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 ...
Rory McIlroy Needs To Remain Straight-Faced In Tackling Smylie Kaufman At Dell Match Play.
New World No. 3 Rory McIlroy needs to remain straight-faced in handling little-known American opponent Smylie Kaufman.
The match-up in this week’s WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship is one of the strangest of the 64 players who have travelled to the Texas capital of Austin, located just under a 3-hour drive from Houston.
With thanks to Wikipedia Kaufman was born on November 30, 1991 in Birmingham, Alabama.
His first name is actually Carter and the name ‘Smylie’ is a tribute ...
Jordan Spieth -v- Justin Thomas Means Long-Term Friendship Out The Window In Austin, TX.
It was bound to happen!
When Ben Crenshaw pressed the button to establish who should go up against World No. 1 Jordan Spieth, and the WGC – Dell Match-Play in Austin, Texas who do you think he was drawn to play – long-time good friend Justin Thomas in the same group.
The Spieth -v-Thomas showdown will take place Friday and was one of the most intriguing match-ups to come out of Monday night’s draw party, held in front of a live audience at the Paramount Theater in downtown Austin.
Not ...
Jamie Lovemark Continuing To Cement His Stature Thanks To Work With Chris Como.
Here’s something you may not have known but Jamie Lovemark played in the same 2007 winning USA Walker Cup winning team as Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson and Billy Horschell.
Among those in the opposing GB & I team they beat that year was the likes of Rory McIlroy and Danny Willett.
But while all five have really gone on to make their presence felt on golf’s world stage, the now 27-year old California-born Lovemark, due to injury, has not been able to join his Walker Cup winning colleagues ...
Jason Days Bursts Two Clear At Bay Hill & Busting To Get Back To World No. 1.
Jason Day, and not for a first time this week, spoke of his burning passion to get back to World No. 1.
It’s been six months since Day stormed to World No. 1 on the back of his six-shot success in FexEx Cup Play-Off Series BMW Championship at Conway Way Farms in suburban Chicago.
Indeed, Day was an unstoppable World No. I towards the later half of 2015 steam-rolling his way to four victories in six tournaments.
However his time on the throne was short-lived with Day hardly getting time to warm ...
