Woods Opts Out Of BMW Pro-Am As Matsuyama Plays Just 9-Holes In Philly Furnace.
Newton Square, PA ….
A heat-exhausted Tiger Woods opted out of a first Pro-Am event this season while Japan No. 1 Hideki Maysuama withdrew after nine holes due to heat exhaustion in the near 100-degree Philadelphia heat.
Woods was perspiring profusely during a nine-hole practice round Tuesday alongside Rory McIlroy and had remarked after signing autographs:“This heat is brutal”.
The 14-time Major winner also declined a PGA Tour request to attend the Aronimink GC media centre ahead of ...
Bjorn’s Spainish Selection Dilemna – Pick In-Form Cabrera-Bello Or Out-Of-Form Garcia.
Philadelphia, PA …
Three of Thomas Bjorn’s three ‘wildcard’ picks to be confirmed at 2pm Wednesday (UK time) for the Ryder Cup later this month seem crystal clear – Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and Henrik Stenson.
The fourth is clearly not!
Bjorn is staring at a selection pool for a fourth ‘wildcard’ pick of some four players. Two of them are Spaniards in Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Sergio Garcia and there is Belgium’s Thomas Pieters who distinguished himself ...
Fowler Confident, If Asked, Of Playing All Five France Ryder Cup Sessions.
Newtown Square, PA ….
Rickie Fowler returns to competition at this week’s BMW Championship following a three-week injury absence confident to play all five sessions later this month in the Ryder Cup.
Fowler has been side-lined since the PGA Championship with a partial tear in this right oblique and with the injury forcing him out of the Northern Trust and last week’s Dell Technologies Championship in Boston.
The current World No. 9 posted a video last Wednesday hitting iron shots for ...
Double Play-Off Winning DeChambeau Bumps McIlroy From His World No. 7 Ranking
TPC Boston, MA …
Rory McIlroy arrived into Philadelphia early Monday evening local time and for this week’s BMW Championship having being bumped from No. 7 in the world by the rampaging Bryson DeChambeau.
The back-to-back Northern Trust and Dell Technologies winner jumped five places on the Rankings following his comfortable two-shot success at TPC Boston.
McIlroy is now the new World No. 8 with the next four players – Rickie Fowler (new No.9), Jordan Spieth (10), Jason Day (11) ...
Rose Suggest Bjorn Use Caution In Not Picking More Than Five France Rookies
Justin Rose has urged his European team captain, Thomas Bjorn of the pitfalls in choosing a sixth Versailles ‘rookie’ when the Dane formalises his 12-man side on Wednesday.
Bjorn already has five rookies rookies in his team – Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Alex Noren, Tyrrell Hatton and Thorbjorn Olesen.
Four of the five are within in the top-25 on the World Rankings and with Olesen, who secured the final automatic qualfying place on Sunday, presently ranked 40th.
Bjorn will confirm ...
DeChambeau Heading To France Thanks To Three Wins In Nine Events.
TPC Boston, MA …
Bryson DeChambeau delivered USA Ryder Cup Captain, Jim Furyk no other alternative than to hand him a France ‘captain’s’ pick with victory in the Dell Technologies Championship in Boston.
DeChambeau, 24 won for a second straight occasion posting a closing round of a four-under par 67 to also capture a third Tour victory this year by two shots for a 16- under par tally at TPC Boston.
The now Florida-based golfer had stormed to a four-shot success in last week’s Tour event ...
McIlroy Reaches Boiling Point In Boston After Missing Last Hole Birdie.
TPC Boston, MA …
With the Boston clubhouse in sight, Rory McIlroy was nearing boiling point.
His frustration boiled-over in missing a makeable six-footer for birdie on day three of the Dell Technologies Championship.
McIlroy had jumped nearly 20 places from his second-round overnight position at four-under par to be sharing third place after a seventh birdie of his round at the 13th before completing his closing five holes in one-over par and in a round of 66.
In missing his putt on the last, ...
