100 Days To 2015 Irish Open – Ernie Els & Sergio Garcia Commit To Royal County Down.
It is only 100 days to tee-off in the 2015 Irish Open and two more legends of the game – four-time Major-winner Ernie Els and Ryder Cup star, Sergio Garcia – have become the latest superstars to add their names to what is fast becoming one of the strongest fields in the tournament’s recent history.
This year’s event at Royal County Down will mark Garcia’s first appearance in 15 years at the tournament which launched his professional career as a precocious teenager in 1999, when he captured ...
Davis Love 111 & Darren Clarke To Be Named 2016 Ryder Cup Rival Captains.
Davis Love III and Darren Clarke are set to be announced as rival 2016 Ryder Cup captains.
It’s been widely reported Love 111 is getting another shot at the USA Team captaincy after his 2012 team lost by a point at Medinah.
And his Hazeltine opponent is certain to be Clarke who will be the vote when a five-man panel meets tomorrow (WED) at European Tour HQ.
Love’s official appointment will come in a week’s time, Tuesday February 14th, ahead of the Honda Classic taking place later ...
Aussie Duo Jones & Day Shine Ahead Of Valentine’s Day At Pebble Beach.
………..Fatiha Betscher, Pebble Beach, CA.
The Australian-pair of Matt Jones and Jason Day shone ahead of Valentines Day, and the second day of the AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Jones, the reigning Shell Houston Open champion, added a 66 to his opening 65 to tie American Brandt Snedeker atop of the lead on 12-under par and one clear of Justin Hicks (68).
Day, who won last week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, bounced back from a level par 72 on Thursday and ...
Harrington In Upbeat Mood After Lowest Score In 2014/15 PGA Tour Season.
…. Fatiha Betscher, Pebble Beach, CA.
Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington was in an upbeat mood after posting five birdies in a four under 68 on the opening day of the AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Harrington ended the first round of the $US 6.8m event four shots behind leading American duo of J B Holmes, who lost out in a play-off last week at Torrey Pines, and Justin Hicks.
Fellow former Open Champion John Daly posted his equal lowest PGA Tour round of a 65 to be among those ...
John Daly Shoots Equal Lowest PGA Starting Round But The Knives Are Still Out For ‘Long John’.
……Fatiha Betscher, Pebble Beach, CA.
It’s a sad reflection that John Daly shoots his equal best opening round on the PGA Tour and there’s those only too quick to drag up the past.
Despite some of these negative early on-line reports the double Major winning Daly proudly turned back the clock posting a bogey-free seven under par 65 to be trailing just one shot behind fellow Americans J B Holmes and Justin Hicks on day one of the AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Daly ...
McIlroy & Hamilton To Go Head-To-Head For 2015 ‘Laureus World Sportsman Of Year’ Award.
Lewis Hamilton and Rory McIlroy will once again go head-to-head for yet another prestigious sports award – the ‘Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award’.
The gala ceremony will take place on April 15th in Shanghai and three days after the Masters where McIlroy is looking to join just a handful of players to have won all four Majors.
And after the controversial and totally biased decision late last year when Hamilton was voted ‘BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award’ ...
New 2016 European Ryder Cup Captained To Be Named February 18th.
The 2016 European Ryder Cup captain looks set to be announced on Wednesday February 18th.
That’s if the five-man selection panel, who are due to meet at Wentworth at 10am that day come to an agreement.
The European Tour advised: “The Panel, nominated to select the 2016 European Ryder Cup Captain, will meet at Wentworth a week today – Wednesday February 18. The meeting is due to begin at 10am.
“Obviously, it is only the five-man panel itself at Wentworth that day, nobody else, ...
