Phil Mickelson Struggles To Recall Last Time He Went Without Birdie.
Five-time Major winning Phil Mickelson struggled to recall the last occasion he shot a round that did not include a birdie in posting a 73 on day one of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Mickelson recorded 17 straight pars before ending his first round of the New Year with a bogey to be trailing six strokes behind the leading trio of England’s Matthew Baldwin, Frenchman Romain Wattel and Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello.
Both Baldwin and Wattel are looking for their Tour success whereas Cabrera-Bello ...
Sergio Garcia Injures Shoulder On Opening Day Of Abu Dhabi HSBC C’ship.
Sergio Garcia labelled the course ‘dangerous’ after having to seek treatment on three occasions for an injured shoulder on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Garcia had first been observed lying flat out and receiving treatment on the fourth hole or the 13th of his round in an eventual score of four over par 76.
It left the current World No. 10 lying nine shots three players including compatriot Rafa Cabrera-Bello, England’s Matthew Baldwin and French star Romain Wattel ...
Peter Whiteford’s Toughest Decision Of His Career.
Peter Whiteford is among the quietly spoken on the European Tour but it didn’t make the decision any easier to advise his coach of 15 years he needed a change.
The Fifer heads into today’s (THU) starting Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, now working with Gary Nichol after severing ties with Donald McKay and his coach of some 15-years.
And what makes it tougher for Whiteford is McKay is attached to the Wellsgreen golf facility near Kirkcaldy, owned by his parents and where Whiteford hit his first ...
Paul McGinley Delivers Blunt Warning – “Friendships & Nationality Will Not Count For Ryder Cup Selection”.
Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley delivered a chilling ultimatium to the likes of fellow Irishman Padraig Harrington that longtime friendship counts for nothing when it comes to Gleneagles selection.
Harrington has not pulled on the European Team colours since his somewhat controversial ‘wildcard’ pick by Colin Montgomerie for the 2010 encounter at Celtic Manor.
The triple Major winner last week earned his first decent finish since the 2014 Ryder Cup process commenced last September with his ...
Simon Dyson Breaks Silence Over Cheating Charge … “I Want To Start Afresh”.
Simon Dyson has broken his silence since being handed a suspended sentence following allegations of cheating and declaring he is looking to start afresh this week in Abu Dhabi.
Dyson was disqualified following video footage showing him to have illegally tapped down a spike mark during the second round of last October’s BMW Masters in Shanghai.
The English golfer then faced a three-man disciplinary panel hearing early last month (DEC) where he was fined £30,000 (STG) and given a two-month suspended ...
‘Run Milka Run’ Earns Major Bollywood Film Awards.
‘Run Milkha Run’ – the life story of famed India-born runner UMilka Singh and father to champion India golfer Jeev Milkha Singh – has captured a number of major India film awards overnight.
Jeev Milkha Singh, who is competing in this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, alerted www.golfbytourmiss.com to the awards today (Wed) as he practiced on the National Course range.
The movie captured a number of top awards at the Life OK Screen Awards 2014 headed by the Best Actor ...
Henrik Stenson Declares ‘Icing On The Cake’ In Career To Win A Major.
Henrik Stenson believes it will be the ‘icing on the cake’ if he were to become the first male-born Sweden golfer to win a Major.
Stenson is commencing his new season contesting the three European Tour ‘Desert Swing’ events and starting with this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
The 37-year old current World No. 3 last year enjoyed easily the best season of his 15-year pro career capped in becoming the first-ever player to win both the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series on the PGA Tour and also ...
