Banter Wars – Darren Clarke & Andy Sullivan Level Pegging In Abu Dhabi.
It’s been a banter war between Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke and England’s ultra-talented Andy Sullivan and with Clarke finding himself getting back as he gave out in this week’s fog-affected Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Clarke got a front row seat as Sullivan, a three-time winner last year on Tour, grabbed the clubhouse lead with a five under par 67 and move to 10-under par.
However a three-and-three-quarter hour delay due to fog meant half of the field, including the star ...
Michael Hoey Benefiting From Off-Season Nasal Surgery.
Northern Irishman Michael Hoey reckons he’s enjoying the benefit of undergoing nasal surgery in the off-season.
The five-time Tour winner birdied three holes in succession from his 15th in a round of 69 to move to three under par to finally get one back on the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship course.
In the past five years in the UAE capital Hoey has enjoyed a love/hate relationship in the event missing the cut last year, including posting a second round 74, but then sharing 10th spot in 2014.
He was ...
Thomas Bjorn … The Tour Is Pushing ‘Forward Aggressively’ To Eradicate Slow Play.
Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn earned a brand new Volvo for a hole-in-one during the final round of a Volvo World Match-Play Championship.
He lost the final and also the vehicle instead handing the keys to the car to his then caddy and not realising at the time the worth of the car.
Bjorn recorded his third official European Tour ace today at the par three 15th hole in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
There was no new car, no cash, no cigar and no champers only the honour on the 16th tee.
However in ...
Jordan Spieth Insists He’s Not Slow Play Tortoise & Rory McIlroy Agrees.
World No. 1 Jordan Spieth was not impressed in being singled out as a tortoise and slow-play on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Spieth, competing for a first time in the UAE, was singled out by Chief Referee John Paramour as the Texan made his way to the final tee and on route an eventual four under par 68.
Paramour issued last year’s double Major Champion a very first ‘Monitoring’ bad time and less than a day then new ‘Monitoring’ laws were brought into effect by the ...
McIlroy Insists He’s Not Interested In Laying Marker Down At Spieth’s Feet.
Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy insists he’s not concerned laying down any ‘marker’ at the feet of rival Jordan Spieth in being drawn with the World No. 1 along with Rickie Fowler, but the four-time major winner certainly made an impression with an opening 66.
“It was a masterclass, the Rory that I have seen win major championships,” Spieth said after a birdie on the last ensured he finished just two shots behind his playing partner and three behind clubhouse leader ...
Russell Knox Uncertain If He Can Play A Schedule Both Sides Of The Pond.
One of the European Tour’s newest members in Scotland’s Russell Knox is uncertain if he can balance a schedule playing both on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.
The Scot earned a five-year exemption in capturing last year’s WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai.
Unfortunately his Chinese success did not count towards the Ryder Cup but then Knox did earn points a week later in finishing runner-up in the Myakoba Championship in Mexico.
And ahead of teeing up in this week’s ...
Anyone For A Cupper? Tea The Theme At Colombo Airport.
The first tournament of the New Year provided a few firsts.
A first flight on Sri Lankan Airways and very pleasantly surprised and a first visit to Sri Lankan, and albeit 2 1/2 hour stop-over at Colombo Airport.
And one of the first sights within the Colombo Airport terminal is the number of tea shops.
Of course, tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon), and accounts for 2% of GDP, contributing US $1,527 million in 2013 to the economy of ...
