Shane Lowry Feeling Short-Changed By Tour’s New Points System.
Shane Lowry has joined a number of Europe’s top players feeling short changed by the effectiveness of the European Tour’s Final Four Series points system.
Lowry teed up on the opening day of the Turkish Airlines Open flying high at 15th on the Race to Dubai money list and the assurance of his best-ever season in five years competing on the Tour.
However after posting an opening round 70 to be lying seven shots behind near 51-year Miguel Angel Jimenez, the Carton House pro has questioned if all ...
Monty Miffed By USA Ryder Cup Task Force Move.
On the eve of his 600th Tour event at the Turkish Airlines Open and Colin Montgomerie declared his disbelief the PGA of America has set-up a task force in order to help turnaround having lost eight of the past 10 Ryder Cups.
The PGA of America has reacted to the USA Team’s recent five point loss in announcing the setting up of a 15-man task force that will include the likes of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
Of course, there has been much debate already on the need of a task force when the ...
Garcia & Westwood Bow To McIlroy’s Brilliance.
Race to Dubai rival Sergio Garcia has waved a virtual white flag declaring Rory McIlroy’s brilliant season is deserving of a second Race to Dubai victory crown in three years.
In the absence of McIlroy this week in Turkey, Garcia can still unseat the four-time Major winner by capturing the Turkish Airlines Open but the Spaniard, who is currently ranked third on the money list, would also need to succeed in next week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
It is the same scenario for the second ...
The Many, Many Moods Of Monty At Turkish Airlines Open.
The move by Colin Montgomerie to the Champions Tour is certainly a gain for the over-50 year golfing brigade.
But it is also a big loss to the golf writers working the European Tour.
That was no more prevalent when Monty visited the Media Center on the eve of this week’s Turkish Airlines Open.
Not only is it again a special week for Monty as the event is being played on the Maxx Royal course he designed but also it is the occasion of his 600th European Tour event.
Only one player, who is still ...
Turkey Withdraws 2022 Ryder Cup Bid Citing Environmental Issues.
Turkey has withdrawn its bid to host the 2022 Ryder Cup citing sensitive environmental issues as it would require cutting down between some 6,000 and 15,000 trees.
Turkey was among seven European Continental nations vying to host the biennial event and nominating the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course and venue for this week’s Turkish Airlines Open.
However Turkey has elected not to bid and will look to focus on building a new golf course, and without any environmental concerns, in a move that could ...
European Stars Take Center Stage At 2,000 Year Old Theatre Of Aspendos
Three stars of this week’s Turkish Airlines Open took to the stage of the near 2,000 Theatre of Aspendos, and located around a 20-minute drive from this week’s host Montgomerie Maxx Royal course.
The stars – Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia – then hit golf balls over the back wall of remarkable ancient Roman ruin.
The shots, off a raised artificial mat, needed to carry around 80-yard high wall that was no trouble for the trio of European Ryder Cup stars.
However ...
Garcia Believes Jimenez’s Poor English Will Rule Him Out Of 2016 Ryder Cup Captaincy.
In a surprise twist Spain’s Sergio Garcia believes compatriot Miguel Angel Jimenez’s lack of English will rule him out of captaincy contention.
Unlike the mess the USA Team finds itself, the vote for the 2016 European Team captaincy at Hazeltine now seems a clear cut choice between Darren Clarke and Jimenez, the Tour’s oldest champion.
However Garcia, and a veteran of seven Ryder Cups along with being a vice-captain in 2010, believes the five-man committee to choose a successor to Paul ...
