Shane Lowry Seeking To Share WGC History With Tiger Woods In Shanghai.
Shane Lowry will be chasing when he tees up in the WGC-HSBC Champions, where the Irishman is bidding to become only the second player in history to win back-to-back World Golf Championships.If he could add the WGC-HSBC Champions to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title he won in such memorable fashion, Lowry would join Tiger Woods in a very exclusive club of players to achieve the feat.
Woods has claimed successive WGC titles on seven occasions – albeit not always in the same season – but ...
Darren Clarke Creates MENA Tour History.
Darren Clarke created history when he became the first reigning Ryder Cup Captain to tee-up in a MENA Tour event.
Clarke had flown straight from Turkey where had been competing in the Turkish Airlines Open to the UAE ahead of posting a respectable one under par 71 on the first day of the Ras Al Khaimah Classic in the UAE to be trailing five shot behind the leading duo of Faycal Serghini and Per Barth.
Clarke was supposed to be joined by fellow ISM client Matt Fitzpatrick but after winning the British ...
Golfers, Start Your Engines – Brickyard Crossing Golf Club, Indianapolis.
Mention Indianapolis and you immediately entertain thoughts of the largest single day sporting event on the planet – the Indianapolis 500.
Next year (2016) will mark the 100th anniversary running of the Indianapolis 500.
However located within the famed oval circuit is four holes of one of America’s Top 100 Public Golf Courses – Brickyard Crossing Golf Club.
The other 14 holes of this Pete Dye designed gem are laid out over the long back straight grandstand.
We found our way to Indianapolis ...
Rory McIlroy Heads To Shanghai ‘Disappointed’ But Further In Front Of Danny Willett.
Rory McIlroy heads to Shanghai and the second of the Race to Dubai Final Four series events ‘disappointed’ with his showing on the final day of the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek.
McIlroy went into the last found inside the flight cockpit and just one shot from lead but ended his first appearance in the tournament back in economy class posting a score of 71 and a 16-under par tally.
It left him trailing six shots behind Frenchman Victor Dubuisson who claimed a second Turkish Airlines ...
Rory McIlroy & Graeme McDowell Primed To Move Into First Class At Turkish Airlines Open.
The Irish duo of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are poised to move into first class over the weekend rounds of the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek.
McIlroy didn’t drop a shot for a second day running in back-to-back rounds of 67 for a 12-under par tally on the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course.
McDowell, and like McIlroy is contesting the event for a first occasion, grabbed seven birdies in a bogey-free 65 to be sharing eighth place and a just a shot behind McIlroy.
Micro flight loving South African ...
Justin Thomas Flirts With A 59 In CIMB Classic.
For a stretch on the inward nine at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC), it seemed like Justin Thomas was destined not just for 59, but for 58.
With back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15, Thomas found himself at 11-under for the day with three holes remaining. Yet his long birdie putt at the 16th didn’t fall, his mid-range putts on the final two holes scared the hole but didn’t drop, and he finished with a new course record of an 11-under 61.
“I would say after I birdied 14, ...
Rory McIlroy Hints Masters Champions Menu Main Course … ‘Poached Eggs On Toast’.
Rory McIlroy hinted ‘poached eggs on toast’ could be a Masters Champions main meal should he win at Augusta National.
McIlroy revealed his all-time culinary favourite after posting a five under par 67 on the opening day of the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek.
The current World No. 3, and competing in the event for a first time, birdied his second hole ahead of posting seven straight pars but then completing his inward nine holes in four under par in ideal conditions on the Montgomerie course.
It ...
