Grand Slam Advantage To McIlroy As Spieth Slips At Bellerive
St. Louis, Missouri ….
It will be advantage Rory McIlroy in eight months time at Augusta National after Jordan Spieth’s likely top-20 showing in the 2018 PGA Championship.
Spieth arrived in St. Louis looking to upstage McIlroy in becoming only the sixth player in the history of the game to win all four Majors.
However, the Texan was never really a threat in posting scores of 71, 66, 69 and a final day 66 on the Bellerive course.
It means that McIlroy will now tee-up in next April’s ...
Scott Seeks Slice Of Australian Golfing History – Only Fourth To Win Two Or More Majors
St. Louis, Missouri …
Just three Australians in the history of the ancient club-and-ball game have won two of more Majors.
The include the late, great Peter Thomson, Greg Norman and David Graham.
With a round to play in the 100th PGA Championship, Adam Scott is quietly-determined to become a fourth.
At present, the 2013 Masters winning Scott is among 137 players to have won one Major Championship and eight of those, including Scott, are Australian-born – Jim Ferrier (1947 PGA), Kel Nagle ...
Lowry Looking To Have A Big Say In Make-Up Bellerive Final Day Leaderboard.
St. Louis, Missouri ….
There were clear sense of excitement in Shane Lowry’s voice in declaring his intent in making himself heard over the final round of the 100th PGA Championship.
Lowry once again in his career has the chance to succeed at the game’s highest level after brilliantly holing an 11-foot birdie putt at his final hole in a third day 69 to move to eight-under par on the Bellerive course in suburban St. Louis.
The effort, in continuing sauna-like conditions, sees Lowry ...
McIlroy Sums-Up His Bellerive Efforts As ‘Uneventful’.
St. Louis, Missouri …
“Uneventful” is how Rory McIlroy summed-up his efforts at the completion of the rain-interrupted second round at the PGA Championship in St. Louis.
The word also pretty much has summed-up to date McIlroy’s week in the year’s final Major with the two-time PGA winner hardly getting out of first gear on the Bellerive course.
McIlroy was struggling right the cut-off mark of level par through 11 holes on Friday when play was halted at 3.35pm local time and then some ...
Thomas In Sight Of Becoming First Player Since Woods To Successfully Defend PGA
St. Louis, Missouri …
Defending champion, Justin Thomas returned to Bellerive to birdie three of his closing five holes and remain well in sight of becoming the first player since Tiger Woods to succesfully defend his PGA Championship title.
Thomas, who had been playing alongside Woods for the opening two rounds, officially signed for a second round five-under par 65 that presented last week’s WGC – Bridgestone Invitational champion with a share of ninth place and only four shots ...
Rose Sympathises With Rahm Suggesting Bellerive Marshalls Could ‘Have Done More’ – Video.
St. Louis, Missouri …
Justin Rose was full of praise for Jon Rahm in the manner he conducted himself but also critical of marshalles over a bizarre incident at the eighth hole on day two of the PGA Championship at Bellerive.
Rahm had played a drive down the left side of the fairway and with the Spaniard’s ball coming to rest in rough just a yard or so off the fairway.
“I definitely felt I touched it with the top of my foot. I know I touched it. I don’t believe I moved it all,” ...
Day One – 100th PGA Championship – All The Notes
Thursday Notes
100th PGA Championship
August 9, 2018
GARY WOODLAND IS THE FIRST-ROUND LEADER AT THE 100TH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Gary Woodland posted an opening-round 64 and leads the 100th PGA Championship by one shot over Rickie Fowler (65) and two over Zach Johnson and Brandon Stone (66). Eleven players, including 2015 PGA Champion Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, and Justin Rose, are three off Woodland’s pace at 3-under 67. Forty-six players in all tallied sub-par opening rounds at Bellerive Country ...
