Tour Championship – New Logo Unveiled
The PGA Tour has announced a new logo and name for its annual finale of the PGA Tour Play-offs for the FedExCup.s annual finale of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.
The end of season tournament will now be known as the “TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola,” featuring the top 30 players in FedExCup points after the BMW Championship. It will be played for the 11th consecutive year at historic East Lake Golf Club, September 21-25.
The updated logo and name are part of The Coca-Cola Company’s ...
Rock In Rush Trip To Get U.S. Visa
U.S. Open debutant Robert Rock was first in the queue at the American Embassy in London this morning (Monday).
Bizarrely, the 34-year old Englishman, who captured yesterday’s (SUN) concluding BMW Italian Open in Turin, strangely had not arranged a U.S. visa before heading to Washington D.C.
Rock had nearly two weeks to arrange the visa after qualifying at Walton Heath on June 30th.
However it meant a rush trip from the Royal Park Golf Club to nearby Turin Airport and then overnight in London before ...
Playground For The Presidents, Pressure Test For The Pros
Congressional Golf Club and host for next Thursday’s starting U.S. Open has often been labelled the ‘Playground of the Presidents’.
But when the world’s top golfers take to the Maryland course it will very much be a case of ‘Pressure test for the Pro’s’.
Of the four Major’s, the U.S. Open is often rated the toughest. It questions every aspect of your game, and rarely does a U.S. Open champion win by anything than a few strokes under par.
Congressional is one of the most private ...
World’s Top Three To Compete Together At Congressional
U.S. Open organisers have released the draw for the opening two rounds at Congressional.
The game’s top three ranked players – Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer – will compete alongside each other for the opening two rounds of the championship.
Three other top-10 ranked players in Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson will be sharing each other’s company for at least the opening two days.
Defending U.S. Open winner Graeme McDowell will tee-up in the company of reigning ...
Monty’s Loss, Molinari’s Gain
Colin Montgomerie’s loss could be Francesco Molinari’s winning gain after two rounds of the BMW Italian Open in Turin.
Monty was sacked last fortnight by caddy Jason Hempleman who’d been on the Scot’s bag for three years.
But while Monty seeks to win for a first time in many years, Hempleman is helping steer the Italian Ryder Cup star towards a possible second BMW Italian Open title success.
Molinari added a 68 to move to 10-under par and a share of fourth place and just two strokes from ...
Strength Of The ‘Internationals’ Evident With Release Of U.S. Open Media Conference Schedule
If you sought further indication of the strength of the pro game outside of the U.S. at present you only have to look at the pre-U.S. Open interview schedule released by the USGA.
Of the 15 players who have been invited to attend the Congressional Media Centre next Monday and Tuesday just six are American.
Two of those is ranked inside the top-10 – Phil Mickelson currently ranked No. 5 and Dustin Johnson who has moved up to No. 9.
It was 12 months ago Johnson let slip the chance of a first Major ...
Westwood & Donald Headline Barclay’s Scottish Open
The world’s top two ranked players in Luke Donald and Lee Westwood are set to resume their rivalry for global supremacy at this year’s Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart.
Donald and Westwood fought out the recent ‘winner takes all’ BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth with Donald moving to No. 1 in the world after beating Westwood in a play-off.
Details of the stars heading to the north of Scotland was announced today at a media outing today at Castle Stuart.
The England pair head a star-studied ...
