Two Aces 7,000 Klms Apart – Jimenez At Spanish Open, Knost At Wells Fargo C’ship … See The Video.
In a rare achievement there was two aces but recorded 7,000 kilometers apart.
Earlier today (Frid) Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez grabbed the ninth hole-in-one of his career during the second round of the Spanish Open in Barcelona.
And Jimenez’s ace equaled the European Tour record of Colin Montgomerie.
The Tour’s oldest winner earned 288 bottles of beer for his hole-in-one, which came when his six-iron pitched around 15 feet short of the pin and rolled perfectly into the hole.
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Russell Knox Pulls Off ‘Best Putting Display Of My Year’ At Wells Fargo.
By his own admission when Russell Knox first contested the Wells Fargo Championship three years ago he was an unknown rookie struggling to find his feet on the PGA Tour.
Knox had played in just 10 events including arriving at the Quail Hollow club in suburban Charlotte having missing the cut in six of his opening nine events in 2012 and his first full season on Tour.
Three years and 66 events later Knox has put himself again in contention for a maiden PGA Tour victory with eye-catching pair of 69s ...
Michelle Wie Singles Out Rory McIlroy As ‘He Fills Out His Clothes Better’.
Michelle Wie has plenty of male admirers not just for her golf but also her looks.
The 25-year Hawaiian-born also earned enormous respect in capturing last year’s U.S. Women’s Open title.
However in a recent Sports Illustrated interview the Hawaiian-born Wie was asked about who she saw as the most attractive golfers on the planet.
“Well, I think Rory looks great. I love all the bright colors I’ve seen him in. And he works out a ton and fills out his clothes better.”
Wie also talked ...
Russell Knox Posts Wells Fargo 69 & Three Years On Expecting More Of Himself.
Russell Knox improved his prior best Quail Hollow score by six strokes on the opening day of the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina.
Knox didn’t drop a shot in recording birdies at his fifth and sixth holes and then holing a superb 18-foot birdie putt at the third hole or the 12th of his round.
It left the Florida-based Scot trailing just four shots behind American Robert Streb and the clubhouse leader with a seven under par 65.
However fellow American and four-time ...
Padraig Harrington From Last At Players To Top-10 In Wells Fargo At ‘Putting’.
In less than a week triple Major winning Padraig Harrington has climbed from last in ‘Putting’ stats at last week’s Players Championship in Florida to into the top-1o after needing just 25 putts in posting a two under par 70 on day one of the Wells Fargo Championship.
American Gary Woodland, and runner-up to Rory McIlroy in last fortnight’s WGC – Cadillac Match-Play Championship in San Francisco, topped the least number of putts on day one at Quail Hollow with just 22 putts.
Fellow ...
Rory McIlroy & Padraig Harrington Praise Leona Maguire – New Women’s Amateur World No. 1
Golf’s leading ranked Rory McIlroy was singing the praise of Leona Maguire and the first Irish-born women’s amateur World No. 1.
McIlroy hasn’t had the pleasure of meeting Maguire and the 20-year Slieve Russell sensation but he’s admired her career and with the Duke University freshman moving to the top of the rankings in capturing a third NCAA title.
“Leona becoming the Number One ranked ladies amateur is a fantastic achievement and though I have not met her or spent that much time with ...
Martin Laird Targeting U.S. Open & St. Andrews Open Tee Times.
Martin Laird is hopeful he will have locked in qualifying for this year’s Open Championship before the pressure of securing an Old Course tee time a week before at the Aberdeen Assert Management Scottish Open.
The smile returned to Laird’s face when he birdied two of his closing four holes to get back to par on the opening day of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow.
Laird, who resides about an hour’s drive from the suburban Charlotte course, was struggling somewhat at two over par ...
