Jon Rahm – His Progress From Seaside Spain To World’s No. 1 Ranked Golfer

JON RAHM – WORLD NO. 1 Born 10th November, 1994 in Barrika on the Bay of Biscay, Spain. Turned pro 2016 – Ends year as World No. 137 Won a first European Tour victory at the 2017 Irish Open winning by six shots at Portstewart & won the event again in 2019 at Captured a first PGA Tour victory winning 2017 Farmers Insurance Open winning by three shots at Lahinch. Career and a present high of 5th in 2017 on the PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings. Wins European Tour DP World Tour Championship & ...

An ‘Ageing’ Woods Continues Remarkable 18 Memorial Achievement.

First he was inside the cut.  Next he was out and looking to having the weekend off but then at the end of the second round Tiger Woods was assured of playing all four rounds of the Memorial Woods returned to competition in Dublin, Ohio after a five-month competiton lay-off and to a Muirfield Village and on a golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus where he had won five times. Woods also had teed-up in the blue ribbon event on 17 prior occasions and in the course of those 17 appearances Woods have ...

DeChambeau At Centre Of Ruling Storm In Taking A ’10’ To Miss Memorial Cut.

Bryson DeChambeau crashed out of the Memorial amid a social media storm he broke the rules on two occasions in taking a ’10’ at the 15th hole late in his round. DeChambeau has been the most talked about player since the Tour returned to competition mid last month in Texas. The Hulk Hogan look alike capped a superb run of top-10s with an emphatic victory last fortnight in the aptly named Rocket Mortgage Classic. However, this new-look but still straight talking 26-year old was already ...

McIlroy Regroups From Nightmare Start To Stay In Memorial Contention.

Rory McIlroy dug deep to regroup from a horror start and remain in contention on day two of the Memorial on the Muirfield Village course in Dublin, Ohio. McIlroy looked anything but the game’s best in dropping a shot at his first and then doubled the second to be three-over before capping his round with an eagle ‘3’ at the 15th in an even par 72 to remain at two-under par. American Tony Finau added a 69 to his opening leading score of 66 to be sharing the lead with Ryan Palmer (67 & 68) ...

Tournament Host Lee Westwood Leads British Masters Field Also As Top World-Ranked

Lee Westwood is not only hosting next week’s Betfred British Masters but at No. 34 in the world, the Englishman is highest ranked played to tee-up on the Close House course outside of Newcastle. Westwood is the only player inside the top-50 on the rankings but then there is fellow Englishman Eddie Pepperell at No. 77 in the world will joining his compatriot. Pepperell, 29 was brilliant winner of the 2018 British Masters at Walton Heath. Also inside the top-100 on the rankings is Jorge Campillo ...

McIlroy Happy With His Day’s Work Shooting A Memorial Opening 70

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy ended a difficult first round on a very positive note holing a long-distance birdie putt in a round of a two-under par 70 at the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. McIlroy joined the star three-ball of Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka and himself out in the afternoon half of the draw and between them boasting a combined 23 Major. At the end of a bright day made difficult by the swirling, windy conditions it was Tony Finau out front in posting a six-under par 66 for a one-shot lead on the ...

Superstar Trio Of McIlroy, Woods & Koepka Upstaged On Day At Memorial

The superstar trio of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka found themselves upstaged on the opening day of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. The three-ball, and boasting a combined 23 Majors, ended the day in the bright but swirling, windy conditions trailing the very late clubhouse leader of Tony Finau, who played his last 10 holes in six-under for a one-shot lead thanks to a six-under par 66 on the Muirfield Village course. “I played nicely and pleased with how I played well in the tough ...