Scheffler Undergoing On-Course Treatment For Neck Concern At Players
World No. 1 and defending champ Scottie Scheffler has been undergoing on-course treatment for what is believed a stiff neck on day two of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
Three times over his opening seven holes Scheffler has had a physio working on his neck with the first after paring the par-4 12th hole, he was playing as his third, when he speaking to a rules official while someone worked on his neck.
He asked the official if he could receive some Biofreeze, according to Sean Martin of ...
Spieth Questions McIlroy Over His Penalty Drop As Rors Posts Career Lowest Players Opener
Jordan Spieth was hardly being co-operative nor comforting in his questioning of Rory McIlroy over the location of his penalty drop after finding water down the left-side of the par-4 seventh hole they were playing as their 15th on the opening day of the Players Championship.
After a long wait on the tee, McIlroy stepped-up and for a second time in 15 holes he sent his drive left hitting a grassy bank and finding water on the host TPC Sawgrass course at Ponte Vedra in Florida.
Earlier, had been ...
McIlroy Backs Monahan Remaining as PGA Tour Commissioner
No sooner had World No. 2 Rory McIlroy stop to speak to the waiting media he was asked his reaction to Xander Schauffle’s negative comments concerning Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and whether Monahan remains the right person to lead the Tour.
Schauffele did not hide his feeling a day earlier declaring, in part, Monahan ‘had a long way to go’ before he regained the trust of the Olympic Games Gold Medal winner.
“I think so. Yeah, I think so”, was McIlroy’s answer ...
Exclusive … Canadian Golfer Establishes An Old Course ‘First’ At St. Andrews
Canadian-born Jim English created a first not to be copied at the Home of Golf becoming the inaugural golfer to register on-line to go in the walk-up daily ‘Singles Draw’ ballot to play the famed Old Course at St. Andrews.
English, 56, visited the booking centre located beside the first tee just after 9am yesterday (Tuesday) using a Links Trust tablet to register his personal details and hoping now he gets a tee time for tomorrow (Wednesday).
For as long as many can remember going into the Old ...
Players Championship – Friday March 13th, 2020 – The Darkest Day In PGA Tour History As McIlroy Emerges A Shining Light
This week we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s flagship event.
Four years ago, this same week you could argue the Tour’s flags were virtually at half mast and with Friday the March 13th, 2020 unfolding as the darkest day in the history of the PGA Tour.
Four years on, it still lives as the day the global Covid virus brought an abrupt halt to men’s golf at its highest level and also was the harbinger for all major US sports to soon follow.
And in ...
Exclusive … Laird Says The More Scots On The PGA Tour The Better
Martin Laird reckons Bob MacIntyre’s presence full-time on the PGA Tour is a huge lift for Scottish men’s pro golf.
Laird, 41, has been used to having Scottish company competing on the Tour for well over a decade thanks to fellow countryman Russell Knox.
However, the double-Tour winning Knox lost full Tour status last year and it was only last week at the Puerto Rico Open the Inverness-born played a first Tour since the end of last year.
In fact, there were three Scots last week teeing-up ...
Manaessro Ends 3,942 days DP World Tour Winless Dought Winning Storm Affected Jonsson Workwear
Matteo Manassero brilliantly ended a 3,942 days DP World Tour winless drought and climbing back to game’s highest level in capturing the co-sanctiond Jonsson Workwear Open in Jobugh.
Manassero claimed an emotional fifth Tour victory but only after play was halted for nearly two hours due to lightning, strong winds and heavy rain and with the the Italian and six others still to complete their rounds on the host Glendower course in the north-eastern suburbs of the South African capital.
The champion ...
