Tiger Woods Donates $26,000 For Pair Of Nike ‘Batman’ Shoes.
Tiger Woods again showed his generous side in donating $26,000 at a charity auction for a unique pair of Nike shoes.
Woods donation was part of $1m raised for the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon and not far from the world headquarters of Nike.
It made for a sum total of $13.8m that has been raised in special collaboration with the hospital and a team of Nike designers, and with the hospital patients paired with designers to design sneakers and some apparel.
And one of the highlight ...
Piercy Sizzles In Sauna Surrounds Shooting 62 Day One CIMB Classic.
American Scott Piercy sizzled in the Malaysian heat to seize a three shot lead with an equal tournament record on day one of the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur
Piercy grabbed 10 birdies on the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club course to finish well ahead of Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who had eight birdies and a bogey in his 65.
Piercy’s 10-under score matched the tournament record set by Nick Watney, who had a 61 at the par-71 Mines Resort and Golf Club in 2012.
Jason Gore was tied for ...
Jordan Spieth Honoured With Dallas Mosaic … See The Video.
The Dallas Cowboys have Jerry’s World, the nickname of the team’s enormous, glitzy stadium. Now the city of Dallas has something to honor Jordan Spieth.
AT&T built a mosaic of Spieth with more than 24,000 golf balls. It is on display at Main Street Garden in downtown.
Spieth, a Dallas native, won the Masters and U.S. Open and captured the FedExCup this year. AT&T is one of his primary sponsors.
“He’s had a magical season, it’s really a work of art,” Ryan Luckey of AT&T ...
Rory McIlroy Presents Another Tournament Concern For The European Tour.
In some seven month’s time Rory McIlroy faces a delicate decision and it could result in the four-time Major winner not contesting the European Tour’s flagship 2016 BMW PGA Championship.
While new European Tour CEO Keith Pelley rightly felt proud to get McIlroy to agree to contest this week’s Turkish Airlines Open, the new Tour chief could be staring at dosing the flames of a second McIlroy started spot fire.
In the wash-up of his widely publicised ankle injury McIlroy is not about to contest ...
Turkish Airlines To Sponsor Race To Dubai Event For Further Three Years To 2018.
Turkish Airlines today announced that it has renewed its deal as headline sponsor of the Turkish Airlines Open for a further three years. The announcement comes as this year’s Turkish Airlines Open tees off at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Belek on Thursday.
Following its successful support of golf around the world since 2012, the national flag carrier has confirmed it will be signing a new deal to extend its commitment until at least 2018.
With a high-class field at this year’s event, the tournament ...
Rory McIlroy Targets Two Victlories In Three Of His Closing Race To Dubai Events.
Rory McIlroy has set himself the goal of winning two of his closing three events this season to rescue a ‘lost season’.
The four-time Major winner won twice earlier this year in capturing the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and the WGC – Cadillac Match-Play Championship.
However his heavily-publicised ankle injury ruined chances for McIlroy to capture a fifth Major.
McIlroy is competing in only his 10th Race to Dubai event at this week’s Turkish Airlines Open after being given special allowance ...
Scot Clarke Lutton On Target For Second MENA Tour Victory This Month.
Clarke Lutton ensured the Scottish flag keeps flying at the Ghala Open after overnight leader Ted Innes-Ker slipped off the pace, going into the final round of the MENA Golf Tour’s event on Tuesday.
A good two shots behind at the start, Lutton returned a tidy four-under 68 to reach seven-under for the tournament, one ahead of England’s Luke Joy and two clear of Stuart Archibald and Lee Corfield.
Spain’s Sixto Casabona-navarro and Max Williams of England shared fifth on four under as three players, ...
