Spieth’s Genesis Disqualification – Does The Rule Need Updating?
There are 34 rules governing the formal playing of golf.
There are also a handful of those 34 rules if you were to break during competition will lead to your disqualification.
Three-time major winning Jordan Spieth fell foul of one of those rules – Rule 6-6b – and was immediately disqualified following his second round at the 2024 Genesis Invitational being hosted on the Riviera club host course in suburban Santa Monica.
It’s been reported that it’s the first occasion in ...
Drysdale Returns To Asian Tour Fully Exempt & Full Of Enthusiasm
Scotland’s David Drysdale returns to competition this week in the sauna-like conditions of the Malaysian capital fully exempt and full of enthusisam ahead of the opening event of the 2024 Asian Tour season.
The forecast is for a week in the mid 90s for Dyrsdale and his caddying wife, Vicky competing in the IRS Prima Malaysian Open being hosted by the Mine Club resort in Kuala Lumpur.
It’s the 62nd anniversary of the event won in the past by the likes of double major winning Vijay Singh (1992 ...
Ramsay Reckons Qatar Masters Conditions Ripe For Another Scottish-Born Champ
Scot Richie Ramsay reckons a rework of the greens and the forecasted conditions are ripe for a hopeful fifth Scottish-born winner of the CB Qatar Masters in Doha.
Ramsay, 40, superbly muscled his way into contention on day two to be six-under in a five-hole run on route to an eventual three-under 69 for a one-under tally in continuing warm but windy conditions in the Qatar capital.
Aussie Haydn Barron birdied the closing three holes on the scorecard for a second day running in a second day 67 ...
MacIntyre Chuffed To Find His Way Into WM Phoenix Open Field.
Top-ranked Scot Bob MacIntyre wasted little time heading off to Arizon after grabbing the last place into Thursday’s starting WM Phoenix Open in Arizona.
The Oban lefty was fifth reserve last Friday for $US 8.8m (£6.97m) event but a number or withdrawals, including out-of-form World No. 4 Viktor Hovland and the latest being American Kevin Streelman, who withdrew late on Tuesday (US time) has opened the door for MacIntyre.
It meant the now Orlando-based MacIntyre boarding a flight early Wednesday ...
McIlroy & Spieth Back On The Same Page After McIlroy Removed Himself From Group ‘Chat’
Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth are seemingly back on the same page following the American’s pre-AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am comments concerning the status of the potential deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and also his sensitive ‘anti-McIlroy’ remarks.
After more than two years of headlines for all the wrong reasons in the men’s professional game the last thing you would expect is that PGA Tour allies McIlroy and Spieth would need ...
Jamieson Ready To Bravely Battle Bahrain’s Shamal
Scott Jamieson’s quietly-confident of taming the continuing strong desert Shamal winds heading into the weekend rounds of the Bahrain Championship.
The Jacksonvillle-based Scot toughed-out the winds on day two of the inaugural event posting a one-under 71 for a two-round six-under tally on the host Royal Golf course on the oil-rich Middle East island.
It left Jamieson trailing just three adrift of the leading threesome of South African Dylan Frittelli (68), Switzerland’s Joel Girrbach (70) and ...
Jamieson Pleased To Be Bogey-Free Around Monty’s Bahrain Designed Course
Scotland’s Scott Jamieson was pleased to emerge bogey-free over the Montgomerie designed host course on day one of the Bahrain Championship.
Jamieson, 40, posted a five-under 67 to be just three shots adrift of 22-year-old French rookie Tom Vaillant.
Vaillant, who was runner-up in last year’s Challenge Tour final, birdied his closing two holes in a score of an eight-under 64 and in only his fifth full member DP World Tour event.
Jamieson finds himself in a five-way share of eighth place ...
