Bernie McGuire – Hits First Golf Shot Of 2000 At Midnight On Tonga Golf Club Course.
A first in golf was created at the stroke of midnight, Saturday 1st January, 2000 when I proudly hit the first golf shot on a golf course of the new millennium.
This historic golfing achievement took place on the Tonga Golf Club course in the capital of Nuku‘alofa.
The nine-hole Tonga Golf Club course, and also known as the Manamo’ui Golf Course, is the only golf course on this tiny Pacific Island nation. Also, it is the first golf course to the left of the International Dateline
Tonga ...
Newly-Married Forrest Admits McIlroy’s A ‘Super Power’.
Newly-married Grant Forrest reckons World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is a ‘super power’ when it comes to driving the golf ball.
Forrest, who was married just prior to the end of last year at a lavish ceremony at the Archerfield Golf Club to the east of Edinburgh, is among five Scots contesting this week’s inaugural Dubai Invitational in the UAE.
Forrest has posted scores of 73, 68 and 71 for a one-under tally and just inside the leading 30 heading to the final round being played in this ...
Ferguson Chuffed To Be Top-10 After Shock Splash To Kick-Start His New Season
Ewen Ferguson was in good spirits heading into the weekend rounds of his first event of a new year and this despite making a penalty splash with his very first competition shot a day earlier at the inaugural DP World Tour’s Dubai Invitational.
Ferguson, who now calls Dubai home, posted a bogey-free second day three-under 68 to head into the weekend rounds sharing 10th place at five-under on the host Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club course.
He said: “It’s been a good two days, playing an event ...
MacIntyre Thanks Pelley For Providing The Scot ‘With A Pathway To His Dreams’
Robert MacIntyre has thanked out-going Tour CEO Keith Pelley for providing Scotland’s top-ranked golfer ‘with a pathway to his dreams’.
Pelley celebrated his 60th birthday Thursday in somewhat bizarre manner, first learning while competing in this week’s inaugural pro/amateur Dubai Invitational, that news of him quitting as head of the European Tour Group had been unceremonously leaked by his new employer.
It put the Tour, that’s he’s been their head since May 2015, in damage control ...
Monte Carlo – Videos From Golf Course 900 Metres Above To Scenes At Mediterranean Sea Level
Mention Monte Carlo and it brings thoughts of the playground for the rich and famous along with words such as glitz, glamour and luxury of the French Riviera.
Monte Carlo lies not in France but in the principality of Monaco along the shoreline of the Meditterrean between Italy to the North and with France to the south.
It’s one of nine regions within the principality of Monaco, and with Monaco being the second smallest principatlity in the world behind The Vatican.
Monte Carlo also is a city ...
McGuire: Slumbers R & A Departure A Big Loss To Golf & One Of The Game’s Nice Guys
Martin Slumbers departure later this year as CEO of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (R & A) will be a big loss as one of golf’s top administrators.
Slumbers, 63, indicated in an R & A news release he will oversee the hosting of this July’s 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon, the return of the AIG Women’s Open to St Andrews in August and also the 43rd Curtis Cup match at Sunningdale before relinquishing his role.
He also joins long-time R & A rules ...
MacIntyre: “America Is America .. Some Things Will Annoy Me, Some Things I’m Really Going To Love”
Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre has arrived in Hawaii for a third time in his career but with this latest visit the start of the most important chapter in his short pro golfing career.
MacIntyre is among five PGA Tour rookies, and in a first, to have secured 2024 season membership in finishing top-10, and not already exempt, on last year’s DP World Tour money list to be teeing up in this week’s $US 8.3m Sony Open in Honolulu.
For MacIntyre, it will be the first of three PGA Tour events in ...
