G Mac Reckons Russell Knox Is Deserving A Hazeltine ‘Wildcard’ Pick.
Four-time Ryder Cup star Graeme McDowell believes Scotland’s Russell Knox is deserving of a Hazeltine ‘wildcard’ pick.
McDowell is making his first appearance in this week’s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina.
It is the final Ryder Cup counting event on the PGA Tour for European Tour members.
And while McDowell, who is 11 places outside of qualifying, is not so positive about his own chances of competing in a fifth straight European Team he believes Knox, who is lying ...
‘Tin Cup’ – 20 Years On No One Remembers Who Won But We All Remember Roy’s 12 At The Last.
Greensboro, N, C …. Today August 16th is the 20th anniversary of the US release of the golf theme movie ‘Tin Cup’.
Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy, played by Kevin Costner, is a former golf prodigy who has little ambition but all thanks to Hollywood goes within one hole of capturing the U.S. Open.
At the beginning of the movie we learn Roy owns a run-down West Texas driving range, where he drinks and hangs out with his pal Romeo Posar (Cheech Marin) and their friends.
But then ...
McGinley Aglow Heading To Start Of Olympic Games Women’s Medal Chase.
Irish Olympic Captain Paul McGinley is clearly on a high ahead of the Olympic Women’s Golf competition commencing tomorrow (WED) in Rio de Janeiro.
Stephanie Meadows and amateur Leona Maguire will strive to do what Padraig Harrington and Seamus Powers could not and that is to deliver Ireland a golfing gold medal.
And after the most thrilling outcome all season in the men’s competition, McGinley was aglow the ancient club-and-ball game has been such a smash hit in the modern Olympics.
“The final ...
McIlroy Not Only Gives Up Olympic Gold But Drops To A Two-Year Low On World Rankings.
Rory McIlroy not only gave up the chance of an Olympic Gold medal but he’s now No. 5 on the World Rankings after Sweden’s Henrik Stenson moved to a career high of No. 4 on the back of finishing runner-up in Rio.
McIlroy’s world ranking is the lowest since finishing T14th in the 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open that saw him drop to No. 8 in the world. However after capturing The Open a week later he went back to World No. 2 and then onto World No. 1 in winning the WGC ...
Rose Reckons Waiting For 2020 Tokyo Olympics Won’t Sit Well With McIlroy & Fellow Rio Absentees.
Greensboro, North Carolina … Olympic Gold medal winning Justin Rose reckons having to wait four years to the 2020 Olympic Games won’t sit well with the likes of Rory McIlroy and his fellow Rio Games absentees.
McIlroy was among more than 20 top players to withdraw from the Games with the four-time Major winner citing concerns over the Zika virus but later admitting that major championships remained the “pinnacle” of the sport and he would only watch “the stuff that ...
Justin Rose Admits Winning Olympic Gold Medal Better Than Capturing Any Other Tournament.
New Olympic champion Justin Rose admits winning the gold medal felt better than any tournament he’s ever won.
The Englishman out-duelled Sweden’s Henrik Stenson to secure the first Olympic Games golf gold medal for 112 years.
Rose and the reigning Open Champion could not be separated till in the end it was a superb chip from Rose that set-up the birdie to hand him victory in Rio.
There was only Rose and Stenson in the hunt for the gold medal and with Rose heading to the final round a ...
‘Rule Britannia’ As Justin Rose Delivers Team GB 12th Rio Gold Medal.
‘Rule Britannia’ is ringing out at the Olympic Games golf venue with Team GB’s Justin Rose capturing the gold medal in a nerve-wracking final round in the Men’s Oympic Games Golf event.
Rose won by two shots with a birdie at the final round after both he and Sweden’s Henrik Stenson were each at 15-under par coming down the last.
However Rose bravelly held his nerve to hole a six footer for birdie in a round of 67 for a 16-under par tally and leaving Stenson, as the reigning ...
