Laird Celebrating 10th Pro Season Soaring With Second Straight Eagle On 10th Hole.
La Quinta Resort, CA …
Martin Laird continued to celebrate heading into his 10th pro career season by holing his second shot at the 10th hole for a second day running at the Career Builder Challenge at La Quita in California.
Laird delighted in starting his second day by holing a 133-yard wedge second shot for eagle ‘2’ at the 10th hole of the Stadium Course in an eventual second straight 67 and move to 10-under par in the £STG 4.7m event.
A day earlier, Laird holed out from 102-yards ...
Dufner’s First Task Back At Career Builder Challenge … Check Out 17th Hole Plaque.
La Quinta Resort, CA …
One of the first tasks defending Career Builder Challenge champion Jason Dufner undertook in returning to the La Quinta Resort was check out a plaque at the back of the island-green 17th on the Stadium Course.
But unlike most plaques placed on a golf course to recognise some extra-ordinary feat like the albatross Lee Westwood hit from 212-yards out at the ninth fairway at Kingsbarns on route to a round of 62 and eventual victory in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship ...
Mickelson Gives All Clear To Teeing-Up In Career Builder Challenge.
La Quinta Resort, CA …
Five-time Major winning Phil Mickelson has given the thumbs-up to teeing up in this week’s Career Builder Challenge and his opening event of 2017.
There had been doubt of Mickelson’s appearance in the $US 6.1m event given he underwent surgery for a sports hernia on Oct. 19 and again on Dec. 12.
However the Tournament Ambassador said he’s fit enough to compete.
“I feel good and I want to play,” said Mickelson.
“I don’t know where my ...
European Tour Announce – Major Changes To Tour M’Ship & Ryder Cup Qualifying.
The European Tour today announced a change to its membership regulations for the 2018 season, with players only required to compete in a minimum of four European Tour sanctioned tournaments outside the Major Championships and World Golf Championships next season.
The change, ratified by the Tour’s Tournament Committee in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night, continues to recognise the global nature of the European Tour, acknowledged for the 2016 season when the number was reduced to five tournaments outside ...
Brendan Steele & Life Travelling The PGA Tour With Eight-Pound Poodle ‘Duke’.
La Quinta Resort, Palm Springs, CA …
Brendan Steele enjoyed the distinction of winning the opening event of the 2016/16 PGA Tour wraparound season.
It was the 33-year old’s second Tour title after capturing the 2011 Valero Texas Open.
And while we are so used to hearing about how a player has performed or what he or she may think of this or what they make think of that, we learned a side to the Californian that you would not expect to have known walking out of a media centre.
In the lead-up ...
Justin Thomas Tops Hawaiian Swing Smashing 14-Year PGA Tour Four-Round Low.
Justin Thomas won the 2017 PGA Tour ‘Hawaiian Swing’ double smashing the 72-hole score in PGA TOUR history.
Thomas capped off his wonderful week at Waialae that began with a 59 but on the par 70 layout and ended when the American calmly two-putted birdie from 60 feet on the par-5 18th and closed with a 5-under 65 to set the record at 253.
Tommy Armour III shot 254 at the 2003 Texas Open, and also on a par 70 layout and with Armour also storming to a seven-shot triumph.
“It’s ...
Justin Thomas Now Smashes PGA Tour 36-Hole Low.
Not content with joining the ’59 Club’ and Justin Thomas has set a new PGA Tour 36-hole low on day two with a second straight closing eagle of the Sony Open in Hawaii.
Thursday’s 59 saw Thomas become just the seventh player in PGA TOUR history break 60, before he holed an 8-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole at Waialae for a 6-under 64 to set the 36-hole scoring record on the PGA TOUR.
Thomas was at 17-under 123 and had a five-shot lead over Gary Woodland.
The previous mark was 124, ...
