Paul McGinley Sings The Praise Of Bridgestone Debutant Marc Warren.

Victorious Gleneagles Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley is singing the praise of Scotland’s Marc Warren ahead of the Scot making his WGC – Bridgestone Invitational debut. McGinley, who contested nine Bridgestone Invitational events in succession from 2000 to 2008, is in Ohio this week working with SKY Sports. He said:  “Marc’s first appearance in this event is very well deserved and he’s been making great progress these last few years. “He’s also, as we saw last week in Scotland, ...

Shane Lowry To Use Fortnight In States To Cement Top-50 World Ranking.

Ireland’s Shane Lowry will use this fortnight of competition in the States to finally establish himself well inside the top-50 on the World Rankings. Lowry has been top-50 ranking ‘bubble’ since last November when he moved to 47th, and into the top-50 for a first occasion in his career following his fifth place in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. The Bank of Ireland backed pro then jumped to a career high of 40th in sharing seventh place in the Farmers Insurance Open but then ...

Jordan Spieth Surprised & Says It’s Weird WGCs Don’t Have Category For Tiger Woods.

World No. 2 Jordan Spieth is not one known for controversy. However the game’s hottest golfer and winner of two of the three Majors in 2015 has expressed his surprise there is no World Golf Championship category for Tiger Woods – a winner of eight WGC – Bridgestone Invitational crowns. Woods has won eight of the 16 Bridgestone events but at 262nd on the World Rankings and not having won a WGC counting tournament in the past 12 months there is no place for Tiger Woods not here this ...

Welcome To Cleveland – Home To Superman As Bernie Plays A Tune.

Cleveland was founded in 1796 and is the second largest city in Ohio and the 48th largest city in the U.S. The city is located on the shoreline of Lake Eire, one of the Great Lakes. The city is home to the Cleveland Browns NFL team and also to the Rock & Roll Music Hall of Fame. And it’s also the birthplace of comic strip hero – Superman. And the Superman and Rock & Roll theme was present to greet those arriving at Cleveland Airport for for this week’s WGC – Bridgestone ...

Tiger Woods ‘Wins The Bloody Tournament Eight Times” & He Should Be In The Bridgestone Says Day.

Aussie Jason Day returns to competition after securing victory in the RBC Canadian Open and went straight into bat for the absent Tiger Woods at this week’s WGC – Bridgestone Inviational in Akron, Ohio. Woods has won the Bridgestone backed event eight times – the opening three from 1999 to 2001, three more occasions from 2005 to 2007, then in 2009 and two years ago in 2013. That’s eight victories in exactly half of the 16 stagings of the $9.25m tournament on the Firestone ...

Johnson Fills Claret Jug With Coke, Champers, Beer, Wine, Water & A Corn Cob.

In the fortnight since Zach Johnson became the new Open Champion he’s had everything from champagne, wine, beer, Coca Cola, water and bizarrely a corn cob in the famed Claret Jug. The American returned home to St. Simons Island located on the eastern shoreline of Georgia where he’s spent the past two weeks entertaining family members and countless friends. “The Claret Jug has been in my possession the entire time since winning at St. Andrews and at home and it’s just been cool for me personally ...

Estoril Golf Club – Timley Old Style Fatherly Course For The Game’s Newer Generation.

While the professional and modern game has moved to younger and longer venues, Estoril Golf Club continues to present a challenge to those of us not earning a living in the play-for-pay ranks. Estoril Golf Club is very much one of the founding father’s of Portuguese golf in that it is among the three oldest courses in Portugal after having opened in 1929 before being redesigned in 1936 by renowned Scottish architech Mackenzie Ross, who also designed Southness and Turnberry. Estoril staged it’s ...