Rory McIlroy Presents Boyish Look As He Again Defends Man-Size Questions At Oak Hill.
Sporting a new hair cut Rory McIlroy again looked every bit the freckle-faced innocent-looking the 14-year old who a decade ago had the golf world starting to take notice.
However in a packed press room at Oak Hill he faced yet another man-size inquisition this year and on this occasion on the eve of his PGA Championship defence.
McIlroy had his curly brown locks cut free-of-charge ahead of hosting the traditional Past PGA Champions Dinner on Tuesday night within the stately suburban Rochester ...
Martin Laird Motivated By Muirfield Meltdown.
Martin Laird will use his Muirfield meltdown as motivation to help end Scotland’s 14-year Majors drought at this week’s PGA Championship in Rochester.
Laird is one of six Scots, including Paul Lawrie and Scotland’s last Major champion, who will be teeing up later today on the Oak Hill course.
Last month at Muirfield the 30-year old was within a shot of the lead on day three after just two holes when he took a ‘9’ at the short par four, third hole.
However the reigning Valero Texas Open ...
Rory McIlroy – Pick A Headline Ahead Of His PGA Championship Defence.
Rory McIlroy attended the Oak Hill Media Centre ahead of his defence of the 95th PGA Championship.
The official transcipt of his interview runs into 4,150 words.
There was 25 questions from the assembled media including the last two from your author whereby I asked him about the Past Champions Dinner on Tuesday night and then a tongue in cheek question on how much did he pay for his hair cut.
But here is best lines from the double Major winner’s conference.
* Very proud and very honoured ...
Justin Rose & David Lynn’s Oak Hill Drama – Car Smash & Wrong Gas In The Tank.
Justin Rose and David Lynn’s build-up to this week’s PGA Championship has not gone all that well off the golf course.
The reigning US Open champion along with fellow Englishman Lynn were at the centre of courtesy car mishaps.
Earlier in the week, Rose dented his gleaming Mercedes just outside the front gates of the Oak Hill clubhouse.
Then today Lynn was driving back from a visit to Niagara Falls when he stopped to put gas in the Merc.
Only problem was the 4.5litre gleaming silver ...
Ex-Pat Scot Lee Rhind – PGA Championship’s ‘Tin Cup’.
Ex-patriot Scott Lee Rhind could be ‘Tin Cup’ at this week’s PGA Championship at Oak Hill in suburban Rochester.
The 34-year old Rhind grew-up in Livingston and moved in 2000 to the States to live in Midland, Texas.
The town mid-way between El Paso and Fort Worth boasting a population of around 114,000 and a strangely a rugby team, the Midland Mad Dog Rugby Team that competes in the Texan Rugby Union competition.
Rhind is the assistant pro at the Midland County Club and qualified for his first-ever ...
Paul McGinley Welcomes 2013 Seve Trophy Will Go Ahead At St. Nom-La-Breteche.
It was reported exclusively by www.golfbytourmiss.com late last week that the 2013 Seve Trophy will go ahead as planned in October.
The event, without Vivendi sponsorship, will be played the same week as the Presidents Cup from October 3rd to 6th and again at the St. Nom-La-Breteche club outside of Versailles in France.
It will be McGinley’s job to appoint the two rival GB & I and European Team captains.
And the Irishman spoke of his delight at the staging of the event ahead of teeing-up ...
Tim Finchem Revealed As Leaning On PGA Of America To Drop ‘Glory’s Last Shot’ Tag.
It was confirmed this morning in the annual PGA of American press conference that it was PGA Tour Commissioner, Tim Finchem who was influential in the PGA of America dropping their championship tag – ‘Glory’s Last Shot’.
For the past few years the PGA Championship has been labelled with the tag – ‘The Seaon’s Final Major – Glory’s Last Shot’.
But that was not to the liking of Finchem and the PGA Tour as revealed by PGA of America President, ...
