Luke Donald & Ian Poulter Will Now Rely On ‘Wildcard’ Picks After Missing Barclays Cut.
The England pair of Luke Donald and Ian Poulter will now have to rely on a Gleneagles ‘wildcard’ pick after missing the halfway cut in the Barclays Championship in Paramus, New Jersey.
The event is the opening event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Play-Off Series but also the final Ryder Cup qualifying event for the US-based Europeans.
Donald, who is currently ranked 10th on the World Points table and just one spot outside of the automatic top-nine qualifiers, had just two birdies but ...
Jack Nicklaus Spotted At Yonkers Raceway, New York.
Golf’s all-time greatest player Jack Nicklaus was spotted when we visited the famed Yonkers Raceway circuit earlier this week.
Yonkers Raceway was founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, and it’s a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing circuit.
Yonkers previously was the site of the Cane Pace, one of the legs of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers.
It is now the host track for another leg, the Messenger Stakes.
Yonkers is also home to the Yonkers Trot, one of ...
Graeme McDowell Finds Barclays Bad Time Warning Very Untimely.
Graeme McDowell found being given a time warning in taking a minute to putt very untimely on day two of the Barclays Championship in Paramus, New Jersey.
McDowell was standing over an eight foot putt on the par four seventh hole of the Ridgewood Country Club course when approached by rules official, Brad Fabel.
“I felt very annoyed about that,” said McDowell
“The group had been given a bad time warning and I actually thought the referee with our group (Brad Fabel) had left the vicinity, ...
Seung-Yul Noh Pays Heavy Price For Basic Breach Of The Rules At Barclays.
Korean Seung-yul Noh paid a heavy price for his ignorance of a basic rule in golf.
The breach of the rules prompted Slugger White, Vice President of Rules and Competition, to remark: “I’ve been out here 33 years and I’ve have never seen this happen.”
In hitting off the tee at the par four 11th hole, the reigning Zurich Classic of New Orleans champion found the third hole green located on the right side of the 11th.
However in a glaring ignorance of the rules the South-Korean ...
Rory McIlroy Rules Out Fatigue But Admits Being Under-Prepared For Barclays.
World No. 1 and four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy admits he was under-prepared but refused to blame his jet-setting ways in the past 10 days as any reason in posting his poorest round in well over a month.
McIlroy found himself near the tail of the field sharing 102nd place in the 125-player field after a shock three over par 74 on the opening day of the ultra-lucrative start to the FedEx Cup Play Off Series at the Barclays Championship in Paramus, New Jersey.
It left the four-time Major winner ...
Russell Knox Shows He’s Right At Home In Maiden Play-Off Series Event.
Russell Knox kick-started his quest to bank a bonus $10m end-of-season pot of gold with a strong showing on the opening day of the Barclays Championship in New Jersey.
The Inverness-born Knox is contesting the FedEx Cup Play Off Series for a first time in his short PGA Tour career and showed he wasn’t fazed posting a four under par 67 in hot and humid conditions on the Ridgwood Country Club course in Paramus.
It put Knox into a clubhouse share of second place and just a shot behind the leading ...
Paul Casey Shoots Barclays 66 But Still Gets Shivers Playing Ridgewood’s 7th.
Paul Casey muscled his way into an eight way share of second place with a five under par 66 and on a course where eight years ago he walked off in tears.
Casey heads the large European contingent and not dropping a shot to be lying only a stroke behind American Bo Van Pelt who heads the $8m event at six under par.
And while Casey gives himself no hope of making this year’s European side he could help but again getting emotional at the seventh.
“The seventh hole gave me shivers today as that’s ...
