Westwood Begins Working With Player Born With A Sand Wedge In His Hand.
World No. 4 Lee Westwood has a new coach in Zimbabwean-born Tony Johnstone.
Johnstone will take the reins after Westwood released long-time coach, Peter Cowen on the Thursday of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.
Johnstone, now aged 56, is a two-time former Sunshine Tour No. 1 (1988/89 & 1993/94). He won six times on the European Tour with his last success being the 2001 Qatar Masters.
More recently, the Sunningdale based Johnstone dabbles in Sky Sports commentary.
Johnstone is such ...
David Lynn Questions European Talent Drain To PGA Tour.
While David Lynn is become eligible to compete full time on the PGA Tour he’s questioned the steady drain of talent from Europe to the States at the expense of the European Tour.
Lynn’s second place result in the recent PGA Championship has seen him exempt for PGA Tour membership.
It was just the 38-year old Lynn’s second appearance in a Major Championship and with his $US 868,000 prize cheque easily the biggest of his career.
Lynn’s result opened doors around the world ...
Greg Norman Hoping To Make It Third Time Lucky In Swiss Alps.
Greg Norman will be hoping to make it a third time lucky when he tees up in next week’s Omega European Masters in Switzerland.
Norman, now an ambassador for Omega, competed on the Crans-sur-Sierre course first in 1995 and then two years ago in 2010, and accompanied by his third wife.
However on both occasions the double British Open winning Norman missed the cut on the alpine course.
Norman’s appearance high in the Swiss Alps heralds Omega’s decision to extend its title partnership ...
Paul Lawrie Bans His Boys From Attending The Ryder Cup
Scotland’s Paul Lawrie has said ‘No’ to his two boys attending next month’s Ryder Cup.
Lawrie has cemented his place in the European Team, and also ended a 13-year appearance drought, courtesy of Sergio Garcia capturing Monday’s conclusion to the rain-affected Wyndham Championship.
It means Lawrie cannot be outed from his place in the top-10 when qualification ends this Sunday at both the Johnnie Walker Championship and the PGA Tour’s Barclays Championship.
But ...
Paul Lawrie’s Ryder Cup Place Finally Confirmed.
Paul Lawrie’s position in the European Ryder Cup team has been confirmed with the Scot now to end a 13-year absence since making his debut in the 1999 Ryder Cup.
Lawrie has finally cemented his place in Jose Maria Olazabal’s side following Sergio Garcia’s victory in the Monday’s conclusion to the rain affected Wyndham Championship.
Lawrie, 43 is currently lying fourth on the European qualifying points table and cannot be unseated no matter the outcome of this week’s final qualifying events ...
Jose Maria Olazabal Delighted Garcia Locks In Ryder Cup Spot.
European Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal could breathe a sigh of relief after fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia cemented his place for Medinah.
Garcia timelessly ended afour-year PGA Tour drought in capturing the rain-affected Wyndham Championship.
Victory moved Garcia to sixth overall on the European points table and the certain assurance ofcompeting in a sixth Ryder Cup, and for a first time also in four years after being on the losing 2008 European Team.
In fact, Garcia would have broken into ...
It’s Official – Rory & Tiger Head-To-Head At Barclays.
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods began the year playing side-by-side at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the PGA Tour has confirmed World No. 1 McIlroy to go head-to-head against 14-time Major winning Woods for the opening two rounds of this week’s Barclays Championship at Bethpage Park.
One of the interesting aspects of the FedEx Playoffs Series is that players are grouped together in the first two rounds of each tournament by their FedExCup points standing.
That means the players ranked ...
