McDowell Delighted To Get Back To A ‘Pure’ US Open Venue
This week marks the 12th anniversary of Graeme McDowell’s resounding Father’s Day U.S. Open triumph at Pebble Beach.
Since then McDowell has contesed every U.S. Opene including teeing-up at Congressional (2011), Olympic (2012) and where he was tied second, Merion (2013), Pinehurst (2014), Chambers Bay (2015), Oakmont (2017) and then a year ago at Erin Hills in rural Wisconsin.
Suffice to say two of the past three U.S. Open courses, and without singling out the venues, have hardly been ...
McIlroy Singles Out Shinnecock As His Favourite U.S. Host Venue.
If there is a U.S. Open venue Rory McIlroy loves more than Congressional it’s Shinnecock Hills.
McIlroy has spent this past week playing a number of golfing gems in the Hampton’s region of Long Island in readiness for next Thursday’s start to the year’s second Major.
Pick of the Hamptons courses is Shinnecock Hills but either side of this year’s U.S. Open venue is Sebonack and Southhampton Golf Club’s where McIlroy has been spotted.
In fact, McIlroy first played Shinnecock Hills four ...
Syme Holes Monster Closing Hole Birdie For Shot Clock Second & Tour Best Finish.
Connor Syme grabbed the best finish of his short pro career and has gone close to locking-up his Tour card for next year with a brilliant share of second in the Shot Clock Masters in Austria.
Syme, 22 holed a monster 50-foot putt at his closing hole for a birdie ‘2’ in a round 69 for a 10-under par tally on the Diamond Country Club course near Vienna.
It left him trailing six shots behind Finland’s Mikko Korhonen, who after a dozen visits to the Tour’s Q-School, claimed his maiden Tour title ...
Murphy Celebrates 20th Birthday With Stunning St. Andrews Links Trophy Success
Kinsale’s John Murphy brilliantly celebrated his 20th birthday calmly holing a 25-foot birdie putt at the Old Course first extra hole to capture the prestigious St. Andrews Links Trophy.
Murphy posted a final 71 that included sensationally getting up-and-down from notorious 17th ‘Road Hole’ bunker in holing an eight-footer for par to remain tied with German Jannik De Bryn who had finished with a 68 for his nine-under par tally.
Murphy then just missed his birdie putt on 18 in a round ...
Murphy Looking To Celebrate Early 20th Birthday With St. Andrews Links Trophy Triumph.
Old Course, St. Andrews …
Kinsale’s John Murphy brilliantly tamed the famed Old Course with a sizzling six-under par 66 as he looks to celebrate an early 20th birthday with victory in the prestigious St. Andrews Links Trophy.
Murphy turns 20 next Tuesday and after posting a Friday opening score of a one-under par 70 on the adjoining New Course he producing an eagle and five birdies on the historic Old Course to be in second place at seven-under par heading to Sunday’s 36-hole finale at ...
Dawson Tames Fiery New Course With 71 Day One St. Andrews Links Trophy.
St. Andrews, Scotland ….
Reigning Irish Amateur Open champion Robin Dawson was delighted to taming a fiery New Course with a level par 71 on day one of the prestigious St. Andrews Links Trophy at the Home of Golf.
Dawson, 22 joined 143 fellow amateurs from as far as Argentina, New Zealand, Australia as well as South Africa and India along with golfers from the USA and Canada and one player each from Morocco, Egypt and `Slovenia in bright but increasingly windy conditions on the New Course ...
Scot Ryan Lumsden Ranked 100th World Amateur Qualifies For U.S. Open
Little known Scottish amateur Ryan Lumsden, and the World No. 100th ranked amateur, has brilliantly qualified for next week’s U.S. Open at Shinnenock Hills.
Bizarrely, at the start of qualifying on Monday there was no Scots into this year’s second Major but the Home of Golf nation will now boast three after Richie Ramsay qualified by sharing third place at Walton Heath and some five hours later with Russell Knox being tied for fifth and among the leading 14 at similiar 36-hole qualifier ...
