The Snake Pit Takes One Last Bite Out Of Russell Knox.
The Snake Pit took one last bite out of Russell Knox on the final day of the Valspar Championship at the Innisbrook Resort, Tampa Bay.
For the third occasion in four days Knox walked off the 18th green with a bogey on the Copperhead Course.
However the 28-year old Scot, who got into a play-off in last fortnight’s Honda Classic, could count himself unlucky after hitting one of his best drives all week that measured 298-yards, but then seeing his ball rested in a divot.
And being just 125-yards ...
John Senden Turns Snake Charmer – With His Valspar Championship Triumph.
John Senden’s victory at the 2014 Valspar Championship.
He wins his second PGA Tour title in his 345th start and ends a victory drought of seven years, eight months since winning the 2006 John Deere Classic
After a pair of runner-up finishes at Innisbrook (2007 & 2008), Senden wins the Valspar Championship in his 11th appearance in the event.
Senden becomes the sixth different international player to win the Valspar Championship and the first Australian-born champion.
He becomes the second ...
John Senden Augusta National Bound After Taming Snake Pit For A Stunning Valspar Championship Success.
John Senden is Augusta National bound after a dramatic victory in the Valspar Championship on the famed Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort Tampa Bay.
Senden came from a shot behind heading into the final round to birdie two of his closing three holes and win by a stroke from American KevinNa with a final round 70 for a seven under par tally.
Senden set up victory taking the venom out of the famed Snake Pit and the affectionate name for the three hole closing stretch – the par four ...
Darren Clarke Dresses Early For St. Patrick’s Day.
Darren Clarke admitted he had St. Patrick’s Day in mind when he pulled on a pair of green trousers for the final round of the Valspar Championship in Tampa Bay.
In fact, Clarke was among three players spotted wearing the same Augusta National green coloured pants on day four.
Italy’s Matteo Manassero has been wearing the same coloured pants on a Sunday since turning pro and in memory of boyhood hero, Seve Ballesteros.
However Clarke’s Sunday splash of colour, and in an event where ...
Harrington Ends Round On His Lonesome As Calcavecchia Seeks Medical Attention.
Padraig Harrington played the last nine holes of the Valspar Championship in the company of just his caddy after playing partner and fellow Open Champion Mark Calcavecchia was forced to withdraw through illness.
Calcavecchia and the 1989 Open Champion had been suffering with a stomach complaint for two days and felt so ill he did not want to shake Harrington’s hand on the first tee fearing passing on the illness to his double Open Championship winning colleague.
Calcavecchia managed to birdie ...
Canizares Storms To Five Shot Success In Hassan 11 Trophy.
Spain’s Alejandro Canizares has stormed his way to a five shot success in the Hassan 11 Trophy in Agadir, Morocco.
The Madrid born Canizares was never challenged over the four days and despite taking a double bogey at the last he collect the ceremonial winner’s dagger and also his second European Tour victory with a 21-under par tally on the Golf du Palais Royal course laid out along the Atlantic Ocean shoreline.
Canizares posted a final round two under par 70 to end a eight-year winless ...
Innisbrook Resort Tampa Bay Shines Brightly In The Sunshine State.
Florida has long been golfing capital of the United States with over 2,500 golf courses in America’s 27th State.
That’s more golf courses than any other State.
Though there’s one golfing resort shining brighter than most in the Sunshine State and that’s the much-acclaimed Innisbrook Resort.
In fact, Innisbrook Resort boasts not one golfing complex in Florida but three – Innisbrook at Tampa Bay, Renunion in Orlando and Hammock Beach at Palm Coast.
Our focus this past ...
