlroy birdies at two, three and four before a birdie at eight and a birdie also at 10 had the 2017 PGA Champion back to all-square with his Irish rival.
McIlroy ...
