Tartan Trio Primed To Strike Heading To Moving Day At Canary Islands Championship
The Tartan trio of Calum Hill, Richie Ramsay and Connor Syme are primed to strike being just two shots off the lead heading to the weekend rounds of the Canary Islands Championship.
Spaniard Adi Arnaus birdied six of his closing seven holes in a score of 65 to lead by one shot at 14-under from South African Garrick Higgo, and with the recent Tenerife Open champ finishing birdie, eagle in a 63 to be at 13-under par on the spectacular clifftop Costa Adeje course on Tenerife.
Hill and Ramsay, each with ...
Walker Cup Organisers Confident Food Poisoning Scare Won’t Affect Start To Competition
Organisers are confident players affected by food poisoning will be fit enough to take their place in the 48th edition of the Walker Cup.
The USGA and R & A has taken all precautions with regards the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic organisers have not countered on food poisoning.
The biannual teams event featuring the best amateurs from Great Britain and Ireland tackling the best of the Americans officially gets underway tomorrow n the ultra-exclusive Seminole course at Jupiter in Florida.
However, ...
McIlroy Jumps Aboard Wells Fargo Championship Re-Focussed On His Strengths
Rory McIlroy is returning to competition for a first time since last month’s Masters but lost amid talk of the Special Golf League and the Tour’s Player Impact Program is his superb record of success at Quail Hollow and venue for this week’s Wells Fargo Championship.
Eleven years ago, McIlroy celebrated the first of now 18 PGA Tour victories and posting a new course record 62 on the final day to capture the then 2010 Quail Hollow Championship.
Five years later, McIlroy stormed ...
Matsuyama To Be Honoured With Prime Minister’s Award.
It was a victory to stop a nation and the Japanese nation with now recognise one of the greatest sporting achievements in the country’s history with Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama to be presented with the ‘Prime Ministers Award’.
The 29-year-old Matsuyama not only brought Japan to standstill but he endeared himself to sports fans the world over in capturing the 2021 Masters.
Matsuyama became the first Japanese-born male to win the Masters and also the first in 161-years to capture a ...
Smith Vows To Retain Mullet Hairstyle Despite Pleas From ‘The Misses’
When did the subject of a pro golfer’s hairstyle gain so much attention?
Aussie Cameron Smith has been a walking headline of late on the PGA Tour and though he did win the Sony Open earlier this year, all the focus of late has been his hair.
More precisely, his Mullet’ hairstyle and it’s being liked by so many he’s even going so far as to defy ‘the misses’ and not get his golden locks trimmed.
The 27-year-old Smith has been sporting a ‘mullet’ since late last year and ...
PGA Tour Waves $40m Bonus Pool Carrot At Those Tempted To Join Rival Premier League
The PGA Tour will not come out and say ‘yes’ nor for that matter has the Tour made public the news but talk of the creation of a massive $40 million bonus pool for its 10 most popular stars can only be the carrot to stop any defection of the Tour’s top stars to the rival Premier League.
The Tour labelled the ‘carrot’ the Player Impact Program and its design is to “recognize and reward players who positively move the needle” on fan and sponsor engagement, a Tour spokesperson ...
Zurich Classic Of New Orleans – All The Facts & All The Figures
2021 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Pre-Tournament Notes
Dates: April 22-25, 2021
Where: Avondale, Louisiana
Course: TPC Louisiana (Pete Dye/2004), 36-36—par 72/7,425 yards
Field size: 80 teams/160 players
Defending Champion (2019): Jon Rahm/Ryan Palmer (event canceled in 2020)
Purse: $7,400,000 / $1,069,6300 to each player
FedExCup Points: 400 points (to each player)
Format: Four-ball (Thursday/Saturday) and Foursomes (Friday/Sunday)
Things to Know
The 2020 Zurich Classic ...
