Season Awards Continue For McIlroy – ‘2014 AGW Golfer Of The Year’.
The 2104 awards are starting to stack up for World No. 1 Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy’s latest accolade is the Association of Golf Writers (AGW) award for ‘Golfer of The Year’ and with McIlroy winning the coveted title for a second time in three years.
Members of the AGW, including myself and Bernie, the new AGW Secretary, were asked to list their top three choices and with McIlroy an overwhelming vote among the golf writers.
The 25-year-old capped his season with a fir-st Open Championship ...
Harrington Jumps 125 Spots, Willett Up 28, Lowry Up 5 & Spieth Now World No. 9
Padraig Harrington’s first ‘full-field’ tournament victory in four years has seen the Irishman jump 125 spots on the World Rankings that were updated earlier today.
Harrington claimed a two shot victory in capturing the Indonesian Open and a win that saw the then 385th world ranked golfer move back up to 260th in the world.
England’s Danny Willett is now the new World No. 56th ranked player and up from No. 84 following his superb four shot success in the Nedbank Challenge ...
Spieth’s ‘Down Under’ Triumph Instrumental In Finishing Top In Florida.
Jordan Spieth declared his Emirates Australian Open success just seven days ago and some 3,300 miles away in Sydney as pivotal in storming to a 10-shot success in the Hero World Challenge in Windermere, Florida.
Dallas-born Spieth, 21 posted a final round 66 to win by an impressive 26-under par tally on the exclusive Isleworth course in suburban Orlando.
The new World No. 9 is an incredible 53-under par in his final three events of 2014 having ended at 14-under par in finishing third in the Japan ...
McDowell Ends Stroke Play Season In Florida With Georgia On His Mind.
Graeme McDowell ended the last found of his final stroke-play event of the season in Florida but with next year’s Masters in Augusta, Georgia already on his mind.
For a second time in three days, McDowell came unstuck in the Isleworth Estate fairway bunker down the right side of the 18th fairway in taking a bogey, and in a last day 71 for a share of 11th place at eight under par in the Hero World Challenge in Windermere.
McDowell commenced his round with a birdie but was observed bizarrely walking ...
Danny Willett Banks Richest Prize Cheque In Capturing Nedbank Challenge.
England’s Danny Willett has gone to the top of the 2015 Race to Dubai and banking the biggest prize cheque of his career in capturing the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City in South Africa.
Willett, 27 whose only previous triumph came at the BMW International Open in 2012, carded a six under par 66 to win by four shots at the Gary Player Country Club course.
Among the first to congratulate Willett was legendary South African born golfer, Gary Player.
The current World No. 84 ignited his charge to ...
Harrington Ends Four Year ‘Main’ Tour Drought Winning Indonesia Open.
Padraig Harrington has ended a four-year ‘main’ tour drought and in a full field event by capturing the Asian Tour’s BANK BRI Indonesian Open.
Despite leading by five at one stage and then being two behind Harrington secured a thrilling victory in the US$750,000 event after defeating a battling Thanyakon Khrongpha of Thailand by two shots.
It is Harrington’s 28th professional victory around the globe but his first of significance since capturing the 2010 Iskander Johor Open ...
Spieth Sprinting To Second Success On Two Continents In Two Weeks.
Newly-crowned Australian Open champ, Jordan Spieth has a seven shot stranglehold on the $US 1m Hero World Challenge event at Isleworth in Florida.
The 21-year old holed a stunning 50-foot birdie putt at the last in a round of 63 to be well clear of World No. 2 Henrik Stenson (68) and Keegan Bradley (65) sharing second on 13-under par.
Spieth is now on target to have his name etched on a second tournament trophy, and on a second continent in two weeks.
The last golfer to achieve such a feat was World ...
