Europe’s Ryder Cup Domination Like Beating A Tattoo On USA Team Says Tom Watson.
Tom Watson’s determination to win back the Ryder Cup continues to intensify with the USA Captain declaring Europe’s recent domination to be like an indelible tattoo stamped on their rivals.
With just under six months to the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles Watson is again getting a closer look at some of his likely team members in contesting this week’s RBC Heritage Classic at Hilton Head in South Carolina.
Organisers of the $US 5.8m event have grouped Watson with 2012 USA Team captain, Davis Love 111 ...
After Heritage Defence, McDowell Looks Ahead To His Next Two-Thirds.
Graeme McDowell says his defence of this week’s RBC Heritage Classic defence will bring down the first third of his season as he then targets the remaining two thirds of his 2014 season.
A year ago, McDowell became the first Irish-born winner of the event and in also claiming his first regular PGA Tour win here on Hilton Head Island.
He arrived on Saturday afternoon from Augusta where he missed the Masters halfway cut for a fifth occasion in seven appearances.
And after the ‘scare’ ...
Rory McIlroy & Graeme McDowell Make Contrasting U.S. Front Page News.
Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell have made the front pages of two contrasting U.S. newspapers but with very different story lines.
McIlroy is on the front page of the national USA Today Sports section but not in a colourful feature article. No, that has been reserved for double Masters champion, Bubba Watson.
The new World No. 10s picture appears in a match-box size mention revealing he is now 10-1 to win next month’s US Open, and this just a week before heading into the Masters as Augusta ...
Bubba Watson Reveals Post Masters Meal – Grilled Cheese & Smothered Hashbrowns.
Double Masters champion Bubba Watson continued to keep life simple in the hours after his Augusta triumph.
The small town boy from Bagdad, Florida, who now proudly owns two green jackets, didn’t dine out later that night within the four walls of the stately Georgian clubhouse or for that matter a posh Augusta restaurant.
Instead, Watson chose the Waffle House on Washington Road to savour his three-shot success.
Pictures of Watson and his wife, Angie relaxing in the Waffle House went ‘viral’.
And ...
Graeme McDowell Gets His RBC Heritage Classic Title Defence Off To Bang.
Graeme McDowell got his RBC Heritage Classic title defence off to a big bang using a hickory-shaft club to launch a ceremonial tee shot at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.
The Northern Irishman drove off at high noon into Calibogue Sound simultaneously as a canon sent a booming noise over the holiday township that marked the official start of the $US 5.8m event.
And the noise of the canon certainly left McDowell reeling as you can see from the video clip below, and also despite having ear ...
Double Masters Winning Bubba Watson – How The World Reported His Teary Victory.
Bubba Watson celebrated his double Masters victory in the local Augusta Waffle House on nearby Washington Road.
And hereunder is how the world heralded the news of Watson’s second green jacket success along with other stories from the 2014 Masters.
Masters winner Watson first to qualify for PGA Grand Slam of Golf — Yahoo! Sports – Golf at 9:32 am EDT
Four Masters rookies earn spots in 2015 event — Golf Channel at 9:29 am EDT
Bubba up to No. 4 in OWGR; Spieth cracks top ...
2014 Masters – Third Round – All The Facts & Figures.
Augusta, Ga. April 10-13, 2014. FedExCup Points: 600. Purse: $9,000,000
Augusta National Golf Club; Par/Yards: 72/7,435
Third-Round Notes – Saturday, April 12, 2014
Weather: Sunny with a high of 82 degrees. Winds S 5-10 mph.
Third-Round Leaderboard
Jodan Spieth 71-70-70—211 (-5)
Bubba Watson 69-68-74—211 (-5)
Matt Kuchar 73-71-68—212 (-4)
Jonas Blixt 70-71-71—212 ...
