Graeme McDowell Stops Leaks From His Cup, Ending Three Missed Cuts In Succession.
Graeme McDowell and Shane Lowry are doing their best to keep the Irish flag near the top of the mast at the Scottish Open at Gullane.
For a second day running both McDowell and Lowry posted four under par 66s to move to enjoy a seven-way share of second place at eight under par and three adrift of little-known Londoner Daniel Brooks who added a 65 to move to 11-under par.
McDowell ended a run of three missed cuts, two in the States and last week’s double defence of his French Open title, with ...
Returning To St. Andrews Just The Tonic For Tiger Woods Says Arch-Rival Phil Mickelson.
Phil Mickelson insists long-time rival Tiger Woods’ return next week to St. Andrews, and where he captured two Open Championship’s in dominating manner, could herald a return to form for the struggling former long-time World No. 1.
Woods is expected to arrive at St. Andrews over the weekend to begin preparations for next Thursday’s start to the 144thstaging of golf’s oldest Major.
Woods is a three-time former Open Champion winning first at St. Andrews by eight shots in 2000, and in what ...
Aging Tiger Woods Will Never Regain Invincibility Says Peter Cowen.
Legendary coach Peter Cowen is one golf’s best-known and more successful coaches but he believes an aging Tiger Woods will never regain the invincibility that earned the American 14 Major Championship victories.
Cowen coaches the likes of former European and PGA Tour Number One Henrik Stenson, past U.S.Open winner Graeme McDowell along with England’s prolific-winning Lee Westwood and more recently had begun working with former European No. 1 Robert Karlsson.
Cowen is in attendance at around 30 ...
Shane Lowry Has Visions Of Roses Point & Baltray After Gullane 66.
Shane Lowry felt right at home muscling his way to within three shots of the lead on the opening day of the Scottish Open at Gullane.
Lowry birdied two of his opening three holes and then drained birdie putts at 10 and the 16th to be sharing 10th place with fellow Irishman Graeme McDowell.
Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen posted a seven under par 63 to head the field by one stroke from England’s Daniel Brooks who was in the very last group and birdied the last at 8.30pm.
Seven players share second ...
Break-&-Enter Burglars Miss Historic Graeme McDowell Video Tapes.
Peter Cowen’s coaching academy near Sheffield has been broken into 25 times including seven break-ins this year alone but fortunately tapes of Graeme McDowell’s golf swing in 2010 remain secure.
Cowen replayed the tapes to McDowell ahead of the Ulsterman shooting a four under par 66 on the opening day of the Scottish Open at Gullane.
McDowell, who has missed the cut in his past two European Tour starts, had raced to six under par before bogeying his closing two holes in a four under par 66 on ...
Thornjorn Olesen Recalls Camel Injury After Rory McIlroy Footy Injury.
He once got injured jumping off a camel so Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen can sympathize with injured World No. 1 Rory McIlroy as he set about ending a miserable run of outs in grabbing a one shot lead on the opening day of the Scottish Open at Gullane.
Olesen, 25 capped his effort with three birdies in succession near the end of his round in a seven under par 63 in bright but breezy conditions to east of Edinburgh.
The Dane arrived in Scotland having missed the halfway cut in eight of his 11 events ...
Tim Clark The Latest In Doubt For 144th Open Championship.
South African and former Scottish and Australian Open winner Tim Clark is the latest player to be in doubt for next week’s Open Championship.
However unlike World No. 1 Rory McIlroy Clark is not carrying an injury.
Being born in South Africa Clark needs a visa to enter the UK.
Also a two-time PGA Tour winner Clark says the UK is the “hardest place to go” since the country tightened its laws on travel.
“Most places I need a visa, but they make it extremely difficult and I don’t ...
