Martin Laird Desperate To Get Back Into Top-50 & Trip Down Magnolia Lane.
Scotland’s Martin Laird has just six weeks remaining this year to be assured of contesting next April’s U.S. Masters at Augusta National.
The North Carolina-based Laird, who earlier this year was the highest world ranked Scottish born golfer, has slipped outside of the top 50 in the world rankings for the first time in two years.
Laird, 29 is now ranked 51st in the world and looks set to plummet even further given he is not contesting any further events this year.
The Scot has long been ...
Adam Scott Two Events To Keep Alive An 11 Year Winning Run.
Australia’s Adam Scott is desperate to win at least one of his remaining two events this year to continue an impressive unbroken run of victories.
Scott has captured at least one tournament a season since 2001 but needs to taste success in either this week’s Barclays Singapore Open or his final event of the year, the December 6th starting Emirates Airlines Australian Open to maintain his impressive record.
And if the 32-year was looking for an incentive in attaining this goal ...
Ian Poulter – Four Ryder Cups, Two WGC Victories & One Ambition Of A First Major Success.
Ian Poulter has now seriously stamped himself one of the best golfers never to win a Major after capturing the WGC – HSBC Champions event at Mission Hills in China.
Poulter came from four shots back at the start of the third round to win by two and adding a second straight 65 for a 21-under par tally on the Olazabal designed course at Shenzhen.
The 36-year old English golfer’s win is the 15th worldwide in a 17-year pro career.
It also is his second WGC victory after capturing the 2010 ...
Ian Poulter New HSBC Champion – Victory & Last Round Mission Hills Notes.
With Ian Poulter’s win at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions
After entering the day four shots behind 54-hole leaders Lee Westwood and Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter carded a final-round 65 to defeat Jason Dufner, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson and Scott Piercy by two strokes and win his second career World Golf Championships title.
Earns his second PGA TOUR victory at the age of 36 years, 10 months, 24 days, becoming the 19th player in his 30s to win on TOUR this year (24 events total).
Poulter’s ...
Ian Poulter Captures 2012 WGC – HSBC Champions.
Ian Poulter came from four shots behind heading into the final day to capture the WGC – HSBC Champions event at Mission Hills in Shenzhen.
The 36-year hero of last month’s European Ryder Cup team posted a final round seven under par 65 to defeat four players by two strokes on the Olazabal Course.
The popular Englishman had just three bogeys over the four days including back-to-back dropped shots on day two and a 17th hole bogey today.
“It’s been an amazing six weeks what ...
WGC – HSBC Champions Extended For Three Years & Prizemoney Raised To $8.5m.
HSBC will extend it’s sponsorship of the WGC – HSBC Champions event for the next three years and with prizemoney for the 2013 event up by $1.5m to $8.5m.
As well, the WGC – HSBC Champions event will become a fully-fledged PGA Tour event offering the winner a three-year tour exemption along with FedEx Cup points as well a tee-time in the Masters.
The announcment of these changes to ‘Asia’s Major’ were announced this morning at a joint press conference. Present ...
Lee Westwood Shoots Equal Career Best But It’s Only Second Best At WGC – HSBC Champions.
England’s Lee Westwood produced a career-best equalling round of an 11-under par 61 on the third day of the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shenzhen.
Westwood birdied his opening three holes and then went par birdie for the next eight holes to move to 14-under par and seven under for the day on the Olazabal Course at Mission Hills.
The former double European Tour No. 1 then added a par at 13 before four birdies in succession from the 14th before ending his day’s work with an 18th ...
