Adam Scott … Muirfield Greens Getting Pretty Spooky.
Reigning Masters champion, Adam Scott confessed the sun-baked Muirfield greens are ‘getting pretty spooky’.
Twelve months after Scott bogeyed his closing four holes to let slip victory at Royal Lytham and St. Annes and the champion Australian set about making ammends with a level par 71 in conditions on the east of Scotland more akin to Spain’s Costa del Sol.
Scott posted four birdies and just as many bogeys to head to the second round trailing five shots behind fellow Augusta National ...
Three 47-56 Year Old Former Winners Among Top-10 On Day One Of 2013 Open
Three former Open champions, and each one well over the age of 40, are among the top-10 on the leader board after the first day of the 2013 Open.
The trio of past Claret Jug winners include Mark O’Meara (aged 56) who shot a four under par 67, fellow American Tom Lehman (aged 54) shot a three under par 68 and 2004 Open winner Todd Hamilton (the baby of the trio at 47) signed off for a 69.
O’Meara defeated Canadian Brian Watts at Royal Birkdale to win the 1998 Open and while the American ...
Tiger Woods Recovers From 1st Hole ‘Unplayable’ To Shoot Respectable 69.
World No. 1 Tiger Woods recovered from having to take an unplayable penalty drop left of the first hole to shoot a respectable two under par 69 on day one of the 2013 Open Championship.
In what is becoming increasingly common, Woods played a wild 3-wood tee shot off the first hole at Muirfield but then as the crowd began to head down the fairway, Chief Starter Ivor Robson was calling on people to stand still as Woods decided to play a provisional.
However while his original first ball was found it ...
Rory McIlroy … “I’ve Been Walking Around For Months Brain Dead.”
Double Major winning Rory McIlroy posted his second worst Open Championship score of 79 on day one of the 2013 Open Championship and then admitted he’s been walking around for the past six months – brain dead!
McIlroy posted just two birdies but also six bogeys and a pair of double bogeys in a score that was just one shot less than the 80 he posted on day two of the 2010 Open Championship at St. Andrews.
The 24-year-old confessed to feeling “a little lost” as he missed the ...
Isle Of Man Golfer Pulls Off Man Of Steel Ace.
The Isle of Man’s Marc Morley has pulled off what has to be a ‘Man of Steel’ effort in claiming a hole-in-one on a 300-yard par four.
Morley, 35, from Port Erin, achieved the incredible feat on the 305-yard, par-four 15th at his club, Rowany, and the 13-handicapper was rewarded with membership of the exclusive BOSS Watches H1 Club and a specially-commissioned, commemorative timepiece.
But it was the fact that Morley’s albatross was secured on such a long hole that raises his ...
Oosthuizen Neck Injury To Force Him Out Of Bridgestone Invitational & PGA Championship.
Former Open Champion, Louis Oosthuizen was forced to withdraw from this year’s Open Championship after playing his tee shot at the par five, ninth hole.
Oosthuizen shook hands with playing partners Tiger Woods and Graeme McDowell before heading to the closeby rented house he has been residing this week to have treatment on his injury.
“I’m bitterly disappointed to have to pull out of The Open and it looks likely now I am going to have to take some time off and give the injury the rest I’ve ...
Peter Senior – No Sleep All Night Ahead Of Hitting First Tee Shot In 142nd Open.
Australia’s Peter Senior admitted he didn’t sleep at all ahead of hitting the opening tee shot in the 142nd Open Champioship at Muirfield.
The 53-year old Australian, with his son Mitch on the bag, did get to bed around 3am but was unable to get any form of sleep ahead of teeing up in his 14th Open Championship.
“I wasn’t able to get any sleep at all,” said the reigning Emirates Australian Open champion.
“I was up all night and while I went to bed at 3am I just ...
