Tommy Fleetwood Jumps Into Volvo Champions Driver’s Seat.
England’s Tommy Fleetwood birdied the last hole in a score of 69 to take a one shot lead on day three of the Volvo Champions event in Durban.
Fleetwood, 22 broke clear of Dutchman Joost Luiten (70) and Frenchman Victor Dubuisson (69) tied in second place on nine under par in the elite 36-player event being staged on the Durban Country Club course.
Defending champion, Louis Oosthuizen was left counting the cost of having to take an ‘unplayable’ penalty shot that led to triple bogey at the 16th ...
Ronan Flood Quietly Confident Of Resuming Duty After Dramatic Illness Collapse In Durban.
Ronan Flood was hopeful of resuming his role as regular caddy to Padraig Harrington after dramatically collapsing with a mystery stomach bug and dehydration during the second round of the Volvo Champions event in Durban.
Flood, who has caddied for Harrington for near on a decade and including British Open wins in 2007 and 2008, had been ill before tee off in the $US 4m event but then collapsed halfway down the sixth hole of the Durban Country Club course.
On-course marshals immediately rushed to ...
KLM Open Winner Looten Flying First Class & Sharing Lead In Volvo Champions.
KLM Open winner Joost Luiten was flying first class after sensationally holing out for an albatross to join defending champion Louis Oosthuizen and England’s Tommy Fleetwood in a share of the lead on day two of the Volvo Champions in Durban.
Luiten holed a 248-yard 7-iron shot at the par five 10th hole in a round of a five under par 67 to finish the day tied atop of the board with Oosthuizen (69) and Fleetwood (67) on seven under par in continuing very windy conditions on the Durban Country Club ...
Justin Rose Out Of Farmers Insurance & Abu Dhabi HSBC Champions With Shoulder Injury.
Reigning US Open Justin Rose has reluctantly had to withdraw from next week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the following week’s Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour.
In a statement released by Rose’s management company it said: “Due to the extended schedule he had in place during the end of the 2013 year, Justin Rose developed a mild case of tendinitis affecting his right shoulder.
“Doctor’s reports are positive, but with rest and rehab as the only means of ...
Padraig Harrington’s Caddy Ronan Flood Given All Clear After Being Struck Down With Illness.
Padraig Harrington’s long-time caddy Ronan Flood has been given the all-clear after being struck down with illness during the second round of the Volvo Champions event in Durban.
Ronan Flood was overcome with illness on the sixth hole in the $US 4m event being staged on the Durban Country Club course.
He was rushed to the clubhouse and attended to by a doctor who treated the fair-skinned Irishman for severe dehydration. Flood also is an brother-in-law to Harrington.
Harrington immediately ...
Flying Dutchman Joost Luiten Lands First Albatross Of 2014.
Flying Dutchman Joost Luiten landed the first albatross of the 2014 European Tour season.
The reigning KLM Open champion holed out at the 560-yard par five, 10th hole for a ‘two’ during today’s Volvo Champions second round here on the Durban Country Club course in Durban.
Luiten had 248-yards to the hole and accomplished the effort with a 4-iron.
The albatross sent him into a share of the lead on six under par after starting his round at two under par.
Bizarrely, there was just ...
Rory McIlroy – A Traditionalist At Heart In Asking Wozniacki’s Parents For Daughter’s Hand.
It’s come to notice Rory McIlroy is a traditionalist at heart and first approaching Caroline Wozniacki’s parents if he could marry their daughter – Caroline.
McIlroy chose Sydney Harbour and the New Year’s Eve spectacular fireworks to pop
the question to his tennis ace girlfriend.
But before he did he afforded the courtesy to her parents.
“My parents knew as he had asked my parents for permission, like traditional, which was great,” said Wozniacki from Sydney ...
