Peter Hanson’s 6-Iron Lands 9th Ace & Then Same Club Helps Slam 184-Yard Eagle.
Just a few days after taking out a 6-iron to record a hole-in-one in a social game with his father at Lake Nona, and Sweden’s Peter Hanson used the same club to hole out from 184-yards for an eagle during the first round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Hanson’s ace at the par three 17th was his ninth in his professional career and while admitting ‘it also cost me a fortune’ he stands to reap a bigger reward this week in starting with an eight under par 64 in the $US ...
Rickie Fowler Backs Rory McIlroy In Starting New World Order In Pro Golf.
American Rickie Fowler says he’s in full agreement with Rory McIlroy’s comments from the recent Shell Houston Open that golf’s 20-something brigade need to create a new world order in golf.
Fowler and McIlroy are best of friends and with only a few months in age separating the American from his Northern Ireland born colleague.
Of course, inside the ropes the pair are the fiercest of rivals as evident when Fowler denied McIlroy a second victory in the Quail Hollow Championship in a play-off ...
David Duval … ‘I Don’t Have Next Week, All I Have Is Tomorrow’.
Former Open Champion and World No. 1 David Duval confessed all he has is ‘tomorrow’ as he looks to regain full PGA Tour playing rights.
Duval posted a four under par 68 on day one of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in just his fourth event this year and first tournament in a month to be trailing four shots behind clubhouse leader and fellow American Andrew Svoboda from Florida.
Svoboda equaled the TPC Avondale course record with an under par 64 to be one clear of Sweden’s Peter Hanson ...
Rickie Fowler Enjoys Ride Of His Life In Red Bull Aerobatic Ride – Video.
Rickie Fowler’s used to action sports but take a look at this video of the World No. 36 aboard a Red Bull stunt plane.
At the controls of the plane is Red Bull Air Race world champion Kirby Chambliss.
No sooner had the plane’s wheels left the tarmac and Fowler found himself upside down and moments later end over end high above the Arizona desert.
Just check out the 25-year being thrown from side to side, and you can pretty much gather the quick change in direction of the stunt plane ...
Michelle Wie Draws On Home Crowd Support For Two Shot Lotte Championship Success.
Michelle Wie was showered with champagne in ending a four-year winless drought by drawing on an overwhelming home course support to secure a two shot victory in the LGPA Lotte Championship in her home state of Hawaii.
It is Wie’s first victory on US soil and with most observers remarking it’s also been a long time with the now 24-year old securing her third Tour success with a final round six under par 66 for a 15-under par total on the Koa Olina Golf Club course at Kapolie on the island ...
Luke Donald – Two 2nds, Two 3rds & Now Targeting A RBC Heritage Classic 1st.
After finishing runner-up twice before and also third on two other occasions, Luke Donald is now looking to finally breakthrough and capture the RBC Heritage Classic title at Hilton Head.
Donald saved par from the back of the 18th green in a round of a five under par 66 to move two shots clear of his rivals at eight under par with a round to play in the $US 5.8m event being played on the Harbor Town Golf Links course.
“I felt really comfortable out there today and just felt like I was going ...
McDowell Lets Slip Successful RBC Heritage Classic Defence.
Graeme McDowell has seen his chances of a successful RBC Heritage defence slip through his fingers on day three on the Harbor Town Golf Links course at Hilton Head.
In overcast, cold and windy conditions McDowell posted three birdies, including birdies at his opening two holes, but also four bogeys in a round of one over 72 to finish also at one over in the $US 5.8m event.
McDowell had been two under par in total through six holes in Friday’s second round when torrential rain forced an abandonment ...
