Rickie Fowler Now Genuine Major Champion Material Winning Players C’Ship In Play-Off.
American golfing heart-throb Rickie Fowler took a huge step towards a first Major Championship success with his play-off victory in the Players Championship.
Fowler denied TPC Sawgrass rookie and fellow American Kevin Kisner holing a five-foot birdie at the fourth extra hole, the par three 17th, and his third birdie of the day at the famed island green.
Indeed, Fowler was 10-under par for the last eight holes having played the closing six during regulation in six under par and then birding the 17th ...
Dustin Johnson Commits To Colonial Ruling Out Royal County Down Return For Irish Open.
Big-hitting Dustin Johnson has ruled out returning to Royal County to contest the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open later this month.
Johnson, a member of the 2007 USA winning Walker Cup team, indicated he has committed to contesting the Colonial being staged in the same week at Forth Worth, Texas.
“I was thinking really hard of heading back to Royal County Down but given I missed a lot of the season at the start of the year, I need to think about my schedule and that means playing the Colonial,” ...
Players C’ship Leader Chris Kirk Rules Out Return To Royal County Down.
Third round Players Championship front-runner Chris Kirk has ruled out returning to Northern Ireland later this month to contest the Rory McIlroy hosted Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.
Kirk, 29 birdied four of his closing six holes in a round of a four under par 68 to move one shot clear of the field on 10-under par on the TPC Sawgrass course.
The Atlanta-born Kirk is no stranger to winning having captured three PGA Tour titles including last year’s Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston.
However ...
Twenty-Eight Major Champs Among Last 21 On Third Round Players Championship L’Board.
Here is a fact you won’t see in any of the post third round PGA Tour notes.
In scrolling down to the tail of the field on the Players Championship leaderboard there is eight players in the bottom 21 in the $US 10m event who between them boast 28 Major Championship titles.
They include:
T55th – Charl Schwartzel (2011 Masters)
65th – Graeme McDowell (2010 US Open)
T66th – Louis Oosthuizen (2010 Open)
T68th – Tiger Woods (14 Majors), Padraig Harrington (2007 & 2008 ...
Rory McIlroy …. “Winning Players Up There Alongside WGCs & Just Below Majors”.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy posted a third round 70 to move to six under par and just a few shots from the lead and then stated winning a Players Championship would be right up there alongside capturing a World Golf Championship (WGC).
After completing his outward nine in one over par, the four-time Major winner completed the back nine in three under par to be well in sight of a second straight PGA Tour victory.
And after capturing a second WGC title last week in San Francisco McIlroy spoke of the ...
Graham DeLaet Goes Fishin’ After Finishing Five In Front Of Tiger Woods.
Canadian Graham DeLaet found a novel way to spend Saturday afternoon, and after finishing five shots in front of playing partner, Tiger Woods.
In fact, DeLaet went fishin’ in one of the many waterways about the TPC Sawgrass course.
DeLaet recorded a superb ninth hole eagle along with three birdies along with three bogeys in his round of 70 while Woods recorded an unwanted PGA Tour first in 306 events by recording two double bogeys in his round, at the second and ninth holes, in his score of ...
Bernie Makes The Jacksonville Newspapers & Not For His Superb Golf Writing.
Bernie McGuire, and one half of www.golfbytourmiss.com, found himself featuring prominently in the sports pages of the local Jacksonville newspaper.
Take a look at the snaps of one of golf’s leading reporters.
