World No. One Ranked Rory McIlroy Fancies One Tree Chambers Bay.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy fancies his chances on ‘One Tree’ Chambers Bay and venue for this week’s U.S. Open
The Washington State venue is a newcomer to the Major Championship roster, and among a host of anomalies has only one tree, three of the four longest par fours in the event’s history, and alternating pars on the first and 18th holes – either can be a par four or five, but they will play an aggregate par of nine for every round.
However, McIlroy believes that beyond ...
Rory McIlroy Eager To Capture Third PGA Championship In 4 Years.
The PGA of America and Kohler Co. today welcomed Rory McIlroy, the world’s top-ranked golfer and defending PGA Champion, to Whistling Straits, which is preparing to host the highly anticipated 2015 PGA Championship from August 10-16 along the shores of Lake Michigan near Kohler, Wisconsin.
McIlroy met with media at Whistling Straits to discuss his excitement regarding the upcoming Championship at the links-style Straits Course, which previously hosted the PGA Championship in 2004 and 2010. Both ...
Greg Norman … ‘That White Noise Will Be A Distraction’ To U.S. Open Competitors
Double Major winning Greg Norman will make his fully-fledged debut as a TV analyst for FOX Sports at next week’s U.S. Open.
Norman got a first taste of being behind the microphone last December when FOX covered the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Naples, Florida.
However with just a week to go before he co-anchors FOX coverage of the year’s traditional second Major and Norman has come up with a phase not normally heard by fellow TV analysts working for either CBS, SKY or BBC.
The phrase ...
Justin Rose Double U.S. Open Success Could Hinge On Chambers Bay Crowd Behaviour.
Justin Rose believes his goal of capturing a second U.S. Open title in three years could hinge on the behaviour of American fans.
Twice in recent weeks a minority of beer-fuelled Stateside louts have made their presence felt with some of Europe’s best player in contention for victory.
There was incidents involving Spain’s Sergio Garcia when in the frame for success at the Players Championship and then last week Rose was far from pleased when a lout shouted on the Englishman’s downswing ...
Champagne Moment For Bernie At Gullane Golf Club.
It was a long overdue champagne moment for your author on the occasion of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open media outing earlier this week at Gullane Golf Club to the east of Edinburgh.
I was one of the last to arrive along with being among the last to tee off and then I was also close to being the last to walk from the Scottish Open championship course just after 6.30pm local time.
It had been one of the best days in living memory in Scotland with the sun shining brightly and hardly a ...
Graeme McDowell Finds Key To Unlock Chambers Bay Secret.
Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell believes he may have found a key to unlock the secrets of little known Chambers Bay course and venue for next week’s historic championship.
Just a handful of players who will tee-up in Washington State have any knowledge of the the course headed by American Peter Uihlein who captured the 2015 U.S. Amateur championship on the suburban Tacoma layout.
Others who competed alongside Uihlein was Patrick Reed and current Masters Champion Jordan Spieth who ...
Top Scot No Longer In Awe & Now Shocked By Tiger Woods Scoring.
When Scotland’s current top-ranked Stephen Gallacher first met Tiger Woods he was clearly in awe of the American but that has now been replaced by ‘shock’ at the scores being produced by the former long-time World No. 1.
Gallacher was a member of the 1995 GB & I Walker Cup team when they faced an American team featuring Woods, who had arrived in Wales having won three US Junior Amateur titles and two of eventually three US Amateur crowns.
“When I first met Tiger, and it was at Royal Porthcawl ...
