Bernd Wiesberger Close To Creating Austrian & Masters History.
Austrian giant Bernd Wiesberger birdied five holes in succession near the end of his round an eight under par 64 on day one of the Dubai Desert Classic.
Wiesberger, 29 produced a European Tour equalling career low that included just 25 putts in ideal conditions on the Emirates Course as he strives for a third Tour success and a first since winning twice in 2012.
The 6-foot 3-inch Vienna-born golfer had been three under par with birdies at six, nine and the 10th hole before starting his birdie charge ...
Five Years On & Rory McIlroy Now Expects To Shoot 66.
Six years after first winning in Dubai and World No. 1 Rory McIlroy says he now expects himself to shoot a 66 as he did on the first day of the Dubai Desert Classic.
McIlroy posted seven birdies in round, including birding the opening two holes, before ending with a bogey to be sharing third place with Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher and Germany’s Max Kieffer, and trailing just one shot behind the leading clubhouse pair of Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts and England’s Andy Sullivan.
The big-hitting ...
Kel Nagle – Fellow Open Champions Pay Tribute.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and reigning Open Champion has paid tribute to fellow Open winner Kel Nagle who passed away peacefully today in Sydney.
Nagle, 94 was golf’s oldest-living living Major winner having captured the 1960 Centenary Open Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews where golf’s oldest Major will be staged later this year.
McIlroy has competed in just one Open at St. Andrews setting a course record 63 on the opening day of the 2010 championship and on route to sharing ...
Kel Nagle – Australian Golf Writers Association Mourn His Passing.
The Australian Golf Writers Association has joined those to mourn the passing of Kel Nagle and have arranged to place the following tribute into Friday’s edition of the Sydney Morning Herald.
KEL NAGLE
“His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in his that Nature must stand up and say to the world. This was a man.” – Australian Golf Writers Association.
The following also is a message from the Association:-
“It is with much sadness that we record the passing ...
Kel Nagle – Golf’s Oldest Major Winner – Sadly Passes Away.
Sadly Australian golfing great Kel Nagle and golf’s oldest living Major winner had died just weeks after celebrating his 94th birthday.
Nagle, winner of the 1960 Centenary British Open, was with his family when he died early Thursday morning in Sydney’s Mona Vale hospital.
“It’s a sad day for golf, we’ve lost a champion of our game,” chief executive of the Australian PGA, Brian Thorburn, said.
Nagle, born in North Sydney in 1920, secured a record 61 wins on the ...
Rory McIlroy Instrumental In Peter Lawrie Receiving Dubai Desert Classic Invitation.
It continues to speak volumes about the character and sincerity of the current World No. 1 Rory McIlroy.
Close to a time when McIlroy is staring at unwanted public scrutiny next Tuesday at the Dublin High Court it has come to light how McIlroy went out of his way to assist Peter Lawrie with an invitation into this week’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
Lawrie is among eight invitations contesting the third and final leg of the European Tour’s Desert Swing and in looking at the list of entrants ...
Gallacher Encouraging Warren In Making Masters Debut.
Top ranked Scot Stephen Gallacher is encouraging fellow Scot Marc Warren to follow in his Dubai Desert Classic victory footsteps all the way to making a Masters debut this season.
Despite the disappointment of a second place finish in last week’s Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, Warren jumped 23 spots to be the new World No. 56 and now just six places shy of boosting Scotland’s Augusta National entrants to four.
If successful in breaking into the top-50 by the last week in March then Warren ...
