Justin Rose Reluctantly Rules Out Taking Olympic Gold Medal To Ryder Cup.
Olympic Games winning hero Justin Rose is reluctant to take his Rio gold medal to the Ryder Cup later this month at Hazeltine.
Rose continues to win the hearts of sports fans around the world proudly showing off the spoils of his Brazil triumph. The Englishman had it with him this week in Indianapolis where the locals are more used to the sight of a chequered flag.
Rose produced his gold medal at the Pro-Am dinner ahead of teeing-up in the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick on the northern outskirts ...
Rory McIlroy Confident Of Being Fully Recharged Heading To Atlanta & Hazeltine Showdown.
Rory McIlroy is confident of being fully recharged heading to both the Tour Championship and the Ryder Cup after a flagging mid-field finish in the BMW Championship in Indianapolis.
McIlroy was running virtually on the smell of an oil rag and revealing after a closing day 72 for a three-under par tally just how desperate he was for the Tour’s mandatory week’s rest this week ahead of the September 22nd season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta.
His Crooked Stick showing has seen McIlroy drop ...
Hend Muscles His Way From Cabin To Business & Into First Class To Lead By One At KLM Open.
For a second week running Aussie Scott Hend has put himself to win for a first time on European soil.
A week ago it took a stroke of brilliance by Swede Alex Noren to deny Hend at the first extra play-off hole at the European Masters in Switzeland.
Now Hend is again one round away in capturing what would not only be his first success on the European continent but a third triumph this season.
The big-hitting Queenslander began the KLM Open third round three shots from the lead but then stormed his ...
Russell Knox Brushes Off Hand Injury In Targeting 10-Under BMW Indy Finish.
Crooked Stick, Carmel, IN …. Scotland’s top-ranked Russell Knox has had his left wrist strapped for the past two days of the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick in Indianapolis.
The bandaging is on whilst on the range and on the Pete Dye designed course and with Knox pointing out it helps with a cyst he has on top of hand.
However Knox is not overly concerned and sought to brush off any long-term worry after a steady second round 69 for a share of 19th place at four under heading to the ...
Scott Hend Flying High Second Week In Succession & Nearing First Class At The KLM Open.
For a second week in succession Australia’s Scott Hend is flying high near the top of a European Tour leader board and just three shots from the front seat at the KLM Open.
Hend had bravely lost out in a play-off at last week’s Omega European Masters and denied a third victory this season when Swede Alex Noren holed an outrageous 20-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole high in the Swiss Alps.
But then the big Queeslander has not given up hope of what would be a first win on European ...
Turkish Golf Federation Confirms Tiger Woods Entry In Turkish Airlines Open.
Tiger Woods is scheduled to appear at the Turkish Airlines Open as the sporting icon plans his return to action.
The 14-time major winner and former world number one has played a key role in the Turkish Golf Federation’s ambitious plans to grow the sport in the country and attract more and more tourists to its beautiful courses.
Tiger played in the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final in 2012 and finished third in the country’s inaugural European Tour Tournament, the Turkish Airlines Open, the ...
USS Indianapolis – Read The Book, Now Visited The Memorial.
In Harm’s Way was one of the more incredible books I have read.
It tells the true story of the USS Indianapolis and the fate of the men who were on board the night of July 30th, 1945.
That night the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated three hundred men were killed upon impact; close to nine hundred sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they struggled to stay alive, battered by a savage sea and fighting off sharks, hypothermia, ...
