Forrest Returns From Six-Week Break Taking Route 66 Opening Round Porsche Singapore Classic
Scot Grant Forrest returned from a six-week competition absence to take Route 66 on the opening day of the Porsche Singapore Classic.
The recently-married Forrest grabbed seven birdies to be sharing fifth place with four others including French golfing ace Matthieu Pavon, winner earlier this year of the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open in California.
The trio of legendary Thai golfer Kiradech Aphirbarnat, England’s Jordan Smith and Malayian Gavin Green lead the way with eight-under 64s ...
Cantlay Sounding Positive Ahead Of Historic PGA Tour Meeting With Saudi PIF Fund.
PGA Tour board member Patrick Cantlay sounding positive ahead of tomorrow’s historic meeting with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF).
It will be the first time since news broke on June 6th last year ahead of the Canadian Open, news that rocked the ancient club-and-ball game to its very foundation with news the PIF will fund a coming together of the PGA and DP World Tour with LIV Golf.
Now just over nine months later representatives of the Tour, including possibly ...
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 ...
