Syme Feeling At Home In The Tough Eastern Cape Conditions At SDC Championship
Scotland’ Connor Syme wasted little time getting himself back into contention on a tough opening day for all competitors at the SDC Championship at the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Syme, 28, felt right at home in the bright but windy conditions, posting seven birdies in a five-under 67 to end the round just two shots behind the leading South African duo of Pieter Moolman and Shaun Norris on the exposed St. Francis course laid out close to the Indian Ocean.
Fifer Syme teed-up just four days ...
Happy Landing – The Spanish Senior Open Trophy Has Touched Down In Ireland
Good news with newly-crowned Irish-born Joe Lyons being reuninted with his Spanish Senior Open victory trophy.
In one of the more bizarre golf-related stories for some time Lyons and his wife, Vera arrived at Seville Airport to board a return flight to Cork
However, the Lyons’ had extra luggage in the form of the trophy the 51-year-old, and reigning Irish Seniors Open champ, was handed in also adding this Spanish title to his golfing CV and winning the event by four shots.
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Syme Full Of Praise For Scottish Gem Ladybank In Being One Off The Lead In Kenya.
Scot Connor Syme was full of praise for the Scottish golfing gem Ladybank after posting a four-under 67 to be straight into contention and just a shot from the front after day one at the Magical Kenya Open near Nairobi.
Syme, 28, is making his sixth start in the Kenyan event and capped his day grabbing five birdies including two in a row near the end of his round.
The Scot is among six players just a shot behind Dutchman Darius Van Driel who posted a 66 on the 111-year-old host Muthaiga club course.
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McIlroy To Sign With LIV Golf – Former Manager Believes It Could Happen
Once vehement LIV Golf opponent Rory McIlroy could very well shock the golf world to the core and announce his signing with the breakaway league.
That’s the view of McIlroy’s former manager, Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler.
Chandler’s International Sports Management (ISM) managed McIlroy from the time he turned professional in late 2007 and for four years till October, 2011 when McIlroy appointed good friend Sean O’Flaherty to manage his business affairs.
And while McIlroy has been opposed ...
Drysdale Feeling Very Comfortable Teeing-Up In Oman
Scotland’s David Drysdale has returned to Oman for the first time in five-years feeling very comfortable ahead of this week’s inaugural International Series event of the new 2024 Asian Tour season.
The Oman tournament, again taking place on the stunning Al Mouj host course, is the first of six International Series events on the new Asian Tour schedule.
Drysdale is no stranger to the course laid-out along the shoreline of the Oman Gulf and located just to the north of the capital Muscat.
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Cabrera Teeing-Up In Far Off Morocco But Edging Closer To Again Competiting On US Soil
Double Major winning Angel Cabrera has this week travelled all the way to Morocco in a move that could soon see the Argentinean competing back on US soil.
Cabrera, 54, has entered this week’s Champions Tour Trophee Hassan 11 event being held at the ultra-private Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in the capital of Rabat.
It will be Cabrera’s first PGA Tour sanctioned event since his release last August after serving a 30-month prison sentence in both Brazil and Argentina for gender dispute and ‘other’ ...
Spieth’s Genesis Disqualification – Does The Rule Need Updating?
There are 34 rules governing the formal playing of golf.
There are also a handful of those 34 rules if you were to break during competition will lead to your disqualification.
Three-time major winning Jordan Spieth fell foul of one of those rules – Rule 6-6b – and was immediately disqualified following his second round at the 2024 Genesis Invitational being hosted on the Riviera club host course in suburban Santa Monica.
It’s been reported that it’s the first occasion in ...
