Dustin Johnson Not Overawed By Any Masters Favouritism Tag.
Houston, Texas …. World No. 9 Dustin Johnson is not about to overawed by any Masters favouritism tag.
Johnson ignited hopes of a first victory this season when he burst up the leader board and into a share of first place on day one of the Shell Houston Open.
The big-hitting American, who started his round from the 10th, posted a 17th hole eagle where he holed a 10-footer at the Houston Golf Club’s eighth hole and also posted seven birdies and just two bogeys in his round of a seven under ...
Happy 30th Birthday – Golf’s Official World Rankings.
Houston, Texas … Happy 30th Birthday to golf’s Official World Rankings.
It was on this day and at the 1986 Masters, Mark McCormack’s vision has seen rankings issued over a period of 1,565 weeks, with European Tour stalwart Bernhard Langer occupying top spot on the very first of those weeks and with it becoming golf’s original World Number One.
Overall, 19 players have had the privilege of being World Number One, from ten different countries.
Unsurprisingly, Tiger Woods has occupied ...
Jason Day His Road To A Double WGC – Dell Match-Play Triumph.
Austin, Texas ….
JASON DAY – HIS RUN TO BE CROWNED 2016 WGC – DELL MATCH-PLAY CHAMPION
Round 1 – Defeated Graeme McDowell 3 & 2
Round 2 – Defeated Thongchai Jaidee 5 & 3
Round 3 – Defeated Paul Casey after Casey withdrew injured through six holes
Last 36 – Defeated Brandt Snedeker 3 & 2
Quarter-Final – Defeated Brooks Koepka (To go to World No. 1)
Semi-Final – Defeated Rory McIlroy 1up
Final – Defeated Louis Oosthuizen 5 & 4.
Rory McIlroy Grows In Stature The Longer His Austin Matches Progress.
For a second day running defending champion Rory McIlroy found himself getting stronger as his matches progressed in the WGC – Dell Match-Play in Austin, Texas.
McIlroy had to draw on his four-time Major winning skills in silencing the challenge of Smylie Kaufman with a 3 & 1 victory.
McIlroy will now face American Kevin Na, and also unbeaten in his two matches, in tomorrow’s final round robin encounter and with the winner to go through to the quarter-finals on the Austin Country ...
Lee Westwood Digs Deep To Topple In-From Marc Leishman In Austin.
England’s Lee Westwood needed all 18 holes to defeat in-form Aussie Marc Leishman on the second day of the WGC – Dell Match-Play in Austin, Texas.
It was a ‘must win’ encounter for Westwood after losing a day earlier the first of three round-robin matches on the Austin Country Club course.
Leishman captured last December’s European Tour Nedbank Challenge in South Africa and was well in the mix last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando.
The 42-year Westwood, who arrived ...
Four English & A Springbok In Log Jam Atop Of Board In Casablanca.
England’s Andrew Marshall finds himself now with three others heading to the final round of the Royal Golf Mohammedia Open by HLO in Casablanca, Morocco.
South Afirca’s Tyler Hogarty, seeking his maiden win on the MENA Golf Tour, was the star on day two with the 24-year-old South Africa posting a bogey-free 68 to join the English trio of Marshall, Zane Scotland and Jamie Elson atop the leader board at seven under.
The four are two clear of Morocco’s Younes El Hassani and Chris Robb of Scotland.
England’s ...
Injury Cloud Over Jason Day’s Dell Match-Play Future & Augusta Aspirations.
There is a serious injury cloud over Australia’s Jason Day after he was observed down on his knees in back pain on the first day of the WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas.
Day was experiencing shooting pain in his lower back and legs after his tee shot at the 15th and then was clearly in rear agony at the side of the 16th green where he managed to win his match 3 & 2 against Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell.
The injury could not have come at a worst time for ...
