McGinley Insists McIlroy & Lowry’s Olympic Games Loss, Harrington’s Enormous Gain.
Paul McGinley insists Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry’s loss in not competing in the Rio Olympics will be Padraig Harrington’s enormous gain.
McGinley, as the Irish Olympic Golf Captain, has publically expressed his disappointment in the withdrawal of McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Lowry.
And while McGinley is not about to question the decision of either there’s no hiding the bigger annoyance in what looked like a very strong Ireland opportunity to win a gold medal.
Harrington did deliver the Olympic ...
Harrington Happy He Passed Castle Stuart’s Pre-Open Test.
Padraig Harrington could not have been happier passing a pre-Open Championship ‘test’ on the first day of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open near Inverness.
Harrington sounded excited but physically was tired and looking to put his 43-year old feet up after posting a two under par 70 on a bright but very windy opening day on the Castle Stuart course.
If left Harrington and fellow Irishman Graeme McDowell among eight players sharing third place and a stroke behind the leading duo of Aussie ...
Scott Hend’s ‘Hat Trick’ Has Him Again Knocking On European Victory Door.
There’s an old saying in golf that the more you keep banging on the door the hinges will eventually fall off allowing victory.
Scott Hend continues to bang heavily on that door by once again putting his name high on the leader board and again in one of the more prestigious European Tour events – Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.
It’s been 21-years since fellow Aussie won the 1995 Scottish Open at Carnoustie, 24-years since Peter O’Malley won the same event at Gleneagles and 25-years ...
G Mac Returns To Royal Troon Dozen Years On Getting A ‘Good Workout’.
Graeme McDowell would have rather played all four rounds of the French Open but as that didn’t workout he did the next best thing and that was to play two rounds of Royal Troon and venue for next week’s Open Championship.
In fact, Royal Troon was where McDowell made his Majors debut and while he could hardly remember much of the course, he liked what he saw and he then headed on to Castle Stuart delighted with his time spent in readiness for golf’s oldest Major.
“I made my Majors ...
Chile Olympian Felipe Aguilar More Scared Of His Wife Than Any Mosquito.
Chilean Felipe Aguilar joked he was more scared of his wife than any virus-carrying mosquito.
Aguilar shared the clubhouse lead on day one of the Scottish Open with Aussie Scott Hend, and with both reaffirming a commitment to compete in next month’s Olympic Games.
The pair recorded three under par 69s in bright but very windy conditions on the Castle Stuart course to the east of Inverness in northern Scotland.
Their efforts come after Zimbabwean Brandon de Jonge and Columbia’s Camillo Villegas ...
Monty Expresses Shame Leading Stars Not Competing In Rio.
No one was prouder than Colin Montgomerie when he joined a delegation that travelled to Lausanne and were rewarded with golf returning to the Olympic Games.
However, Montgomerie has added his disappointment and also expressed shame at the number of withdrawals from the men’s Olympic Golf competition.
Thirteen of the world’s leading golfers, headed by four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy, have thrown the future post 2022 of golf continuing in the Olympics by withdrawing from the sports return ...
New World No. 2 Dustin Johnson Banks $US1.6m Thanks To Jason Day’s Firestone Final Round Flop.
New World No. 2 Dustin Johnson has made it back-to-back victories capturing the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational thanks to a final round flop from World No. 1 Jason Day.
Johnson, and the reigning US Open champion, posted a weekend pair of 66s that handed him victory on the tough tree-lined Firestone CC course in suburban Akron, Ohio.
And unlike the scenario that unfolded over the closing eight holes at Oakmont, Johnson was fully aware of his score.
Victory has now put Johnson into clear favouritism ...
