Lowry Upwards In The World Rankings & Onwards To Paris.
It has been far too long when Shane Lowry climbed to a career high of 17th in the World Rankings with an eighth place finish in the 2015 Turkish Airlines Open.
Some three months earler, Lowry broke into the top-20 with his stunning success at the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational.
But since late 2015 it has been an annoying slip down the Rankings and teeing-up in last week’s DP World Tour Championship as the World No. 85.
Then after grabbing the clubhouse lead thanks to a sizzling 63 and ...
The 9-hole Yazoo Country Club in Yazoo City, MS is a private golf course that opened in 1926. Designed by William Brown, Yazoo Country Club measures 3044 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 112 and a 34.5 USGA rating. The course features 2 sets of tees for different skill levels. The greens are bermuda grass.
Ogilvy Admits Disappointing & Shame Scott & Leischman Not Contesting Australian Open.
Geoff Ogilvy admitted it is disappointing and also a shame two of fellow countryman in Adam Scott and Marc Leishman have chosen not to contest this week’s Australian Open in Sydney.
The duo, however, are contesting next week’s Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines.
Scott is a former Australian Open champion and could have captured a second in 2013 only to allow Rory McIlroy through to victory on the very last hole.
Ogilvy attended a pre-Australian Open press conference where he was ...
Clarke Heads Gary Player Invitational Field Looking To End Season On Winning Note.
Former Open Champion and European Ryder Cup captain, Darren Clarke will head the field contesting this week’s Gary Player Invitational starting Saturday at Sun City’s Lost City Golf Course in South Africa.
Clarke is returning to competition after finishing mid-field in the MENA Tour’s Jordan’AYLA Golf Championship that concluded the first week in October.
It was a number of end-of-season events Clarke contested on the MENA Tour and where he acts as Patron of the ever-growing ...
Meeting Tommie Brown & The Mayor Of Alligator, Mississippi.
It was of those chance encounters but in a town boasting around just 200 citizens.
The four of us, including my brother, Steve and his wife Sally who were visiting from Sydney, were making our way north from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee.
I had observed a sign saying ‘Welcome to Alligator’ when we travelled to this part of the States earlier this year in reporting on the PGA Tour’s FedEx St. Jude Classic some 90-minutes drive north in Memphis.
Now my first thought, ...
Tour Chief ‘Totally Comfortable’ With McIlroy’s DP World Absence.
European Tour CEO Keith Pelley has defended the absence of Rory McIlroy from the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
McIlroy, a former triple European Tour No. 1, is currently residing in Dubai and, in fact, was spotted last Thursday playing a social round at the nearby Emirates Club and host each year to the Dubai Desert Classic.
McIlroy, however, has not played a tournament round since ending well down the field six weeks ago the Alfred Dunhill Links in Scotland and will not compete ...
Lowry Saves Best For Last With Career Equal Low 63.
Shane Lowry saved his best for the very last round of the season posting a career-equal low to brilliantly grab a share of second in the DP World Tour Championship.
Lowry brushed aside his rivals in storming his way from six shots back heading into the final day to record 10 birdies in a nine-under par 63 on the Jumeriah Estates course in Dubai.
The effort was Lowry’s best score since a then European Tour career low of 63 on day three of the 2011 Iberdrola Open before eventually sharing fifth place.
“The golf ...
