Stricker, Gay, Henley & Noh Walking Tall In Memphis To Earn Royal Troon Tee Times
Americans Steve Stricker, Brian Gay, and Russell Henley, and Korea’s Seung-Yul Noh have qualified for The 145th Open at Royal Troon after today’s final round of the FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee.
The FedEx St Jude Classic was the sixth event of The Open Qualifying Series, which gives players the opportunity to qualify for golf’s most international major championship at leading Tour events.
The four players will now compete against the world’s best golfers to become Champion ...
Ashun Wu Takes Pride Of Place Winning Lyoness Open.
China’s Ashun Wu took pride of place in capturing his second European Tour title in the winning the Lyoness Open in Austria.
The 30 year old, whose previous victory came at the Volvo China Open last year, finished the week on 13 under after carding a closing 69 on Sunday.
Spain’s Adrian Otaegui finished second on 12 under, with Englishman Richard McEvoy another stroke back after dropping his only shot of the day at the 18th.
Beginning the day one shot behind overnight leader Zander Lombard, ...
Russell Knox Ignoring Oakmont Horror Stories …. “I Love It When It’s Super-Hard”.
Thoughts of Oakmont’s U.S. Open ‘horror chamber’ is sending shivers into the greats of the game but not lone Scot Russell Knox.
Defending champion, Jordan Spieth describes Oakmont as ‘scary’ while Phil Mickelson, and who’s been runner-up no less than six-times, says the course to the toughest he’ll ever face.
It’s not that Oakmont is the only U.S. Open venue not to have any water hazards that will please Knox after his Sawgrass water ‘torture’ or the fact that it is one ...
Darren Clarke & Competition Drain Of Being Ryder Cup Captain Pulls Out Of U.S. Open.
The pressure of dealing with all that goes with accepting the European Ryder Cup captaincy has led to Darren Clarke ruling himself out of next week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont.
Clarke, 47 will lead Europe into competition on September 30th at Hazeltine.
But the former Open Champion, who has not tasted victory since being handed the Claret Jug in 2011, has clearly struggled with his game.
And he best finish since being appointed European Team captain in February, 2015, and in his two dozen European ...
Peter ‘POM’ O’Malley Makes Career Move To New Chairman, PGA Of Australia Board Of Directors.
Crail, Scotland … Aussie golfer Peter O’Malley, and affectionately known as ‘POM’, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the PGA of Australia.
Effective immediately, O’Malley replaces renowned PGA Professional and businessman Mark Gibson, who stepped down after successfully serving two full terms as the Chairman of the PGA over the past six years.
O’Malley has been a much-respected member of the PGA Tour of Australasia since 1987 ...
Despite Irish Push, Scottish Open Staying In Place & Week Prior To The Open.
The partners behind the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open have moved to reassure Scottish golf fans over the future date of the tournament the week prior to The Open.
The European Tour, Aberdeen Asset Management and the Scottish Government (represented by VisitScotland) have confirmed that there is no prospect of the dates of the Scottish Open changing on the European Tour schedule.
The unique tri-partite relationship with the three main partners has seen the tournament go from strength ...
Graeme McDowell Looking To Walk Tall ‘The Land Of The Delta Blues’.
In the words of song writer Marc Cohn Graeme McDowell tees-up in this week’s FedEx St. Jude Classic looking to walk tall in the ‘Land of the Delta Blues’.
McDowell was seemingly intent on taking a fortnight’s break from competition following his top-30 finish at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
That would have meant spending a fortnight on the range at Lake Nona but instead McDowell has elected to return to the sauna-like conditions set to greet competitors teeing-up on ...
