McIlroy Reckons No Better Irish Incentive Than Having Harrington & G Mac As Versailles Vice-Captains.
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Rory McIlroy reckons there’s no better incentive for the likes of Paul Dunne and Shane Lowry to fight their way into the Ryder Cup team than having Irish-born as Versailles vice-captains.
McIlroy tees-up in today’s (THUR) commencing BMW PGA Championship as the highest world-ranked in the Wentworth field.
The current World No. 8 is also a former BMW PGA winner having turned around on the eve of the 2014 event the shock announcement of ending his impending marriage with ...
Bjorn Not About To Be Fazed By Stars & Stripes Domination Of Team Trophies & Men’s Majors.
Wentworth, Surrey ….
European captain Thomas Bjorn is not about to be fazed by American dominance of the Majors in the countdown to this year’s much-anticipated Ryder Cup in Versailles.
Stars and Stripes golfers hold down four of the world’s top six players and currently have in their possession the Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup, Walker Cup and all four major championships, with only the Curtis Cup missing from the collection.
However, Bjorn – who completed his backroom ...
Europe’s Five Versailles Vice-Captains Sing Praise Of Bjorn.
Wentworth, Surrey …
Thomas Bjorn’s five Versailles vice-captains, inlcuding the Irish duo of Graeme McDowell and Padraig Harrington, have singled out the sometimes volatile Dane in glowing terms after confirmation of Bjorn’s Ryder Cup back-room team.
Bjorn, who had announced Swede Robert Karlsson a year ago, has added Harrington, McDowell along with the England and former World No. 1 duo of Lee Westwood and Luke Donal to his ‘back-room’ team he will take to France later his year.
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McDowell Determined To Present Bjorn With Versailles Vice-Captaincy Concern & Qualify For European Team.
Wentworth, Surrey ….
Versailles vice-captain Graeme McDowell is determined to present European Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn a big headache and qualify automatically for the European Team.
McDowell, 38 is the youngest by two years of the four additional vice-captains named by Bjorn ahead of this week’s BMW PGA Championship.
After selecting Swede Robert Karlsson near on a year ago Bjorn has added the Irish duo of Padraig Harrington and McDowell along with the England and former World No. ...
Padraig Sings Rory’s Praise As Lahinch Is Confirmed For 2019 Irish Open.
Padraig Harrington has lavished praise on Rory McIlroy with official confirmation Paul McGinley will host next year’s 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Lahinch.
Lahinch, and long-time home to South of Ireland, will become the 2oth different host venue of Ireland’s premier event that was first staged in 1927.
McGinley, who captured the 1991 South of Ireland, was announced earlier this year as host of the 2019 tournament and now Lahinch has been rubber-stamped as the first course in Co. Clare ...
Lahinch Confirmed As Host 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
As widely predicted, the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open will be played at Lahinch Golf Club from July 4-7, 2019, the European Tour announced today, following consultation with next year’s tournament host Paul McGinley, tournament sponsor Dubai Duty Free, and local stakeholders.
It will be a landmark moment for Ireland’s national Open when it lands on the shores of County Clare for the first time in its 91-year history, building on the vision of the European Tour and title sponsors Dubai Duty ...
Rose Insists There Should Be No Versailles Ryder Cup ‘Hail Mary’s’.
Justin Rose reckons there will no need for any ‘Hail Mary’s’ when Europe goes into the Ryder Cup battle later this year in France.
Rose is currently lying second overall on the European Team points table and should be a certainty to be teeing-up in a fifth Ryder Cup.
While a member of the 2016 losing Hazeltine team the Olympic Gold medal Brit is clearly warming to being a member of Thomas Bjorn’s more verstaile Versailles team.
And this has everything to do with the volume of experience ...
