After 16-Years Lee To Finally Make His Pro Debut In Home New Zealand Open.
It’s good news to read New Zealand born Danny Lee is to contest next week’s 104th hosting of the New Zealand Open and the stunning-looking Millbrook club.
Though disappointing is to learn that for the now 34-year-old Lee it will be his first appearance as a pro in his national open and a first since March 2009 and in what was a penultimate event competing as an amateur.
“It will be great to be playing back on home soil in front of my family, friends, and the New Zealand fans,” ...
Forrest Grabs A Hat Trick, Parry & Herbert Lead As Pepperrel Misses Out On New Electic Motor
Grant Forrest grabbed a hat-trick of birdies to be the leading Scot at three-under after the opening round of the co-sanctioned Magical Kenya Open.
Forrest, 31, posted a three-under 68 to be trailing five shots behind the leading duo of England’s John Parry and Frenchman Benjamin Herbert who signed for 63s on the 5,500-foot host Muthaiga course in Nairobi.
Birdie hat-trick @grantforrest93 , share of the lead with 6⃣3⃣s for John Parry & Benjamin Herbert @KenyaOpenGolf
While @EddiePepperell ...
Ryder Cup Stars, Scottish Top Golfers & Legendary Caddy Lead Second Push Not To Close Home Of Golf Club.
Ryder Cup stars including two of Scotland’s legendary players and also one of the Home of Golf nation top caddies have stepped forward joining a second push not to close down Scotland’s Dalmuir Golf Club.
The popular municipal course in Clydebank, located to the north-west of Glasgow, looked set be shut down last March as part of planned cuts by West Dunbartonshire Council until a very passionate petition denouncing the move seemed to have saved the club.
The council had met as part ...
Bushfoot GC – Terrific Irish Nine-Holes But Don’t Dare Park In Darren’s Parking Spot.
I have been asked often during the course of so many decades reporting on men’s pro golf: ‘Who is the toughest golfer you’ve ever had to work with?”.
The answer to that question is unquestionably Darren Clarke.
You see, as a freelancer I was writing for a number Irish-based outlets including the Irish Independent, the Irish Star, the Irish Examiner and Irish Golfer Magazine, so if Clarke was playing well I needed to speak with him.
Though Clarke was not always obliging, including ...
Gallacher Knows New Career Won’t Be Easy, Posting Best Finish In Some Six Years On Legends Tour Debut.
After a best finish for some time, rookie Stephen Gallacher knows after his debut Legends Tour appearance he’s going to have to work hard if he’s to enjoy success on a third different career tour.
Gallacher posted a third straight score of 69 to finish eighth, and the leading Scot at close of the season-opening Staysure Marbella Legends at the Aloha course on Spain’s Costa Del Sol.
The Bathgate pro turned 50 last November making him eligible for the European Legends Tour and with ...
“That Old Fart Got Me” …. DeChambeau Relives Having His “Butt Beat” A Decade Ago.
Double US Open winning Bryson DeChambeau posted a four-under 67 to be just two shots from the lead post the first round of the LIV Golf Adelaide event in Australia.
DeChambeau grabbed seven birdies in a round that also included a bogey and a ninth hole double-bogey on the host The Grange course in the South Australian state capital.
It has the Crushers star sharing fourth place and just two adrift of England’s Sam Horsfield.
And in speaking with the media post his round, DeChambeau was reminded ...
‘Bobby’s Bombs’ Making A Blast Back In Oban.
Top Scot Robert Macintyre’s ‘Bobby Bombs’ Phoenix Open spectator gift packs has turned into a great boost for his beloved Oban Celtic Shinty club back home in his beloved Oban.
In another super PR exercise last week, the World No. 14 tossed around 20 individually wrapped #16 Oban Celtic tops along with a $20 note, plus a small message saying: “Get yourself a couple of beers. Cheers, B Mac” to fans gathered in stands at the famed par-3 16th stadium hole of the TPC Scottsdale course.
And ...
