Russell Knox Honours Late Coach By Arranging His Son To Caddy In Masters Par 3 Contest.
Maiden Masters competitor Russell Knox will honour of the memory of his late coach in having Fleming’s son Neal Fleming to be his caddy in the Masters Par 3 Contest on the eve of the year’s first Major.
Mike Fleming had been Knox’s coach at Jacksonville University for nearly a decade before he passed away in April, 2014 at age 71.
Knox had brought Fleming from Inverness to the States to be his coach and that relationship carried on when Knox finally qualified full-time for the PGA Tour for ...
Rory McIlroy Matches Unwanted PGA Tour Record – Three Doubles In A Single Round At Bay Hill.
Rory McIlroy’s Augusta aspirations were handed another huge jolt in posting a PGA Tour three double bogeys in shock 75 on day three of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando.
The PGA Tour advised it is, in fact, the fourth time in 105 PGA Tour counting events, since the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie, McIlroy’s recorded a trio of double bogeys in one PGA Tour round.
It was also McIlroy’s second 75 in three days at Bay Hill and with the only bright light being a second round 67 ...
Terry Pilkardaris Striving To Be The Villain In Hero Indian Open.
Aussie Terry Pilkadaris will find himself the villain should he succeed in capturing the Hero Indian Open.
The Perth-born Pilkadaris will head to the find round two shots behind India’s SSP Chawrasia and also two shots clear of two other Indians in third place.
Chawrasia put himself in pole position for a third career victory at Delhi Golf Club with a flawless third round 68 as he now looks to win his national Open for a first tiem after victories in the 2008 Indian Masters and the Panasonic ...
Second Person Now Loses Job Over Offensive Ian Poulter Tweets.
A second person has now lost his job involving tweets directed at England golfer Ian Poulter.
At last weeks Valspar Championship Poulter was unnecessarily heckled by J.J. Downum, an assistant athletic director for development at Florida Southern College (FSC), as Poulter walked from the 12th green to 13th tee on the Copperhead course.
Downum reportedly yelled: “You will hit it in the water!” and “You will not make the Ryder Cup team!”.
Poulter approached a police officer standing close ...
‘Down Under’ Dominance Contineus With Pilkadaris On Top In Indian Open.
Australia’s present dominance on the world stage continues with Perth’s Terry Pilkadaris shooting a brilliant 64 and take the halfway lead at the Hero Indian Open on the Delhi GC course.
Pilkadaris joined fellow ‘Down Under’ colleagues Jason Day along with Adam Scott and Marc Leishman who head the Arnold Palmer Invitational on the PGA Tour.
The Australian is a veteran of 128 European Tour events but has also played over 100 times on the Asian Tour and has tackled the narrow ...
Double Augusta Winning Olazabal Withdraws From 2016 Masters.
Double Masters winner José María Olazábal confirmed he will not play in the Masters next month because of health reasons.
The Spaniard has been forced to decline his invitation to the season’s first Major, having not played competitive golf since the second round at Augusta National last year.
The 50 year old has won the Green Jacket twice, in 1994 and 1999, and has amassed eight top ten finishes from his 27 appearances.
“I am sorry to announce that I’m unable to attend this year as I am ...
St. Patrick’s Day Renamed ‘Australia’s Day’ At Arnold Palmer Invitational.
You could have easily been mistaken that the St. Patrick’s Day celebration on the opening day of the 2016 Arnold Palmer Invitational had been renamed ‘Australia Day’.
While there was green-coloured attire all about Bay Hill, including nearly every competitor getting in on the St. Patrick’s Day act, the first day of the $US 6.2m event clearly belonged to Australian-born golfers.
Adam Scott and Marc Leishman finished within minutes of each other, and among five players at lunch ...
