Shane Lowry Again Swapping Desert Swing For PGA West Coast Swing.

For a second straight season PGA Tour rookie Shane Lowry is skipping this year’s Desert Swing in favour of the PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing. Lowry has a week off after helping steer Europe to victory in Sunday’s 13-point European demolition of an Asian Tour team. He will then head to California hoping to strike gold in three huge events this year for the PGA Tour pro – the Olympic Games, the season-ending FedEx Cup and the Ryder Cup. Lowry has competed on the European Tour ‘Desert Swing’ ...

Darren Clarke Hands Shane Lowry Ringing Hazeltine Endorsement.

Darren Clarke could not have made it any clearer in delivering fellow Irishman Shane Lowry the most strongest suggestion he wants him as an automatic qualifier for his Ryder Cup team. Clarke’s European EurAsia Cup team were celebrating well into the evening last night (SUN) after their 13-point demolition of the Asian Team in an 18 ½ to 5 ½ points drubbing in continuing sauna-like conditions on the Glenmarie Golf Club course in Kuala Lumpur. The only downside on a final day when Europe won nine ...

Scot-Born Connor Syme On Top ‘Down Under’ Capturing Australian Amateur Crown

Connor Syme proved the ‘Wizard of Oz’ in the early hours of Sunday morning after becoming the third Scot in the last 13 years to be crowned Australian Men’s Amateur champion. The 20-year-old, who plays out of Drumoig Golf Centre in Fife, lifted his biggest title in the game after a hard-fought 3&2 success against Aussie Travis Smyth in the 36-hole final in Melbourne. Syme, one of three Scots who reached the last-16 at Metropolitan GC, took early charge of the contest after three birdies ...

Darren Clarke Expresses Pity For Asians Coming-Up Against ‘Red Hot’ European Team.

Darren Clarke admitted he felt sorry for his Asian Team rival captain Jeev Milkh Singh after a European Team continued to extol their match-play superiority claiming an emphatic 13-point victory in the EurAsia Cup in Kuala Lumpur. Europe won 10 of the deciding dozen Singles matches for an 18 ½ to 5 ½ points triumph on the Glenmarie Golf and Country club course. Clarke’s men were never headed leading by three points after Friday’s opening Four-Balls and extending their lead to six following ...

Shane Lowry In Frame To Hole Winning 2016 EurAsia Cup Winning Putt.

Shane Lowry has already holed the winning putt in his Foursome and Fourball matches at the 2016 EurAsia Cup and his positioning on the draw for the Sunday Singles could well see the Irishman make it three from three. Lowry teamed with England’s Danny Sullivan for a second day running winning 3 & 2 against the Asian Team duo of Prayad Marksaeng and Shingo Katayama. After losing the first hole to a birdie, the next seven holes were halved before Europe won the 10th with a par and finally ...

Aphibarnrat & Chawrasia Vow To Deny European Team Victory Toast.

Kiradech Aphibarnrat and S.S.P. Chawrasia  have vowed to fight till the end after Europe opened up a six-point lead following the conclusion of day two at the EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM on Saturday. Kiradech and Chawrasia, who lost their opening fourball match on Friday, dovetailed superbly in the foursomes format to hold off Kristoffer Broberg and Chris Wood by 2-holes at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club. With Asia losing four matches and Malaysia’s Danny Chia and Nicholas Fung securing ...

‘Ian Who’ Declares Danny Chia & Set To Face Ian Poulter In Opening Sunday EurAsia Singles Showdown.

Local Malaysian hero Danny Chia has waved a proverbial ‘red flag’ in the face of EurAsia Cup rival Ian Poulter suggesting:  “Ian who?” when informed he will be facing Poulter in the opening match of the deciding Sunday Singles at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur. The Asian Team need to win nine and half one points from the 12 points up for grabs on the last day to claim an improbably victory  in the Malaysian capital. Their cause was not helped when ...