Padraig Harrington Happy With Equal Lowest Ever Score In 69 Majors Shooting Baltustrol 65.
Padraig Harrington had good cause to be happy and not because he managed to complete his round before bad weather ruined the third round and preventing the final groups from starting their rounds on Saturday.
Harrington’s five under par 65 was his equal lowest ever in 69 Major appearances since making his Major’s debut in the 1996 US Open, and matching a 65 he shot during last year’s Open Championship at St. Andrews.
His PGA Championship prior best had been a closing pair of 66s ...
Rory McIlroy’s Putter Ice Cold On Blazing Hot Baltusrol Opening Day.
Rory McIlroy’s putter was ice cold on a blazing hot first day to the PGA Championship at Baltusrol in New Jersey.
McIlroy’s hope of capturing a fifth Major will now more than likely have to wait eight months to next April’s Masters after a sad-looking four over par first round 74.
McIlroy failed to post one birdie in walking from the course sharing 99th place and then slumping a further 36 spots down the board and just three shots from the bottom of the board as the remaining handful of ...
Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston Ready To Bite Off Arby’s Size Slice At PGA Championship.
After signing a hamburger deal on Wall Street, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston is ready to sink his teeth deep into this week’s PGA Championship in nearby New Jersey.
Johnston, 27 in three short months has unwillingly become the new superstar of golf so much so the London-born golfer, who could easily line-up alongside rock group ZZ Top, has attracted a huge gathering of ginger-bearded American supporters backing the him when the year’s final Major starts later today (THUR) on the host Baltusrol course.
“This ...
Jason Day Finding Life A ‘Balancing Act’ Twelve Months On From Whistling Straits.
Jason Day will tee-up in the defence of this PGA Championship finding his public life since his emotional Whistling Straits triumph a ‘balancing act’.
After the bitter disappointment of missing out on the St. Andrews Open Championship play-off by a stroke, Day finally became a Major Champion shooting a 20-under par tally along the shores of Lake Michigan and capture the 2016 PGA Championship by three strokes from overwhelming crowd favourite, Jordan Spieth.
He became the 11th Australian ...
Baltusrol Golf Club, New Jersey – Named In Honour Of A Murdered Dutch Farmer.
It is the only Major Championship venue to be named after someone who was murdered.
Baltusrol, and venue for this week’s PGA Championship, was named in honour of Boltus Roll a Dutch-born farmer who at age 61 was attacked, tortured and killed by two strangers 0n the night of February 22nd, 1831.
His wife, who was alone in the house with him at the time, testified at the trial of one of the accused that she and her husband had retired early. about midnight she was awakened by a pounding on the ...
Open Champion Henrik Stenson Asked: “Does Your Husband Putt?”
Open Champion Henrik Stenson was given a reality check ahead of this week’s PGA Championship.
The Swede was playing a practice round on Baltusrol when he left a long putt short and it prompted one smart putter to bring the Royal Troon champion back to earth.
“I had this long putt and left it way short and someone in the stands shouted, ‘Does your husband play golf?’ Stenson joked. “It shows you you’re not up there on that pedestal for very long.”
Stenson also ...
Rory McIlroy Labels His One Victory Season In One Word – ‘Neutral’.
Rory McIlroy has likened his season this year in one word – Neutral.
The four time Major winner is returning to competition at this week’s PGA Championship after sharing fifth place in last fortnight’s Open Championship but also walking off Royal Troon a massive 16 shots behind Henrik Stenson, McIlroy believes his best shot of winning a career fifth Major could be this week.
“The best I feel I could have finished at The Open was third and I never envisaged, even with good conditions, ...
