Jason Day Finally Getting To Grips With His ‘Local’ Muirfield Village Course
Dublin, Ohio …
It has taken Australian-born and Cleveland-based Jason Day now nine appearances in the Memorial to finally put himself into contention for victory on his ‘local’ course at Muirfield Village.
Day, 30 birdied four of his closing eight holes in a second straight score of 68 to move to eight-under par and a clubhouse share of the lead on day two of the $US 7.1m event.
Joining Day early atop of the board is 2014 Memorial winner, Hideki Matsuyama of Japan (71) and the American ...
Red Hot Chilean Joaquin Niemann Shares Lead In The Memorial.
Red-Hot rRookie Chilean-born professional Joaquin Niemann brilliantly upstaged the world’s best golfers to share the lead on the day one of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio.
Niemann, 19 signed for a sizzling six-under par 65 to be tied atop of the board with Texas-based Mexican-born Abraham Archer and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama in the Jack Nicklaus hosted event.
The Santiago-born Niemann turned professional straight after April’s Masters and having qualified for the year’s first Major in capturing ...
Tiger Roars Back From Poor Start To End Even At Memorial
Dublin, Ohio ….
Tiger Woods roared back from a poor start to birdie three of his closing five holes in a level par effort on day one of the Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio.
Woods had struggled to be four-over par through just seven holes ahead of recording a level par 72 in the ideal conditions in the Jack Nicklaus hosted event.
It left the current World No. 83 ranked Woods trailing seven strokes behind the leading clubhouse duo of Chile’s Joaquin Niemann and Mexican Abraham Ancer who ...
McIlroy Turns Again To Faxon Ahead Of U.S. Open.
Muirfield Village, Columbus, Ohio ..
Rory McIlroy’s revealed he will work ahead of next fortnight’s U.S. Open again with Brad Faxon, the former Tour player and ‘putting guru’ who helped steer McIlroy to Arnold Palmer Invitational victory.
McIlroy confirmed at last week’s BMW PGA Championship he’s now split with England-based Phil Kenyon and it would seem the 56-year Faxon, and a winner of 21 events around the globe, is now his new putting coach.
If so, it continues a trend of McIlroy ...
Woods Confident He Remembers How To Clinch The ‘W’.
Muirfield Village, Columbus, Ohio …
Tiger Woods heads into the week’s Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial, and an event he’s won five times, confident he still remembers how to clinch a ‘W’.
Nicklaus had remarked on Tuesday that before Woods does win again, and it is close to five years since Woods last tasted success, the now 42-year does need to learn how to win again.
And Woods, who last competed in the Memorial in 2015 and shooting his worst Tour score of an 85, fully agrees with the ...
Nicklaus Still Backs Woods To Break Golden Bear’s 18-Major Record
Muirfield Village, Ohio ….
Golf’s greatest champion Jack Nicklaus still believes Tiger Woods can break the ‘Golden Bear’s’ record of 18-Major Championship victories.
It will be 10-years in a fortnight since Woods won a 14th and last Major in capturing the 2008 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and with Woods arriving for this week’s Nicklaus-hosted Memorial event in Columbus, Ohio having played a practice round Monday at Shinnecock Hils and venue next fortnight for the 2018 ...
Rose Scores Another Stateside Victory Blow For European Ryder Cup Team.
Some seven hours after Franciso Molinari captured the biggest victory of his career and 2012 & 2014 European Ryder Cup team-mate Justin Rose has stormed to victory in the PGA Tour’s Fort Worth Invitational in Texas.
Rose, and as Molinari had done at Wentworth in winning the BMW PGA Championship, was never headed over the final round posting a last day 64, and despite a closing hole bogey, the 37-year old won by three shots with a 20-under par tally in heatwave conditions on the Colonial ...
