Lost Ball – So You Think You Know The Rules Of Golf.
A recent discussion within the aptly named Golf Hotel in Crail turned into a lively chat about the rule relating to a lost ball.
Not surprisingly everyone had the own view in what they thought was the appropriate procedure a golfer should adopt in the scenario in question.
However it later led to grabbing a copy of the Rules of Golf to clarify this particular ruling, and then also good friend Alastair McMeekin, with thanks to rules expert Barry Rhodes, providing the answers to the following scenarios ...
Golf Ball Diver Listed As The World’s No. 1 Weirdest Occupation.
Next time you make a splash in the water hazard of your local golf course consider the world’s weirdest occupation is ‘Golf Ball Diver’.
It is estimated American golfers alone lose 30 million golf balls a year in water hazards, trees and so on while at TPC Sawgrass, and venue each year for the PGA Tour’s Players Championship, staff retrieve around 100,000 golf balls a year just from the water guarding the infamous island green 17th hole.h
But then there are those who get paid ...
Gallacher Turns 40 & Looking To Now Mirror Jimenez Over Next Decade.
Stephen Gallacher celebrated his 40th birthday insisting he’s inspired by Miguel Angel Jimenez to remain competitive for the next decade.
It was a low key ‘Big Four Zero’ celebration for Gallacher who is contesting the BMW Masters in Shanghai other than being the very first to tee off on day three at Lake Malaren in Shanghai.
Also there was no birthday cake when he walked off well over four hours later after a round of 72, and a day after toasting 15 years of marriage.
The only highlight being ...
Graeme McDowell Backing Darren Clarke For 2016 European Captaincy.
Darren Clarke continues to firm as 2016 European Ryder Cup captain with Graeme McDowell now publically lending support to his fellow Northern Irishman.
McDowell’s backing of Clarke comes hot on the heels of Padraig Harrington declaring ‘Darren deserves it given he’s done so much for European golf’.
There’s no denying Clarke’s credentials having been on four of five victorious Ryder Cup teams between 1997 and 2006 while he was vice-captain in 2010 and 2012.
And if ‘Player Power’ helped ...
The Golfer In The Mask Revealed – Graeme McDowell.
To help celebrate Halloween organizers of the BMW Masters invited the media into the heart of Shanghai and high up the stunning Shanghai Tower complex.
And while we gathered on the 58th floor of the building their was a surprise guest dressed in a black flowing cape and white mask.
It was then a contest among those present to guess the identity of the masked golfer.
However the presence also of Horizon Sport Management’s Colm Morrisey seemed to give away the identity of the special guest.
McDowell ...
Marc Warren Four Events Away From Qualifying For Four Majors In 2015.
Scotland’s Marc Warren is four events away from qualifying for the four Majors in 2015.
Warren is already guaranteed a start in one Major in the New Year and that’s the PGA Championship while at No. 68 he’s just eight World Ranking spots shy in qualifying for the 2015 U.S. Open.
However Warren is most keen by year’s end to lock-in being exempt into next year’s Open Championship at St. Andrews.
The Scot continues on this task in this week’s BMW Masters in Shanghai and yesterday ...
Fatherhood Helping To Rededicate & Refocus Graeme McDowell.
Fatherhood is helping refocus and rededicate Graeme McDowell as he insisted he will not alter his playing schedule looking ahead to the New Year.
It is now nine weeks since McDowell’s wife, Kristin gave birth to the couple’s first child, a daughter named Vale.
Indeed the gated Lake Nona Estate in suburban Orlando where the McDowell’s reside is becoming the child-rearing capital of the European Tour with four members of the recent victorious European Ryder Cup team now boasting 10 children between ...
