North & West Coast Links Golf Ireland In Vital Talks With Norwegian Airlines.
While defending champion Rory McIlroy missed the cut in last week’s Dell Technologies Championship there were two representatives of Irish golf who were in attendance for the duration of the elite PGA Tour Play-Off event.
John McLaughlin, CEO of North and West Coast Links Golf Ireland, has attended a number of PGA Tour events proudly extolling the virtues of the nine-member courses.
Accompanying John for a first time at a PGA Tour host venue was John Farren, and a very proud and excited General ...
The Great Southern GC, Mississippi Reborn & Rebounds From Hurricane Katrina.
The destruction Hurricane Harvey caused to golf courses in Houston and now the onslaught of Hurricane Irma immediately rekindled memories of a visit earlier this year to a golf course in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Bizarrely, it is exactly 12 years ago Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc to the east of Texas slamming into the Gulf Coast submerging New Orleans and causing death and unbelievable destruction all the way to Florida.
While the clean-up and rebuilding after ‘Harvey’ continues ...
Darren Clarke Looks To End 13-Month Four-Round Dry Spell In Dubai Creek Open.
MENA Tour patron Darren Clarke will be looking to end a 13-month long dry spell of not having played four rounds when he tees up later today in the Dubai Creek Open.
Clarke will join defending champion and Dubai Creek prodigy Rayhan Thomas in a strong starting line-up, blazing with the ranks for 15 winners on the tour at the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club where the popular Ulsterman jointly holds the course of a 63 with Lee Westwood and Australia’s Benjamin Eccles.
It maybe be Clarke’s second ...
Price Places His Presidents Cup Victory Trust In Scott, Day, Schwartzel & Oosthuizen.
In comes as no surprise Internationals President Cup Captain, Nick Price is placing his trust in this year’s Presidents Cup in the cornerstone foursome of the Australian pair of Adam Scott and Jason Day along with the Springbok golfing duo of Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen.
Price, who was a member of that 1998 Royal Melbourne winning side, spoke of the impace the four will hopefully have in today’s announcement of the two International Team and also the pair of USA Team ‘wildcard’ ...
Casey In Far Better Position Twelve Months On To Win Dell Technology
TPC Boston, MA ...
There is at least one golfer Paul Casey need not fear heding to the final round and that is Rory McIlroy as England’s top world ranked golfer seeks to win the Dell Technology Championship at TPC Boston.
For a second year running Casey has put himself in contention to win the event and also in the process claim a long overdue second PGA Tour triumph since capturing the 2009 Shell Houston Open.
Casey birdied three of his closing six holes in a four-under par 67 to move into third ...
Knox Overcomes Last Hole Hiccup To Find His Way Into Closing Two Boston Rounds.
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Russell Knox is assured of playing all four rounds in the Dell Technologies Championship after posting a pair of 72s for a two-over tally.
However, the Scot had to call for a referee at his last hole with he and playing partners, Anirban Lahiri and Bud Cauley could not determine when Knox’s ball had crossed into a hazard pin-high right of the flag at 18.
He said: “We all were not sure where my ball had rolled into the hazard so hence the call for a referee.
“Overall ...
Adam Scott Heads Home To Australia In 32,000 Klm Round Trip After Missing Dell Cut.
TPC Boston, MA …
Adam Scott is unexpectedly returning home, and in what will be a 32,000 klm round trip, to be with his family in Australia after missing the cut by one stroke in the Dell Technologies Championship in Boston.
Needing to par his last hole, Scott was some 25-metres short of the green in three but then took three shots, including missing his par from two metres, in a bogey ‘6’ for a four-over par 75 and a four-over par tally.
It meant missing the closing two rounds of the $US ...
