Wells Fargo Championship Media Center Stops For 140th Kentucky Derby.
The running of the 140th Kentucky Derby stopped work in the Wells Fargo Championship Media Center.
Fortunately, play in the third round had ended some 45 minutes earlier with J B Holmes, who strangely had been present at the 2013 Kentucky Derby, leading the event by a stroke on 13-under par.
There was a sweep among those in the media center and with Tour Miss and myself drawing No. 14 – Medal Court & No. 18 – Candy Boy.
Medal Court was at odds of 20- 1 and Candy Boy 15-1 for the first ...
Twenty-One Europeans Teeing Up In 2014 Players Championship.
Next week’s Players Championship promises a strong European representations with 21 European born players to tee up at TPC Sawgrass.
It is the highest representation of Europeans over the past five years with 20 having competed in 2011, 2012 and last year.
Here in alphabetical order is the list Europeans to tee-up in this year’s $US 10m that carries a whopping first prize cheque of $US 1.8m include:-
And only two of those and they’re both Scots in Stephen Gallacher and Russell Knox ...
J B Holmes Swaps Kentucky Derby For Leading Wells Fargo Reins.
A year ago J B Holmes was present in Louisville for the running of the 2013 Kentucky Derby.
This year Holmes holds the leading reins in the Wells Fargo Championship with a third round 66 to head the Quail Hollow field by a neck at 13-under par.
And Holmes managed to end his round about 45 minutes before the start of the 2014 Kentucky Derby.
“It’s been a big change for me since last year, as last year I broke my ankle and I was at the Derby and then a couple of weeks after that I ended ...
Rory McIlroy Gets His Putting Sorted Out & Jumps Up Front In The Wells Fargo.
Rory McIlroy got his putting sorted out and got himself back up front on day three of the Wells Fargo Championship.
McIlroy had just 25 putts in a seven under par 65 in glorious morning scoring conditions to move to six under par in the $US 6.9m event being played at the Quail Hollow Golf Club in suburban Charlotte.
It is McIlroy’s second lowest score in 17 rounds of the course where he shot a final round 62 to win on debut in 2010.
“I putted much better today and I did some work on the ...
Jason Day …. Thumbs Down To Players Championship After Jarring Thumb At Augusta.
Australia’s Jason Day has withdrawn from next week’s lucrative Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
The current World No. 6 continues to struggle with a thumb injury that he aggravated during the Masters.
And while most news outlets remain ignorant of why Day is again sidelined, it was www.golfbytourmiss.com that reported some weeks ago that Day in fact re-injured the thumb in hitting a tree root at ‘Mickelson’s Tree’ down the right side of the par five 13th hole at ...
Rory McIlroy’s Other Reason Why He Will Contest The 2014 BMW PGA Championship.
Rory McIlroy has revealed a second reason why he will contest the European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship later this month.
It was only earlier this week the European Tour heralded the double Major winner will tee up at ‘Tour HQ’.
And this only came about as McIlroy was at home last week in Florida and thought he was playing well enough that he might as well enter the BMW hosted event.
The European Tour media service jumped on the news immediately sending out a blanket press ...
Martin Laird Buries Run Of Three Missed Cuts To Be In Wells Fargo Contention.
Martin Laird buried a run of three missed cuts to be well in contention after two rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina.
Laird showed his fondness for the course located just 45 minutes from his ‘summer’ residence to add a two under par 70 to his opening 69 on the Quail Hollow course.
It put the Scot in a share of ninth place and only four strokes behind American Martin Fores (68) and Argentina’s Angel Cabrera (69) who head the $US 6.9m event on nine ...
