Stenson Heads To Scottish Open Seeking To Go One Better Week Later In The Open.
Double winning BMW International Open winner Henrik Stenson will head to Royal Troon for two days ahead of next month’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open in a goal of becoming the first Swede to capture The Open.
Stenson did that three years ago and when Castle Stuart last hosted the Scottish Open also spending two days of that week familiarizing himself with Muirfield to then share third place along the Moray Firth shoreline behind Phil Mickelson.
A week later, Stenson then finished runner-up ...
Paul Dunne Going For Three Open Championship Tee Times From Three Woburn Qualifiers.
Paul Dunne tees-up in Tuesday’s Open Championship 36-hole ualifier at Woburn looking to make it three-from-three into golf’s oldest Major.
The Greystones golfer topped the Woburn qualifiers a year ago and then went onto to come within a whisker of becoming the first amateur in 80 years to lift the Claret Jug.
But if not successful, Dunne has a second bite at the Royal Troon cherry after being afforded a late invitation into this week’s 100th French Open in Versailles where some four spots ...
Ryder Cup Vice-Captain Steve Stricker Receives Scottish Open Invitation.
USA Ryder Cup vice-captain Steve Stricker has accepted an invitation to contest next fortnight’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.
Of course, Stricker has contested the Open Championship but his appearance at Castle Stuart will be the first time the American has played a regular European Tour event since the 2011 Qatar Masters in Doha.
And there could be two more ‘overseas’ players competing at Castle Stuart given the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic, and to be staged the same week as ...
Deadly Greensboro Floods See R & A Switch Royal Troon Tee Time To Reno, Nevada.
The deadly West Virginia floods that have sadly claimed the lives of some 23 people and also resulted in the PGA Tour cancelling next fortnight’s Greensboro Classic has seen the R & A now offer the one spot into golf’s oldest Major to the leading non Royal Troon qualifier at this coming week’s Barracuda Championship at Montreux Golf and Country Club in Reno, Nevada.
The Greenbrier Classic was scheduled to be the last stop on the PGA Tour in the Open Qualifying Series, but the ...
Clarke Surprised With Brexit Vote But Reaffirms Europe ‘Still One Continent’ … Video.
While expressing his personal surprise at the Brexit vote for the UK to leave the EU, Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke says there will be no change in Europe’s quest to win a fourth straight Ryder Cup later this year.
“Like everybody, I think I was surprised. I thought it would be a thinnish majority for the UK to stay in the European Union. As it transpired we all know that that didn’t happen,” he said.
But with the European Tour right on top of matters in declaring also ...
Sunset Over The Mighty Rhein River At Dusseldorf … Video & Photos.
After the near complete wash-out on day three of the 2016 BMW International Open we ventured afterwards down to the banks of the mighty Rhein River lying just a very short walking distance from our hotel in Dusseldorf.
The air was fresh after rain for much of the day and we many, many people out just enjoying the early evening.
The Rhine River itself was busy with barge traffic and also flowing very, very fast and a little swollen by the rains.
But as we walked in search of a restaurant we enjoyed ...
Rose, Lowry & Knox Turn Down Double Ryder Cup Points Teeing-Up In Akron Rather Than Versailles.
Five of Europe’s leading players headed by Justin Rose and defending champion, Shane Lowry will forgo double European Ryder Cup points in teeing-up in this week’s non-European Tour sanctioned WGC – Bridgestone Invitational.
The European Tour has stripped the $US 9.5m Firestone event of Ryder Cup ranking points in a bitter wrangle with the PGA Tour over the PGA Tour’s decision to stage the tournament in Akron, Ohio up against the 100th staging of the French Open in Versailles.
It ...
