Stephen Gallacher Side-Steps The Alligators But Not The Cold – Has To Buy Woolly Cap.
Stephen Gallacher probably has a draw full of woollen hats back home but he found himself paying a visit the local pro shop ahead of carding a level par 71 on the opening day of the RBC Heritage Classic in South Carolina.
It left the Scot trailing five shots behind three players including World No. 6 Matt Kuchar.
Gallacher ended his round at noon local time still rugged-up under three layers in the bright but very cold conditions on Harbor Town Golf Links course on Hilton Head Island.
However warmed ...
Graeme McDowell Tees-Up In Hilton Head Still Carrying Some Unwanted Masters Baggage.
It is a new tournament and he was introduced on the tee as the RBC Heritage Classic defending champion but Graeme McDowell admitted he was still suffering a ‘hangover’ from last week’s Masters disappointment.
McDowell holed a 10-foot pin-high putt on the smallish ninth green he was playing before joining his family for lunch in the Harbor Town Golf Links clubhouse five shots behind the leading American trio of World No. 6 Matt Kuchar, Scott Langley and William McGirt who lead the field by two ...
Nick Faldo’s 30th RBC Heritage Anniversary Turns Pear Shape.
Nick Faldo’s 30th year anniversary of his first PGA Tour victory was hardly cause for celebration in crashing to tail of the field on day one of the RBC Heritage Classic in South Carolina.
The six-time Major’s winner has by-passed the senior’s tour to play a handful of main tour events in coming months.
However Faldo had just one birdie but also five bogeys and a double bogey in his round of a six over par 77 on the Harbor (No. U) Town Golf Links course at Hilton Head.
It sent the 56-year old ...
‘Drove My The Chevy To The ….. Well, Hilton Head’.
The urge to return to Hilton Head along with the use of a gleaming black Chevy Camaro was a strong combination in driving from the Masters to this week’s RBC Heritage Classic.
So after a long and exhaustive week reporting on the Masters, it was sheer joy to pack this new version of an American motoring icon and take the drive south-east from Augusta, Georgia, all the way along Route 278 to Hilton Head here in South Carolina.
The Chevy Camaro had been in use at Augusta just for short drives ...
Matt Kuchar Looks To Make Hilton Head Four-Times Lucky.
American Matt Kuchar is looking to finally make if four times lucky after posting a five under par 66 on the opening day of the RBC Heritage Classic at Hilton Head.
Kuchar warmed to the bright but very cold conditions in his best-ever round on the tight tree-lined Harbor Town Golf Links course.
The current World No. 6 arrived in South Carolina having been in contention for victory in the past three events only.
First in the Valero Texas Open and then in the following week’s Shell Houston Open, ...
Graeme McDowell Upgraded Masters ‘F’ Rating To A ‘C Minus’.
Graeme McDowell has upgraded last week’s indifferent Masters effort from an ‘F’ to a ‘C mins’ ahead of his RBC Heritage Classic defence on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
McDowell crashed out of the year’s first Major with scores of 72 and 78 to miss the Augusta halfway cut five out of seven Masters showings.
He went onto Twitter ranking his effort an ‘F’ but now with the excitement of returning to the venue of his first regular PGA Tour win a years ago, the current World No. ...
Jordan Spieth Reckons Gleneagles Ryder Cup Venue A ‘Cool Track’.
Of the top nine players currently lying on the USA Ryder Cups standings there is surprisingly one who has played in competition on this year’s host Gleneagles course.
Jordan Spieth was just 17 years of age when he represented the USA in the 2010 Junior Ryder Cup on the PGA Centenary course.
Now three years on the Dallas-born Spieth looks set to make his Ryder Cup debut in Tom Watson’s USA side after jumping 10 places to fourth overall on the USA standing despite his continuing disappointment ...
