Second Ace, New Tour Record & Magnum Of Champers Fails To Lift Dunne’s French Open Spirits.
Not even a Tour record for the quickest pair of aces by a rookie could lessen Paul Dunne’s disappointment in missing the cut in the 100th French Open.
Dunne holed out with a 4-iron at the eighth hole in an eventual round of a 78 for a shock seven over par tally and just three days after finishing top of the class for a second year running at an Open Championship qualifier at Woburn.
The ace was Dunne’s second on Tour after holing out at the 15th hole at Kingsbarns and in the first round as a ...
Harrington Delivers Positive Olympics Message … Will Be In Rio With Family For Fortnight Watching Games.
Versailles, France …. Padraig Harrington delivered a positive and patriotic message to any of his doubting pro golfing colleagues confirming he’s taking his wife and family to spend a full fortnight at the Rio Olympics.
Harrington has only to wait 11 days to get his Olympic wish when his place in the Ireland men’s golf team is confirmed on Monday July 11th.
It will be the culmination of a dream for the now 44-year old ever since golf was confirmed would be returning to the Summer Olympics ...
Berger’s One Shot Firestone Withdrawal Rekindles Memories Of Luiten & Allenby In Similar One Shot Walk-Off’s.
Versailles, France … American Daniel Berger’s controversial withdrawal after just one shot on the opening day of the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational bizarrely has taken place on the 20th anniversary of Robert Allenby’s similar controversial tee shot and then withdrawal from the 1996 Volvo Masters.
And Berger’s shot was no different to Dutchman Joost Luiten competing three years ago in the European Tour’s BMW Masters.
In fact, the current FedEx St. Jude champion ...
Lucas Bjerregaard Stands Tall In 100th French Open As Bernd Wiesberger Looms.
Lucas Bjerregaard is one of the tallest players contesting this week’s 100th anniversary French Open and at the end of the opening day the 6 foot 3 inch Dane was atop of the board.
Bjerregaard had made the cut in just three of his last ten cuts but he found his form on the biggest stage with an elite field gathered at the course where the Ryder Cup will be held in 2018.
And the Dane capped his round when he aced his second hole to record the 26th hole-in-one of the Race to Dubai season on ...
Rory McIlroy Says Some Adventure But Also Some Good Signs In French Opening 71.
Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy admitted there was some good signs but also some loose shots in a round of 71 on day one of the 100th French Open.
McIlroy recorded three birdies and just as many bogeys in his round that also included finding the water twice in his round, at the 13th hole or the fourth of his round and then at the 18th or his ninth.
“It was a bit of an adventure out there as there was a few holes I got myself into a bit of bother,” he said.
“It’s a tough ...
Paul Lawrie Going Head-To-Head With Jean Van de Velde In Aberdeen
Former Open champion Paul Lawrie is set to face Frenchman Jean Van de Velde and the player he defeated to capture the 1999 Open Championship in Lawrie’s now annual challenge match at his golf centre in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The challenge match will take place at 1pm on Monday, July 18th and the day after this year’s Open Championship and in the week Van de Velde will make his British Senior’s Open debut at Carnoustie and where he saw the Claret Jug slip through his fingers.
Lawrie ...
Lee-Anne Pace First Female To Pull Plug On Rio Olympics But Surely Not The Last
South African Lee-Anne Pace has become the first high-profile female golfer to withdraw from the Rio Olympics and citing fears over the Zika virus.
The 35-year old Pace, who was born in Paal, South Africa is a nine-time European Tour winner and has one victory on the LPGA Tour in capturing the 2014 Blue Bay Classic.
But like her male counterparts, and including compatriots Charl Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace, she’s not about to risk contracting the virus by teeing-up in Rio.
“I ...
