Philip Walton On Verge Of Maiden Seniors Tour Success
Ireland’s Philip Walton is on the verge of a maiden European Tour Seniors success after day two of the SSE Scottish Seniors Open at St. Andrews Bay.
Walton posted a three under par 69 to move into a fourway share of second place on four under par on a rain-lashed Torrance course.
Australia’s Peter Fowler capped his round with three birdies in succession mid-round in a score of 66 and only just managed to avoid the storm to lead by a shot on five under par.
Walton is tied second on four ...
Padraig Harrington Crash Dives To Worst Depth In Four Years.
Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington has crash dived to his worst PGA Tour performance in four years after easily missing the halfway cut in the Wydnham Championship in North Carolina.
Harrington posted scores of 73 and 74 for a seven over par tally and seven shots shy of the halfway cut on the Sedgefield course in Greensboro.
American Patrick Reed leads the field by a stroke on 11 under par after rounds of 65 and 64.
That is a far cry from Harrington.
Included in his second round was four birdies ...
Paul Lawrie Going Head-To-Head With Jose Maria Olazabal In Aberdeen.
Victorious 2012 European Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal will go head-to-head next Tuesday against home town hero Paul Lawrie next Tuesday in Aberdeen.
Lawrie and Olazabal will play a nine-hole challenge match at the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre in aid of the Scot’s foundation and entry is free.
“Paul and Jose Maria have known each other for a long time but their friendship was strengthened by the ‘Miracle at Medinah’,” said Michael MacDougall, who helps run the foundation.
“Jose Maria ...
Sam Torrance Declares Interest In Being Appointed 2014 European Ryder Cup Vice-Captain.
A day after being selected by Paul McGinley as a Seve Trophy captain and Sam Torrance declared his availability as one Irishman’s 2014 Gleneagles Ryder Cup vice-captains.
McGinley seems to have clearly sounded his Ryder Cup backroom team leaders as a ‘Thank You’ in appointing Torrance and Jose Maria Olazabal to captain October’s rival Seve Trophy sides in France.
Torrance captained the 2002 winning European Team at The Belfry and where McGinley became the hero when he holed the ...
Jarrod Lyle Welcome Return To Golf After Cancer Concern.
Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle will make a return to professional golf at the Australian Masters in November after an 18-month battle with cancer, event organisers said yesterday.
Lyle, a member of the PGA Tour, was diagnosed with a recurrence of the leukaemia he battled as a teenager in March last year and has been sidelined since.
But the 31-year-old has agreed to make his return at the Australian Masters from November 14-17, where he will share the limelight with US Masters and defending champion ...
Masters Class ‘Graduate’ At St. Andrews.
Defending champion, Anders Forsbrand of Sweden, and four other past winners of the SSE Scottish Senior Open, today graduated with honours in the tournament being played this week at the Torrance Course at Fairmont St. Andrews.
And the masterful quintet, who lined up to test their putting skills in the historic St. Salvator’s Quadrangle in St. Andrews University – this year celebrating its 600th anniversary – are now ready to face another tough examination paper over the next three days.
Forsbrand, ...
European Tour Deny PGA Tour Takeover Claims.
The European Tour has responded to our earlier story denying the PGA Tour is involved in a take over of the European Tour.
Keith Waters, Chief Operating Officer at the European Tour, said: “The golf market in Europe is significantly smaller than in the United States.
“Hence the European Tour’s expansive policies throughout the world over the past 16 years, which includes co-operation with the US PGA Tour in the World Gold Championships arena.
“However, the notion that the ...
