Scheffler Undergoing On-Course Treatment For Neck Concern At Players

World No. 1 and defending champ Scottie Scheffler has been undergoing on-course treatment for what is believed a stiff neck on day two of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Three times over his opening seven holes Scheffler has had a physio working on his neck with the first after paring the par-4 12th hole, he was playing as his third, when he speaking to a rules official while someone worked on his neck. He asked the official if he could receive some Biofreeze, according to Sean Martin of ...

Spieth Questions McIlroy Over His Penalty Drop As Rors Posts Career Lowest Players Opener

Jordan Spieth was hardly being co-operative nor comforting in his questioning of Rory McIlroy over the location of his penalty drop after finding water down the left-side of the par-4 seventh hole they were playing as their 15th on the opening day of the Players Championship. After a long wait on the tee, McIlroy stepped-up and for a second time in 15 holes he sent his drive left hitting a grassy bank and finding water on the host TPC Sawgrass course at Ponte Vedra in Florida. Earlier, had been ...

McIlroy Backs Monahan Remaining as PGA Tour Commissioner

No sooner had World No. 2 Rory McIlroy stop to speak to the waiting media he was asked his reaction to Xander Schauffle’s negative comments concerning Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and whether Monahan remains the right person to lead the Tour. Schauffele did not hide his feeling a day earlier declaring, in part, Monahan ‘had a long way to go’ before he regained the trust of the Olympic Games Gold Medal winner. “I think so.  Yeah, I think so”, was McIlroy’s answer ...

Monahan’s Gentle Dig At LIV Golf: “Fans Want To Watch The World’s Best Compete In Events With History”.

Embattled PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan delivered his annual ‘State of the Tour’ address at TPC Sawgrass. The annual address by the reigning PGA Tour CEO is a long, drawn-out address and Monahan kept to that script presenting an opening address of 1,670 words. Monahan then accepted 31 questions with the last, dealing with his opinion of the worth of the new Signature events, all of 901 words. Without dimishing the worth of each of the large number of questions it was his comments ...

Casey Returning To DP World Tour For First Time In Over Two Years

England’s highly affable is returning to the DP World Tour next fortnight for a first time in some two years and two months at the Porsche Singapore Open. Casey, 46, will join the field for the Singapore event again being held on the island nation. The now LIV attached Casey has won a highly impressive 15 of his 21 pro career victories on the DPWT, including 2019 Porsche sponsored European Open in Germany, and Casey’s always been a good supporter of Porsche hosted events so it would seem ...

Exclusive … Canadian Golfer Establishes An Old Course ‘First’ At St. Andrews

Canadian-born Jim English created a first not to be copied at the Home of Golf becoming the inaugural golfer to register on-line to go in the walk-up daily ‘Singles Draw’ ballot to play the famed Old Course at St. Andrews. English, 56, visited the booking centre located beside the first tee just after 9am yesterday (Tuesday) using a Links Trust tablet to register his personal details and hoping now he gets a tee time for tomorrow (Wednesday). For as long as many can remember going into the Old ...

Players Championship – Friday March 13th, 2020 – The Darkest Day In PGA Tour History As McIlroy Emerges A Shining Light

This week we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s flagship event. Four years ago, this same week you could argue the Tour’s flags were virtually at half mast and with Friday the March 13th, 2020 unfolding as the darkest day in the history of the PGA Tour. Four years on, it still lives as the day the global Covid virus brought an abrupt halt to men’s golf at its highest level and also was the harbinger for all major US sports to soon follow. And in ...