Woods Ends Eight-Time Bridgestone Victory Affair With Top-40 Firestone Finish
Akron, Ohio …..
Tiger Woods took off his cap to acknowledge the crowd after ending hopes a capturing a PGA Tour record of nine WGC – Bridgestone Invitational victories with a disappointing top-40 Firestone finish.
Woods had been well in contention at six-under after two rounds but a pair of 73s over the weekend handed him his poorest finish since missing the cut in June’s U.S. Open.
“It is what it is and weeks like this happen and I just wasn’t as sharp as I need to be,” ...
McIlroy Getting Little Sick Of Finishing Second & Determined To Capture Last Bridgestone Invitational.
Akron, Ohio ….
Rory McIlroy is getting a ‘little sick’ of finishing second and is determined to bring down the curtain on the last WGC – Bridgestone Invitational with a victory in Akron, Ohio.
McIlroy didn’t drop a shot in posting a three-under par 67 to be tied in second place with England’s Ian Poulter (70) on 11-under par ahead of the final round on the Firestone Country Club course.
The European duo are chasing this week’s PGA Championship defending champion, Justin ...
McIlroy Lights-Up Firestone With Two Closing Bridgestone Birdies & Says ‘He’s Close’
Akron, Ohio ….
Rory McIlroy confessed he’s close to his 2014 triple tournament winning best after brilliantly birding his closing two holes on day two of the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.
McIlroy posted a three-under par 67 to be trailing just three shots behind the England duo of Tommy Fleetwood (63) and Ian Poulter (67) and next week’s defending PGA Champion, Justin Thomas (64).
Fleetwood, and the reigning European No. 1 continues to impress Stateside in a bogey-free ...
Woods Tees-Up At Bellerive Alongside McIlroy & Thomas.
PGA Championship organisers have it right in grouping Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and defending champion, Justin Thomas together for the opening two rounds of next week’s final major of 2018 at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.
Woods is a winner of four PGA Chamionships (1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007), McIlroy two (2012 & 2014) while Thomas won brilliantly a year ago at Quail Hollow.
It is a decision that is sure to generate huge crowd interest after Open Championship organisers ...
Molinari Declines To Even Fill The Claret Jug With Water.
You could understand if Italy’s first Major Champion celebrated his dramatic two-shot Open Championship triumph by drinking either a Valpolicella or a Chianti from the famed Claret Jug.
No, no wine and not even water has been poured into the Claret Jug.
Francesco Molinari was naturally asked on his return to competition at this week’s WGC – Bridgestone Invitational how he celebreated his Carnoustie success.
And Molinari’s response very much reflects the father of two’s ...
Ruling Bodies Take Proper Steps In Banning ‘Greens’ Reading Books From 1st January, 2019.
In a very timely move the R&A and the USGA are proposing new regulations to ban the use of the controversial greens reading books.
Golf’s ruling bodies are reacting to ever-growing complaints that the greens books are spoiling that part of the game where a player has to display judgement, skill and ability in using the multi-detailed books to read the putting surfaces.
As well, the books are also drawing criticism in only adding time to a round of golf.
The R & A and USGA indicate ...
Jimenez Renames His Senior Open Claret Jug His ‘Rioja Jug’.
Miguel Angel Jimenez’s first task in becoming the new Senior Open champion was to rename his victory claret jug the ‘Rioja Jug’.
The pony-tailed Malaga golfer denied double Senior Open winning Bernhard Langer and with the German signing for a 68 to finish runner-up in the event for a third time since 2013.
Jimenez also not only became the first Spaniard to win the Senior Open since the inaugural event in 1987 but he now joins the late, great Seve Ballesteros as only the second Spaniard to win ...
