Paul Lawrie Turns Down Hassan 11 Trophy To Lend Support To His Beloved Aberdeen.
Former Open Champion Paul Lawrie admitted there was no chance he would miss Aberdeen FC’s League Cup final showdown to compete for a first time in this week’s Hassan 11 Trophy at Agadir in Morocco.
The 45-year-old Aberdonian has stayed at home to cheer on Derek McInnes’ side against Inverness CT at Celtic Park in Glasgow on Sunday.
“Morocco is not an event that I have ever played in before,” said Lawrie.
“But I would have played this year as I have not been playing much. So I am missing ...
Greg ‘The Snake’ Chalmers – 345th PGA Start & Only A Second First Round Lead.
Australia’s affable Greg Chalmers is competing in this 345th PGA Tour start at this week’s Valspar Championship at Tampa Bay in Florida.
In that time the left-hander has held the first round lead in a tournament once before and that was at the 2009 US Bank Championship in Milwaukee where he eventually finished T15th.
And the golfer nick-named The Snake made it two first round leads with his opening three under par 68 that sees him sharing the lead with Korean-born Kiwi Danny Lee and ...
Russell Knox Sets About Burying Honda Disappointment With Valspar Opening 70.
Russell Knox set about burying last fortnight’s Honda Classic disappointment to be in contention on day one of the Valspar Championship in Tampa Bay, Florida.
The Inverness-born Knox posted a one under par 70 in unusually cold but bright conditions in the $US 5.8m event being played on the Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort.
It left the 28-year old just two shots behind four players who head the event at three under par – the American duo of Matt Every and Pat Perwz along with Australia’s ...
Miguel Angel Jimenez Welcomes Des Smyth As Eurasia Cup Vice-Captain.
EurAsia Cup captain Miguel Angel Jimenez has welcomed the appointment of Des Smyth as his vice-captain for the inaugural event commencing later this month in Malaysia.
It was Paul McGinley who had the big hand in arranging for Smyth to work under Jimenez ahead of Smyth acting as one of McGinley’s vice-captains for September’s showdown at Gleneagles against the Americans.
“I have known Des a very long time and I am very happy he will be my vice-captain in Malaysia,” said Jimenez.
“The ...
Darren Clarke Intent On Taking Sting Out Of Copperhead After Being Bitten On Valspar First Day.
Darren Clarke remains quietly-confident of taking the sting out of the Copperhead course despite being bitten on day one of the Valspar Championship at Tampa Bay, Florida.
Clarke was sharing the lead when he turned over a 5-iron second shot into rough at the 12th to eventually walk off with a double bogey along with a bogey at the last on route to carding a level par 71.
It is Clarke’s first appearance in the $US 5.7m event and while disappointed the former British Open champion still walked from ...
Harrington Finds Inspiration Tackling The Copperhead Course As Clarke Makes His Tampa Debut.
If Padraig Harrington needed any inspiration to end a more than five-year winless drought he could again find it at the ‘Snake Pit’ in this week’s Valspar Championship at Tampa Bay.
Harrington is making his fourth appearance in the Florida event and two years after a career low and Copperhead course record 61 on the opening day of the 2012 event.
It remains Harrington’s lowest score on any of the major tours, and over a Copperhead course where the last three holes are affectionately known ...
Russell Knox – Holds A US Passport, Father Born In US But He’s Scottish To The Core.
Scotland-born Russell Knox has clearly ruled out any talk of him competing for the USA Team should he qualify automatically for the Ryder Cup.
The 28-year old Scot had gone within a whisker of a first-ever PGA Tour victory a fortnight ago when he was involved in a four-man play-off for the Honda Classic title.
It was Knox’s great showing at the ‘Bear Trap’ that prompted suggestions, given his father is American-born, that he could be eligible to compete in a USA Team, if and when he should ...
