EXCLUSIVE .. MacIntyre Tames Puerto Rico Heat To Make It Three From Three Weekenders.

EXCLUSIVE …. Top-ranked Scot MacIntyre battled the hot windy conditions in a comfortable round of 67 to be assured of playing all four rounds in his maidan appearance in the Puerto Rico Open. MacIntye is the highest world-ranked in the field at World No. 68 and was five-under through 11 holes but finished a little short-changed in playing the last eight holes at just one under, with three birdies and one less bogey in his score of 67. It handed him a top-20 position as the afternoon half of ...

Syme Again Banging Loudly On A First Victory Door As Laird’s Puerto Rico Push Halted By Storms

Scotland’s affable Connor Syme is back banging on a hopeful first Tour victory door grabbing five birdies in a four-under 68 on the opening day of Jonsson Workwear Open at Edenvale in the north-east suburbs of Joburg. Syme, 28, birdied three of his opening six holes and then two of his closing three to be inside the top-20 and four adrift of the leading duo of Spaniard Ivan Cantero and South African Keenan Davidse. Two back of the lead is South African Robin ‘Tiger’ Williams, and named ...

Securing An Old Course Tee Time- Those Nights Waiting With Pillow & Blanket Are Over

The long nights of packing a pillow and blanket and then heading off in darkness looking to find a place to bed down for the night close to the opening tee of the Old Course at St. Andrews and then waking hoping to get to play the course some time the next day, will soon be a thing of the past. The Links Trust that adminster the handing out of tee-times to visitors have moved into the 21st Century by announcing a computerised tee-time draw to play the famed Old Course will be introduced from next ...

Weir Declares It’s A Shame Being Advised LIV Golfers Not Eligible For His International Presidents Cup Side.

International Presidents Cup captain Mike Weir says it’s a shame in being advised by the PGA Tour that LIV Golfers will not be eligible to qualify for the event later this year at the Royal Montreal in Canada. Unlike the PGA of America that runs the US side of the Ryder Cup that last year allowed Brooks Koepka to pull on the USA team colours, the Presidents Cup held every other year is administered by the PGA Tour. However, in a surprising move that goes against continuing moves to rebuild ...

Laird & MacIntyre Dropped From Arnold Palmer $20m Entry List, Now In Puerto Rico Field

Scots Martin Laird and Robert MacIntyre have been strangely dropped from the entry list teeing-up in this week’s historic $20m Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill club in Orlando. MacIntyre is now based just two miles from the host this week’s Florida course but instead he’s driven past the Bay Hill turnoff on route to the airport and joins Laird in this week’s Tour sanctioned event over 1,100 miles away in Puerto Rico. The current World No. 68 MacIntyre arrived on ...

MacIntyre Excited Teaming With Dunhill Links Partner In Seminole Player/Member Matches

EXCLUSIVE … Top-Scot Bob MacIntyre is staring at two of the biggest exclusive tournaments of his short PGA Tour career he’ll contest this week in his new home state of Florida. MacIntyre will tee-up tomorrow (Monday) for a first time in the Seminole Player/Member outing at the just as exclusive Donald Ross designed Seminole Club course at Juno Beach. The Scot along former Scottish Open champ Rickie Fowler are in the fourball behind Tiger Woods, who is returning to competition for a ...

Poutler Declares His Ryder Cup Playing Days Are Over But Does Not Close A Future Captaincy Door

‘Mr Ryder Cup’ Ian Poulter probably was stating the brutally obvious in declaring his days of playing in a European Team are over. Poulter’s now aged 48 and last pulled on the European team colours in 2021, a year proir to men’s professional golf being torn apart with the formation of LIV. ‘Poults’ is among many LIV stars who were deemed ineligible along with the likes of Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood after they resigned their DP World Tour memberships to sign ...