Jason Day Tearfully Breaks Down Withdraws From Dell Defence With Mother To Undergo Lung Cancer Surgery.
Austin, TX …
In one of the more emotional off-course scenes in many a decade Jason Day had tears streaming down his face in revealing he has withdrawn from the defence of his WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship after revealing his mother is to undergo life-saving lung cancer surgery on Friday.
Day’s father, Alvin, was Australian, and Dening was born in the Philippines before they moved to Australia in the early 1980s.
At first it was thought Day had withdrawn after six holes in ...
Kjeldsen Quietly Confident Of Silencing McIlroy In Dell Match-Play Opener.
Austin, TX …
Former Irish Open winner Soren Kjeldsen is quietly confident of upsetting hot favourite Rory McIlroy in today’s (WED) WGC – Dell Match-Play opener in Austin, Texas.
The quietly-spoken Dane had the Irish Open trophy handed to him by McIlroy, as the tournament host, two years at Royal County Down.
However, there will be no love lost later between the No. 2 seed and the 60th seed Kjeldsen on the Austin Country Club laid out the banks of the Colorado River that cuts through the ...
Russell Knox’s 10-Month Wait Is Over .. New Season Starts In Texas With New Driver.
Austin, TX …
After an agonising 10 month search Russell Knox reckons he’s finally found a user-friendly driver heading into today’s opening match (WED) in the WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas.
Knox cracked the face of his driver at last year’s Irish Open and in an event he pushed tournament host Rory McIlroy over the final round before settling for second behind McIlroy.
Since then Scotland’s top-ranked golfer has beaten a virtual path to the equipment ...
McIlroy Hoping Texas Thoroughbred Is No Dell Match-Play Third Round Mule.
Austin, TX ..
New World No. 2 Rory McIlroy says he’ll climb back on the horse this week in Texas and hopeful it’s not third round mule ahead of this weeks WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship.
Sixty-four players will tee-up on Wednesday and with McIlroy joined by fellow Irishman Shane Lowry competing along the banks of the Colorado River in Austin.
McIlroy faces 2015 Irish Open winner Soren Kjeldsen in the first of 32 three round robin encounters on the Austin Country Club course.
And the ...
Tiger Woods Big Hit With Big Apple Fans As New Book Sells Like Hot Cakes.
Austin, TX …
Tiger Woods clearly won over New York City fans at a book signing launch of his new publication.
As good friend and colleague Larry Fine reports some 250 fans and autograph hounds lined up outside a Manhattan book store on Monday, some who had camped overnight, to attend a book signing by Woods for “The 1997 Masters: My Story”, about his first major title.
A Barnes and Noble spokesman said they had enough interest to accommodate a thousand people, but had to limit ...
Palmer Looks Down On Leishman Holing Dramatic 50-Foot Eagle To End 5-Year Winless Drought.
Orlando, FL ..
Two years ago Marc Leishman was forced to withdraw from the Masters in learning his terribly ill wife had just a 5 per cent chance of survival.
Now he and Audrey are returning to Augusta National after the Australian dramatically holed a 50-foot eagle putt to help secure him victory and a Masters invitation in the special tribute Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in suburban Olrando.
It was if ‘The King’ was looking down on the 33-year old Leishman who came one shot behind ...
McIlroy Rues ‘Overly Aggressive’ Birdie Attempt To Finish Fourth In Arnold Palmer.
Orlando, FL …
Rory McIlroy as left to rue an ‘overly aggressive’ birdie putt attempt at the last that spoilt hopes of forcing a play-off in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando.
McIlroy had been tied for the lead standing on the final tee but walked off with a three-putt bogey in a three under par 69 and two shots behind Aussie giant Marc Leishman.
Leishman had come from one the then leading trio to the front in holing a dramatic 50-foot eagle on the par five 16th ...
