Craig Hinton Enjoys Hot Ride Down Route 66 In Abu Dhabi.
England’s Craig Hinton rode a strong birdie-eagle start en route to a six-under 66 that propelled him atop the leaderboard after the opening round of the MENA Golf Tour’s Ascorp Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open at Yas Links course on Monday.
The 27-year- old Englishman from Thame made five birdies and one eagle against a long bogey to go one clear of Joe Heraty of England and Kevin Esteve of Andorra on a hot and humid day when 28 players broke par.
England’s Lee Corfield, a four-time winner ...
U.S. President Obama Leads ‘World’ Tributes To Arnold Palmer.
Chaska, Minnesota.
US President Barack Obama has led the ‘world’ tributes calling the late Arnold Palmer “the American dream come to life.”
Obama praised the late golfer’s rise from a humble start in Pennsylvania to “superstardom” around the world. He says Palmer did it with a grin that hinted he had another “shot up his sleeve.”
Obama says in a statement that Palmer’s freewheeling and fearless approach to golf inspired a generation. ...
Mickelson Slams PGA Tour For Not Setting Up Eastlake Akin To Hazeltine.
East Lake, Atlanta, GA … Phil Mickelson left East Lake slamming PGA Tour officials in letting slip the opportunity to set up this week’s East Lake course akin to this week’s Ryder Cup host venue.
Mickelson left for Minnesota ending with a four under par 66 but for a distant share of 22nd place at one over par in the final event of the 2015/16 PGA Tour season.
And the normally ‘diplomatic’ Mickelson fired both barrels at the Tour suggesting their setting up of East Lake ...
McIlroy Heads To Hazeltine Buoyed By Stunning Double Tour C’Ship & FedEx Cup Success.
Rory McIlroy delivered the European Ryder Cup team a stunning confidence lift in dramatically ending the PGA Tour season winning a play-off with a stunning eagle putt capture both the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup trophy.
McIlroy grabbed his second Play-Off Series triumph in three events with victory at the fourth extra play-off hole after he and American Ryan Moore ended regulation play tied on 12-under par on the East Lake course in Atlanta.
Victory earned the four-time Major winner a whopping ...
Patrick Reed Igniting USA Team Passion Re-Watching Movie ‘The Patriot’.
East Lake, Atlanta, GA … Patrick Reed is so fired up for a second Ryder Cup he’s been re-watching the fictional American Revolutionary War film – “The Patriot”.
And the Texan is so proud to be pulling on the Stars and Stripes he reckons there’ll be need to repeat his ‘Shhh!’ gesture at next week’s Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.
Reed is best remembered for his ‘Shhh’ actions starting at the seventh hole during his 2014 Gleneagles Singles match against Swede Henrik Stenson.
The ...
Russell Knox Fires Lowest Round & Tops In Putting On Route To East Lake 66.
East Lake, Atlanta, GA … Russell Knox produced the lowest round was first in putting in taking Route 66 on day two of the season-ending Tour Championship.
Knox bounced back superbly from a horror first round with five birdies in a four under par 66 to move inside the clubhouse top-10 at one under par.
And the proud Scot did so with just 25 putts for a second straight round in the extremely hot and humid conditions at East Lake in suburban Atlanta.
And after hitting just a third of the 18 greens ...
Scott Hopeful Day’s Injured Back Will Heal In Time For Australasian Tour Double.
Fellow Australian Adam Scott sounded hopeful some six weeks rest would see World No. 1 Jason Day be fit later this year to join Scott teeing-up in the Emirates Australian Open and then team to defend the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne.
Day’s injury-plagued PGA Tour season ended on a disappointing note after just seven full holes on day two of the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta.
The same lower back complaint had forced Day from the Crooked Stick course after eight holes ...
