Knox Ready To Face TPC Scottsdale’s ‘Coliseum’ Lions.
Scottsdale, AZ …
Russell Knox headed out for only his second showing in the Waste Management Phoenix Open ready to tackle the infamous 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale.
The hole is far and away the nosiest in golf with some 20,000 fans packed three stories high overlooking the entire length at the 163-yard par three hole.
That’s more fans at one hole than most tournaments boast overall for four rounds while Phoenix Open organizers are confident of breaking last year’s four-round Tour record ...
Spieth Looks Forward Returning To Royal Birkdale Nine Years On.
Phoenix, AZ …
This year’s 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale will be extra special for former World No. 1 Jordan Spieth.
The American will be making his fifth appearance in golf’s oldest Major but a first at the famed Southport club that will be playing host for a ninth occasion to golf’s oldest Major Championship.
Spieth was just a handful of days short of his 15th birthday when he got his first look at Royal Birkdale and that was in 2008 when he participated in the ...
Ogilvy Determined To Avoid Being Thrown To The Lions At The Infamous ‘Coliseum’ Hole
Phoenix, AZ …
Geoff Ogilvy is no stranger to the infamous 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale and venue for this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open.
The short par three 163-yard hole is far and away the nosiest in golf with some 20,000 raucous fans sitting in three stories overlooking the entire length of the shortest hole on the PGA Tour schedule.
That’s more fans at one hole than most tournaments boast overall for four rounds while Phoenix Open organizers are confident of breaking last ...
Tiger Gets Tangled Up In LAX Airport Protests.
Tiger Woods found himself tangled up in US-wide airport protests ahead of his first commercial long-haul flight in near a decade.
In a first for some time, Woods left his luxury private jet at home and elected to first fly from San Deigo, where he had missed the cut in the Farmers Insurance Open, to L.A and from where he was due to then board an Emirates Airline flight to Dubai.
However, the 14-time Major winner found himself caught up in U.S.-wide airport protests following President Donald ...
McIlroy’s A ‘Global Brand’ Says PGA Tour Commissioner Monaghan.
Scottsdale, AZ …
New PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monaghan has labelled Rory McIlroy a ‘global brand’ and realising the future worth of the four-time Major winner.
McIlroy remains side-lined after a suffering a stress fracture in a rib and with suggestions he is looking to target a March 2nd return to competition.
And while there were scenes of ‘Tiger Mania’ last week at Torrey Pines when Tiger Woods ended a 17-month injury lay-off, Monaghan clearly knows the worth of having a fully fit ...
Woods Looks Forward To Ending Six-Year Dubai Desert Classic Absence.
Torrey Pines, CA …
After ending a 17-month PGA Tour injury layoff last week in California, Tiger Woods this week ends a six-year absence when he tees-up in the Dubai Desert Classic.
It was 2011 when Woods last teed-up at the Emirates Club in Dubai and an event he’s very familiar having captured the title in both 2006 and 2008.
Back in 2008 Woods had been ranked No. 3 in the world and would finish third behind Spaniard Alvaro Quiros.
Woods will walk onto the first tee of the Majlis Course ...
Torrey Pines Cuts Day, DJ and Woods Down To Size.
Suzanne Kemper, Torrey Pines, CA …
2017’s signature super group battled Torrey Pines tough South Course and newly re-modelled North Course at the Farmers Insurance Open January 25 and 26.
However all three failed to read the script with World No. 1 Jason Day, World No 3 Dustin Johnson, and Tiger Woods each missing the even par cut, and with Woods ending a 17-month Tour absence signing for a four over 36-hole tally.
It is only the 16th occasion in Woods long PGA Tour career and the first ...
