Rickie Fowler Returning To Gullane For 2018 Scottish Open.
American golfing heartthrob Rickie Fowler will return to the scene of his 2015 victory when he tees it up in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, a Rolex Series event, at Gullane Golf Club on July 12-15, 2018.
Fowler captured a maiden European Tour win with scores of 66, 68, 66 and a closing 68 the last time Gullane hosted the event, birdieing the 18th hole on Sunday to deny compatriot Matt Kuchar, who is also part of the world class field gathering on Scotland’s Golf Coast this ...
Minnesota & ‘Land Of 10,000 Lakes’ Ready To Jump Back Into The PGA Tour Deep End.
The US state of Minnesota , and known as the Land of 10,000 lakes, is about to be granted a first PGA Tour event in some 60-years.
Good friend and colleague, Will Gray of the Golf Channel, reports Minnesota has hosted numerous marquee tournaments, including the 2009 PGA Championship and 2016 Ryder Cup but with the TPC Twin Cities course in line for an upgrade beginning in 2019 that could lead the way to a Tour stop.
There is strong suggestions the 3M Championship is poised for an upgrade, which ...
Lowry Rules Out Graceland, Sun Studio, Beale Street & Other Memphis Landmarks.
Memphis, TN …..
There is pretty much one main reason why tourists from around the globe flock to Memphis, Tennessee.
Top of the sight-seeing priorities is Graceland and the former home and also now the resting place of Elvis Presley.
You can also visit the Birthplace of Rock & Roll museum, Sun Studio, lively Beale Street, get a close-uip look of the mighty Mississippi River and there’s a very moving vist to the Lorraine Motel, and now the U.S. Civil Rights Museum, and where 50-years ...
Harrington Travels Some 7,000 Klms London To Memphis To Be Paired With Fellow Irishman Lowry.
Memphis, TN ….
Padraig Harrington has flown some 6.500klm from London to Memphis and host city for this week’s FedEx St. Jude Classic to find he’s spending two days on course alongside fellow Irishman and very good friend Shane Lowry.
Harrington touched down Tuesday in the ‘Land of the Delta Blues’ and after having just missed out a day earlier in qualifying for the U.S. Open in a 36-holer at Walton Heath in Surrey.
On arrival in Memphis the triple Major winner learned he and Lowry ...
Thailand’s Aphibarnrat & Red-Hot Chilean Niemann Accept ‘Special Temporary’ Tour Membership
Memphis, TN ….
Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat and red-hot Chilean Joaquin Niemann have accepted PGA Tour ‘Special Temporary Membership’ for the remainder of the 2017-18 PGA TOUR Season.
Aphibarnrat and Niemann, who are both in this week’s FedEx St. Jude Classic field, bring the total number of active international PGA TOUR members to 87 from 27 countries. Both players needed to earn 269 non-member FedExCup points to become eligible for Special Temporary Membership, equal to ...
DeChambeau Declares ‘Validity’ Being On Tour In Wildly Celebrating Capturing The Memorial
Dublin, Ohio …
American Bryson DeChambeau wildly celebrated holing a birdie putt to win the Memorial in a play-off at the Muirfield Village course in Dublin, Ohio.
DeChambeau, 24 defeated Korean and fellow former US Amateur winner, Byeong Hun An with a ‘three’ at the second extra play-off hole for only the Californian’s second PGA Tour triumph.
And in the process of winning, DeChambeau declared his success as ‘validity’ he deserves his place on the PGA Tour.
DeChambeau, Byeong ...
Cauley Hospitalised After Serious Columbus Car Crash.
Dublin, Ohio ….
PGA Tour player Bud Cauley is hospitalised in nearby Columbus after Golf Channel reports of being seriously injured in a car accident late Friday night local time.
The 28-year old Florida golfer was a passenger in car and with Cauley’s manager advising he suffered five broken right ribs, a collapsed right lung and a fracture to his lower left leg.
Cauley had been contesting the Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio but missed the halfway cut by nine strokes with scores of 77 ...
