Martin Kaymer – Five Years After Whistling Straits Not Only Older But Stronger & Showing A Maturity To Deal With Major Success.
Next week marks the fifth year anniversary of Martin Kaymer capturing the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Wisconsin.
It was Kaymer’s first Major Championship success and just the second by a German-born golfer.
The Dusseldorf-born Kaymer defeated American Bubba Watson in a play-off but only after the controversy that saw Dustin Johnson, who had led with a hole to play, penalised for grounding his club in a bunker despite the sand trap located ...
Paul McGinley Sings The Praise Of Bridgestone Debutant Marc Warren.
Victorious Gleneagles Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley is singing the praise of Scotland’s Marc Warren ahead of the Scot making his WGC – Bridgestone Invitational debut.
McGinley, who contested nine Bridgestone Invitational events in succession from 2000 to 2008, is in Ohio this week working with SKY Sports.
He said: “Marc’s first appearance in this event is very well deserved and he’s been making great progress these last few years.
“He’s also, as we saw last week in Scotland, ...
Danny Willett Out To Take Lead From Rory McIlroy In Race To Dubai.
Danny Willett is set to deliver absent World No. 1 Rory McIlroy another body blow in moving to top spot in the Race to Dubai.
Willett tees-up in only his second WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in suburban Akron, Ohio needing to finish top-four to go past the injured McIlroy on the money list.
The Sheffied-born Willett is only Euro 327, 206 adrift of McIlroy.
And the 27-year old double Tour winner is the best of form coming off his Alpine triumph last fortnight and his second success this season.
“I ...
Shane Lowry To Use Fortnight In States To Cement Top-50 World Ranking.
Ireland’s Shane Lowry will use this fortnight of competition in the States to finally establish himself well inside the top-50 on the World Rankings.
Lowry has been top-50 ranking ‘bubble’ since last November when he moved to 47th, and into the top-50 for a first occasion in his career following his fifth place in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
The Bank of Ireland backed pro then jumped to a career high of 40th in sharing seventh place in the Farmers Insurance Open but then ...
Jordan Spieth Surprised & Says It’s Weird WGCs Don’t Have Category For Tiger Woods.
World No. 2 Jordan Spieth is not one known for controversy.
However the game’s hottest golfer and winner of two of the three Majors in 2015 has expressed his surprise there is no World Golf Championship category for Tiger Woods – a winner of eight WGC – Bridgestone Invitational crowns.
Woods has won eight of the 16 Bridgestone events but at 262nd on the World Rankings and not having won a WGC counting tournament in the past 12 months there is no place for Tiger Woods not here this ...
Rory McIlroy Spotted At 2015 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy may be injured and not defending this week’s WGC – Bridgestone Invitational but he’s been spotted about the Firestone Country Club course in Akron, Ohio.
Patrons attending this week’s $US 9.25m event will be greeted by a billboard size pic of McIlroy as the 2014 champion.
As well, McIlroy’s name appears on a plaque to the right of the first tee featuring all past winners of every event contested on the Firestone course.
McIlroy’s picture ...
Tiger Woods ‘Wins The Bloody Tournament Eight Times” & He Should Be In The Bridgestone Says Day.
Aussie Jason Day returns to competition after securing victory in the RBC Canadian Open and went straight into bat for the absent Tiger Woods at this week’s WGC – Bridgestone Inviational in Akron, Ohio.
Woods has won the Bridgestone backed event eight times – the opening three from 1999 to 2001, three more occasions from 2005 to 2007, then in 2009 and two years ago in 2013.
That’s eight victories in exactly half of the 16 stagings of the $9.25m tournament on the Firestone ...
