McIlroy Declares Knapp Is The ‘Full Package’.
Triple FexEx Cup No. 1 Rory McIlroy reckons the PGA Tour’s newest champion in American Jake Knapp is the ‘full package”.
McIlroy and Knapp, along with defending The Coznigant Classic champ Chris Kirk are out together for the opening two rounds of the host PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens.
All three players performer well with McIlroy and Kirk signing for four-under 67s and Knapp, in his very first apperance, just one back.
McIlroy was asked his thoughts playing alongside ...
Syme Feeling At Home In The Tough Eastern Cape Conditions At SDC Championship
Scotland’ Connor Syme wasted little time getting himself back into contention on a tough opening day for all competitors at the SDC Championship at the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Syme, 28, felt right at home in the bright but windy conditions, posting seven birdies in a five-under 67 to end the round just two shots behind the leading South African duo of Pieter Moolman and Shaun Norris on the exposed St. Francis course laid out close to the Indian Ocean.
Fifer Syme teed-up just four days ...
McIlroy Admits He Gets ‘Pure Motivation’ From Collecting 18th Hole Flags Than Trophies
In a first of it’s kind revelation, Rory McIlroy admitted he gleans ‘pure motivation’ not from winning tournament trophies but collecting the 18th hole pin flag from tournament venues where he’s won.
McIlroy has won 38 tournaments and a host of team prizes, including being a member of five winning European Ryder Cup sides, plus there’s four DPWT Race to Dubai titles and three FedEx Cup No. 1 crowns, in his now 17-year professional career and most of those trophies, ...
No Doubting Jack’s Presence At PGA National & This Week’s Coznigant Classic
Legendary Jack Nicklaus has been hosting the now renamed Cognizant Classic since 2007 when tournament’s main beneficiary is the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation.
This week’s host Champions course was opened in late 1981 before being completely redesigned by Nicklaus in 2002, and with the three-hole stretch of the 15th, 16th and 17th holes affectionately known as “The Bear Trap.”
Nicklaus and wife, Barbara along with the families live all within an easy drive ...
McIlroy Surprisingly Goes Easy On Gooch & His Masters Asterisk Quote
Four-time major-winning Rory McIlroy faced the media ahead of this week’s inaugural Cognizant Classic, fielding a variety of questions from within the comfort of the media centre at PGA National at Palm Beach Gardens.
McIlroy faced questions dealing with the present state of his game, his thoughts on whether he thinks this week’s host course has been toned-down since he last teed-up in 2018, the reason why he’s ended his six-year absence to compete this week and quizzed at this ...
Happy Landing – The Spanish Senior Open Trophy Has Touched Down In Ireland
Good news with newly-crowned Irish-born Joe Lyons being reuninted with his Spanish Senior Open victory trophy.
In one of the more bizarre golf-related stories for some time Lyons and his wife, Vera arrived at Seville Airport to board a return flight to Cork
However, the Lyons’ had extra luggage in the form of the trophy the 51-year-old, and reigning Irish Seniors Open champ, was handed in also adding this Spanish title to his golfing CV and winning the event by four shots.
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MacIntyre Delighted To Be Teeing-Up This Week In His New Home State
Top Scot Robert MacIntyre gets to tee-up in his new home state of Florida for a first time in his rookie PGA Tour season at this week’s Cognizant Classic at West Palm Beach.
The $US 9m event is around a 160-mile drive, south on the Florida Turnpike from MacIntyre’s rented Isleworth Estate abode in Orlando.
The Oban lefty will be riding easy after last week’s season-best of a T6th at the Mexican Open earned MacIntyre a cool £stg 223,270 and with just a second pay cheque in his five starts this ...
