McIlroy Remains The ‘Eternal Optimist’ As He Seeks To End Four-Year Majors Drought
St. Louis, Missouri …
Rory McIlroy insists he remains an ‘eternal optimist’ as he strives this week to end a four-year Majors victory drought and become a three per-cent victory component in the 100th PGA Championship celebrations.
McIlroy’s pre-PGA Championship plans, and that of his fellow Bellerive competitors, have been thrown into somewhat disarray when the heatwave conditions of Monday gave way to fierce electrical storms and stoppages on Tuesday.
McIlroy managed to just play ...
Bjorn Pays McIlroy Ultimate Compliment: “I Would Pay To Watch Him Play”.
St. Louis, Missouri …
European Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn has paid Rory McIlroy the ultimate compliment saying he would pay to watch the four-time Major winner play.
Bjorn was speaking ahead of this week’s 100th PGA Championship being staged at the Bellerive Country Club course in suburban St. Louis, Missouri.
However, after century high temperatures greeted players on Monday and the first day of official practice, the course was closed early Tuesday local time due to thunderstorms ...
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 ...
