Rory McIlroy Desperate To End 53-Week Stateside Winless Drought.
Rory McIlroy is desperate to end a now 53-week winless drought on the PGA Tour at this Players Championship in Ponte Vedre, Florida.
McIlroy tees up on TPC Sawgrass as an 8/1 favourite to win the Players with double Major winning Jordan Speith at 10/1 and World No. 1 Jason Day at 12/1.
However after finishing T4th a week ago in the defence of his Wells Fargo Championship, it’s now one year and one week since McIlroy last won in the States.
As well, McIlroy is the only player inside the top-five ...
Casabona-Navarro Ready To Honour Seve With MENA Mountain Creek Victory.
Spain’s Sixto Casabona-Navarro is primed to honour the memory of the late Seve Ballesteros after replicating his first-round performance by shooting another sub-par round to consolidate his lead going into the final round of the Mountain Creek Open by Golf Citizen on Wednesday.
It was five years ago this week Ballesteros passed away aged just 54.
Starting the day one in front, the 27-year-old Spaniard carded a solid one-under 71 on the demanding Seve Ballesteros-designed course to reach four ...
Thai Teen Sensation ‘Zoom’ Climbs To Near Top In MENA Mountain Creek Open.
Thai teenager Witchayanon Chothirunrungrueng flashed a glimpse of his precocious talent, opening with a tidy two-under 70 to lie just one shot off the pace going into the penultimate round of the inaugural Mountain Creek Open by Golf Citizen on Tuesday.
Playing in his first MENA Golf Tour event, the 19-year-old amateur, and affectionately known to his fellow golfers as ‘Zoom’, raced to three-under after his first five holes and picked up another shot on the 12th, but back-to-back bogeys ...
Danny Willett Now Back To Work & Back In The States 32 Days After Masters Triumph.
It will be 32 days since his Masters triumph when Danny Willett returns to work on Thursday to tee-up in the Players Championship.
In this period Willett’s life has forever becoming a father and being fitted with a Masters green jacket.
Also in this time Willett has wowed his native England and in particular Sheffield and surrounds in the aftermath of his stunning three shot triumph at Augusta National.
However that all changes on Thursday when he steps onto the first tee at TPC Sawgrass as ...
Rory McIlroy Pays Heavy Price For Rocky Wells Fargo Ride.
Rory McIlroy paid a heavy price for another roller-coaster tournament despite a blistering final round 66 in defence of his Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina.
Unfortunately it was just a round too late for McIlroy who sandwiched eight birdies in between bogeys at the first and last holes on the Quail Hollow course.
McIlroy ended the event in a share of fourth place with American Phil Mickelson, who also shot a 66, for the Open and PGA Championship winning duo to end at seven under par.
Unfortunately, ...
John Daly ‘Feeds Off’ Jake & Fuzzy To Shoot 70 On Champions Debut.
Crail, Scotland … Two-time major champion John Daly said he ‘fed off’ playing partners Peter Jacobsen and Fuzzy Zoeller in shooting a round of 70 on the first day on the PGA Champions Tour.
The double Major winner became eligible to compete in the ‘over 50 brigade’ on April 28, and he did so at the Insperity Invitational in Woodlands, Texas, near Houston.
And ‘J D’ made an impression even before making his way to the first tee with the first 1 000 spectators ...
Seve Ballesteros – Five Years Since His Passing, Still Remembered Fondly.
Crail, Scotland … Today marks the fifth anniversary of the passing of the legendary Seve Ballesteros.
I still remember the day vividly as I was in Spain and it was the third day of the Spanish Open at the El Prat Golf club.
Seve’s close friend and colleague Jose Maria Olazabal was in tears as he spoke of his relationship with Seve.
And Ollie was not the only one overcome with emotion in learning of Seve’s passing at the young age of just 54.
Then on the Sunday morning ahead of ...
