McIlroy More Interested In Regaining No. 1 World Ranking Than A Fourth R2D Title.
Rory McIlroy knows he has a better shot at regaining his No. 1 world ranking later this week than capturing a third straight Race to Dubai title.
McIlroy returns to competition for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship but having seen his R2D title hopes vanish by his controversially late decision not to contest last fortnight’s Turkish Airlines Open.
McIlroy also chose not to tee-up a week ago in the Nedbank Challenge and with Sweden’s Alex Noren making McIlroy pay dearly as the Swede ...
Alex Noren – With His Nedbank Challenge Success.
Alex Noren – With His Nedbank Challenge Success.
• His eighth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 225th official European Tour event.
• Moves to 3,367,126 points in the Race to Dubai.
• Could move to inside the top ten and go to as high as ninth in the Official World Gold Ranking, from 17th.
• Becomes the fourth different Swede to enter the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking, should he achieve the feat. The other Swedes are Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson and ...
Noren Takes 199 Events To Win First Four Titles & Just 11 To Capture Next Four.
It took Alex Noren 199 European Tour events to capture the first four victories of his career but now just a run of 11 events to savour success in the next four after his stunning success in the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa.
The new World No. 9 stormed home on the back of a stunning nine-under par 63 to win by a stunning six shots for a 14-under par tally on the Gary Player course at Sun City near Pretoria.
Noren’s effort has now matched the 2014 feat of Rory McIlroy who won four European ...
Masters Champ Danny Willett Withdraws From World Cup Of Golf In Australia
Master Champion Danny Willett has withdrawn from the World Cup of Golf in Australia after a schedule change designed to protect his health and fitness.
Willett, 29, decided that five tournaments in a row at the end of a long and physically demanding season would be one too many.
The Englishman, according to a statement released by his management company ISM indicated Willett does not want to risk aggravating long-standing back issues and will consequently drop the fifth leg of his end-of-season run.
“I ...
Zanotti Banks First Nedbank Challenge Ace In 35-Years …. See Video.
It’s taken 35-years of tournament golf at Sun City but finally someone has managed to record a hole-in-one.
Grabbing the historic honour was Paraguay’s Fabrizio Zanotti who aced par three, fourth hole to also record his first ace of his European Tour career.
Hitting a 7-iron, Zanotti leapt not only in the air but also to the then top of the leader board on six-under par.
His only downturn was the prize of a gleaming new Volvo S-90 sedan was up for grabs for an ace at the par three, ...
Richie Ramsay Roars Day One Nedbank Challenge.
Richie Ramsay about as loud as some of the neighbouring fauna to boost his quest of qualifying for next week’s season-ending Tour event after an impressive 69 on the opening day of the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City.
Ramsay grabbed six birdies and dropped three shots to be in a seven-way share of fourth place at three under par but only one stroke from the lead in hot but windy conditions on a course that borders the Pilensberg National Wildlife Reserve near Pretoria.
Three players – Chilean ...
Stenson Seizes Race To Dubai Initiative At Sun City As Willett Continues To Struggle.
Sweden’s Henrik Stenson clearly seized the Race to Dubai initiative from rival Danny Willett on the opening day of the $US 7m Nedbank Challenge at Sun City near Pretoria in South Africa.
Stenson saved a great par at the last in a round of a three under par 69 to among seven players tied in fourth place but only a shot from the lead in the second of the three European Tour’s Final Series events.
Three players – Chilean Felipe Aguilar, England’s Ross Fisher and South Korean Jeunghun ...
