Rory McIlroy Now Also Afforded Second Tour Play-Off/Final Four Green Light.

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has been afforded a second season-ending play-off green light despite being unable to contest the mandatory minimum number of tournaments on either the PGA and now the European Tour. Last week the PGA Tour afforded McIlroy a ‘concession’ to compete in the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series given he had only contested 10 of the 15 events required. Of course, McIlroy was out injured for some six weeks and missed the defence of his Open Championship and WGC – Bridgestone ...

Popular Miles Tunnicliff Boosts MENA Tour Profile.

Miles Tunnicliff, a two-time winner on the European Tour, has signed up for the forthcoming Dubai Creek Open, adding significant strength and depth to the MENA Golf Tour. The seasoned Englishman will join a growing army of emerging players from within and outside the region in the field as he attempts to rediscover the spark in his game he showed when winning the 2002 Great North Open and the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles in 2004. The 47-year-old veteran, who also plied his trade on the ...

Thomas Edison – A Rewarding Visit To Menlo Park, Edison, New Jersey.

Flicking a light switch is something we do each and every morning without the slightest thought. However it took 77 years from the time the first light bulb was invented in 1802 to 1879 when Thomas Edison patented an incandesent light bulb boasting a  carbonized bamboo filament that could last over 1200 hours. This discovery marked the beginning of commerically manufactured light bulbs and in 1880, Thomas Edison’s company, Edison Electric Light Company begain marketing its new product. I made ...

Correction – Jim Ferrier Winningest Australian In Single Season On PGA Tour.

Correction. In the excitement of Jason Day’s stunning six shot Barclays Championship we were incorrect to report Day thus became the first Australian to win four times in a single season on the PGA Tour. It had been brought up in Day’s post final round New Jersey press conference he had ‘created history’ and naturally Day responded accordingly how proud he was to achieve the feat. However Sydney-born Jim Ferrier, who passed away in 1986 aged 71, holds the record as he won ...

Jason Day – Third Aussie To Capture Four PGA Tour Events In Single Season.

Five days after undergoing an MRI on his troublesome back and Jason Day stood tall moving to the top of the FedEx Cup standings after a stunning six-shot triumph in Edison, New Jersey. Day lit up the town and the first in the world to boast electric illuminated street lamps with an impressive and historic display over all four days on the Plainfield Country Club course. Day created PGA Tour history becoming the third Australian-born player to win four times on the Tour in a single season, and with ...

Bernie Struggles Simply To Even Move The Ball Off The Tee.

Yes, I know what you’re saying – Bernie has always struggled to get the ball off the tee. Well, this 15-handicapper at Crail Golfing Society and golf’s 7th oldest club, clearly was struggling to even move the golf ball off the tee. But as you can see it was not your normal Callaway Chrome!

Brian Harman Joins Select PGA Tour ‘Two Aces In Same Round’ Club … Odds 67m To 1.

Brian Harman was left wondering why there was not the prize of a new car, a cash reward or possibly even the presentation of a bottle of bubbly after not one but two holes-in-one on the final day of the Barclays Championship. The pint-size 28-year old Savannah, Georgia born player holed out for an ace at the par three, third hole on the Plainfield Country Club course and then to the amazement of not only the 2014 John Deere Classic winner Harman then aced the par three 14th hole. Harman used a 7-iron ...