Victory In Franklin Templeton Would Be Icing On 2014 Season Declared McDowell.
Graeme McDowell is on target to end his season on a winning note after he and partner Gary Woodland moved to within three shots on the lead in the Franklin Templeton Shootout.
McDowell and Woodland, close neighbours at Lake Nona in Orlando, combined to produce a nine-under par 63 on the Tiburon course in suburban Naples, Florida.
The second day of the three round event featured a ‘Greensomes’ alternate shot format and with McDowell capitalising on a 330-yard drive by Woodland and then hole a ...
Jason Day Determined To Add Franklin Templeton Shootout Success To Team Victory CV.
Australia’s Jason Day is determined to add victory in the Franklin Templeton Shootout to last year’s success in the World Cup of Golf.
Day and American partner Cameron Tringale, or as Day affectionately refers to him as ‘Triangle’, remain atop of the leader board in the $US 3.1m event and moving to 25-under par in the Greg Norman hosted event at the Tiburon course in suburban Naples, Florida.
The duo added a ‘Greensomes’ eight under par 63 to their tournament record-setting ...
First Eisenhower’s Tree Then Sawgrass & Now Pebble Beach Pine.
First there was Eisenhower’s Tree at Augusta National.
Then just recently there was the overhanging branch just off the sixth tee at TPC Sawgrass.
Now golf is lamenting losing one of the distinctive cypress pine trees on the right side of the fairway down the final hole at Pebble Beach.
The smaller of the two pines came crashing down today (Thursday) in a storm that lashed the course that hosted the 2010 US Open, and where Graeme McDowell captured a first Major, and also each year plays host ...
Gary Woodland Struggles With Back Injury But Gels With G Mac To Shoot 15-Under.
American Gary Woodland was heading straight to the physio after struggling with a back injury during the opening round of the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Naples, Florida.
Woodland is teamed with Lake Nona neighbour Graeme McDowell over the three rounds of the $US 3.1m Greg Norman hosted event.
One half of the 2011 USA winning World Cup of Golf team was on pain-killers and had to undergo on-course treatment.
“My back is just horrible and it’s been giving me a lot of discomfort,” said Woodland.
“I ...
Day & Tringale Combine To Match Shootout Record Of 17-Under Par 55.
Australia’s Jason Day and his American team-mate Cameron Tringale combined to shoot a remarkable 17-under par 55 on the opening day of the Franklin Templeton Shootout at the Triburon Club in Naples, Florida.
The Day and Tringale pairing stormed to a two shot lead when they played their last 10 holes in a remarkable 13-under par that included back-to-back eagles at 12 and 13.
In fact, the duo had just three pars in their round at the second, fourth and eighth holes.
The effort of Day and Tringale ...
Greg Norman ‘Shocked’ By Tiger Woods Short Game Despite Backyard Facilities.
by Fatiha Betscher, Tiburon Country Club, Naples, Florida.
Franklin Templeton Shootout host Greg Norman expressed his shock at Tiger Woods poor short game during the course of last week’s Hero World Challenge.
Woods finished in a distant share of last place on the Isleworth course and in his first event in four months.
While the long game of the former World No. 1 ranked Woods was praiseworthy he horribly ‘fluffed’ a number of chip shots over the course of the four rounds.
“Quite ...
Horschell Bluntly Declares USA Ryder Cup Task Force ‘A Lot Of Political BS!’
American Billy Horschel has bluntly declared the setting up of a task force to investigate the last Ryder Cup and to also appoint a replacement USA Team captain as ‘a lot of political BS’.
Despite capturing the closing two events of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Play-Off Series Horschel missed out on a maiden USA Ryder Cup team cap given the qualifying process had ended weeks earlier at the PGA Championship.
The Texan also missed out on being named by Tom Watson as a Gleneagles ‘wildcard ...
