Rahm Looking To Be Only Spaniard Since Seve To Become European No. 1.
Atlanta, GA …
European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’ certainty Jon Rahm has set his sights on becoming only the second Spaniard after the late, great Seve Ballesteros to capture the European Tour No. 1 crown.
Ballesteros won the then named ‘European Tour Order of Merit’ title on six occasions (1976 – 78, 1986, 1988 and 1991).
And in the intervening 26-years no Spainard, including double Masters winning Jose Maria Olazabal or current Masters champion Sergio Garcia, ...
McIlroy Jokes He’d Love To Trade Places With Champion Racehorse, Galileo.
Atlanta, GA …
Rory McIlroy’s frustrating golfing season certainly hasn’t affected a mischieveous sense of humour.
The four-time Major winner laughed when quizzed who if he had the chance to ‘trade places’ with, champion Irish racehorse, Galileo.
Galileo, and foaled in March 1998, is now retired and a very active sire.
But in a racing career of just one year from October 2000 to October 2001 Galileo contested eight races winning six and finishing second and sixth in the ...
Johnson Says It ‘Sucks’ He & McIlroy Got Injured This Season
Atlanta, GA ….
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson sympathises with Rory McIlroy declaring it ‘sucks’ both he and McIlroy suffered injuries this season.
In April, Johnson arrived at Augusta National a red-hot favourite to capture the Masters having won his three prior events in succession.
But then of the eve of the new season’s first Major Johnson slipped down the staircase of his rented Augusta house injuring his back and was forced out of the Masters just moments before tee-off.
McIlroy’s ...
Rahm Looking To Become First Spaniard Since Seve To Become European No. 1.
Atlanta, GA …
European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’ certainty John Rahm has set his sights on becoming only the second Spaniard after the late, great Seve Ballesteros to capture the European Tour No. 1 crown.
Ballesteros won the then named ‘European Tour Order of Merit’ title on six occasions (1976 – 78, 1986, 1988 and 1991).
And in the intervening 26-years no Spainard, including double Masters winning Jose Maria Olazabal or current Masters champion Sergio Garcia, ...
Leishman Reveals His Inspiration From A Greg Norman Golf Ball & Cardboard Cut-Out.
Bizarrely, Marc Leishman proudly still has the golf ball Greg Norman handed him as a then seven-year old at the 1991 Australian Masters.
Leishman also revealed he also grew to admire Norman thanks also to a life-size cardboard cut-off of Norman a local Warrnambool Holden dealership presented to him that Leishman proudly kept in his bedroom.
And in returning to competition for this week’s PGA Tour season-ending Tour Championship and FedEx Cup decider Leishman spoke of the inspiration he gleaned ...
Keyser Chases Back-To-Back Wins As Scotland Eyes 11th MENA Tour Title.
Zane Scotland admitted to feeling the buzz again after hauling himself back into contention as Sweden’s Oscar Hertzberg produced one of the rarest shots in golf, an albatross, ahead of the final round of the Golf Citizen Classic at the Els Club, Dubai, on Tuesday.
England’s Scotland, a 10-time winner on the MENA Tour, rediscovered some magic of old, following his solid opening 69 with a 67 to join Wales’ Toby Hunt and Hamza Amin of Pakistan in a three-way tie for second on eight-under, just ...
No Surprise As McIlroy Blames Indifferent Season On Injury.
It comes as no surprise Rory McIlroy has laid the blame for an indifferent season squarely on an injury-interrupted year.
McIlroy ended his PGA Tour last week in Chicago which a poorest FedEx Cup standing since joining the Tour full-time in 2011.
However, it didn’t help McIlroy’s year that he sat out nearly six weeks early on in 2017 after a rib tear and then only to aggravate the injury overdoing the practice in returning in May.
It is the reason why McIlroy will shut down his season for six ...
