Chris Wood Should Find Black Mountain An Easy Climb After Years Of Hurtful Decline
Eight years ago Chris Wood was the toast of the DP World Tour capturing the flagship 2016 BMW PGA Championship at Tour HQ in leafy Surrey.
The win took the then 29-year old Wood to a career high No. 22 on the World Rankings and on into the 2016 European Ryder Cup team.
However it began to turn sour for the affable Englishman having to withdraw from the 2016 Open and then missing the cut in his next three majors – 2016 PGA Championship, a first Masters in 2017 as a pro and also the US Open. ...
Rahm Seeks Fourth Spanish Title In Just A 10th Spanish Showing
World No. 14 Jon Rahm this week tees-up on home soil for a second occasion in a month looking to capture a fourth Spanish DP World Tour event in just 10 Spanish starts.
The 2023 Masters champion is the standout competitor in this year’s 10th hosting of the Estrella Damn N.A. Andalucia Masters and being played for a second year running on the Real Club de Golf Sotogrande at San Roque on Spain’s sun-splashed Costa-del-Sol.
It is Rahm’s second start in the event that was first staged ...
Segregansett Golf Club – 130-Years Young, Home Club To US Open Winning Francis Ouimet
….. by Bernie McGuire
In visiting Segregansett Country Club for a first time, and seeing the sign indicating the club was founded in 1893 had me immediatately thinking this must be one of the oldest golf clubs in the United States.
Though what took me to Segregansett was its connection with Francis Ouimet, the then 20-year-old amateur who remarkably captured the 1913 US Open by defeating two of the greats of the game.
The Segregansett club is located some 45 miles south of Boston and close ...
PGA Tour Commissioner Monahan Reaches Out To Young Aussie Injured Golfer
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has reached out to young Aussie golfer Jeffrey Guan who has been released from the Sydney Eye Hospital after being struck by an errant golf ball during a pro-am tournament at a course located a few hours drive south of Sydney.
The freak accident occurred late last month at the Catalina Golf Club at Bateman’s Bay and just a week after the 20-year-old made his PGA Tour debut in the ProCare Championship at Napa in California.
Despite being released from hospital and ...
Havret Ends 27-Year, 560 Event DP World Tour Career Singling Out US Open Final Round Alongside Tiger
Afftable Frenchman Gregory Havret ended his 27-year, 560 event DP World Tour tournament career singling out the highlight as playing the final round of the 2010 US Open alongside Tiger Woods.
Havret, 47, intends now turning his attention to working with French Golf Federation juniors after holing a 13-inch 72nd hole par putt in a closing round 70 for a one-under-par tally and an eventual share of 61st place in the 106th hosting of the FedEx Open de France title in outer Versailles.
Havret had made ...
Ferguson Eyeing Chat With Rose On The Scot’s Next Career Move
Ewen Ferguson was looking forward to catching-up for a friendly chat with Justin Rose ahead of the weekend rounds of the FedEx Open de France near Versailles.
Ferguson holed a testing final hole par putt in a second round 67 for a two-round six-under tally to be just a shot shy of the then clubhouse lead when Rose was teeing-off for his second round on the 2018 victorious European Ryder Cup course.
Rose is competing for the first time on the Le National course since that memorial week six-years ago ...
“Let’s Just Call Him Pablo For The Time Being!” Pablo’s French Open Win That Had Monty Chocking On His Words.
This week’s FedEx Open de France has produced many memorable champions in it’s 106 year history as the oldest national open title on continentual Europe.
Past winners come no better than Seve Ballesteros who is a four-time former champion. Nick Fado won on three occasions while American greats Byron Nelson and Walter Hagen along with superstar Brits Aubrey Boomer, Henry Cotton, James Braid and JH Talyor names also appear on the gleaming trophy.
And in speaking of Open de France ‘greats’ ...
