Nick Faldo & Sandy Lyle Become Honorary Members Of R & A.
Fellow Open and Masters champions Nick Faldo and Sandy Lyle have accepted invitations to become honorary members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Two of Britain’s finest ever golfers, Faldo and Lyle inspired a generation of players with their wins in The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament and were at the forefront of a new wave of European golfers who rose to prominence in the 1980’s.
They join fellow Open Champions Peter Thomson CBE, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Jack ...
What Rivalry As Rory McIlroy Storms Six Clear Of Jordan Spieth.
A day after talk of a new world golf rivalry between Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth and the current World No. 1 stormed six shots clear of the Masters champion with a three under par 69 on the opening day of the Players Championship.
McIlroy capped his round in holing a seven-foot putt for eagle at the par five, 16th that he was playing as his eighth on the TPC Sawgrass course.
It left the four-time Major winner just two shots behind Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama who enjoyed the clubhouse lead on ...
Rory McIlroy & Repairs To ‘A Bunch Of Grapes’ Atop The Rodman Wanamaker Trophy.
Double PGA Championship winning Rory McIlroy revealed he had to get the famed Rodman Wanamaker trophy repaired after someone dropped the gleaming symbol of PGA Championship success.
It was after McIlroy had broken through to win a second Major Championship by eight strokes in capturing the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.
“We had to get the guys from the PGA of America to come out after the Wanamaker Trophy was dropped,” said McIlroy.
“There was like this little bunch of ...
Harrington On U.S. Open, Lowry On PGA Tour Card & Clarke On Miss Northern Ireland Final.
Three of the historic five Irish competing in this week’s Players Championship will tee up on the TPC Stadium course with varying goals.
Padraig Harrington has returned to competition after a three-week competition break and teeing-up at the start of four events in succession including next week’s Wells Fargo Championship, the BMW PGA Championship and the following week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.
And while Harrington chases a second PGA Tour title this season his goal is straight-forward.
“The ...
Rory McIlroy Not At All Interested In New Rivalry With Jordan Spieth.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is not the least interested in talk a new golfing rivalry with Masters Champion Jordan Spieth.
The golf world has been abuzz with such talk after Spieth moved to World No. 2 on the back of his Augusta National triumph and in the process slamming the door shut on McIlroy’s Grand Slam aspirations.
But then McIlroy distanced himself on the World Rankings from Spieth with victory in last week’s WGC – Cadillac Match-Play Championship.
And while McIlroy will play the opening ...
Stephen Gallacher Hopeful As Martin Laird Is On Sawgrass Standby.
Stephen Gallacher is very hopeful of ending a third Stateside sojourn this season on a positive note with a good showing in this week’s Players Championship at Ponte Vedra, Florida.
Gallacher is competing in the lucrative $US 10m event for a second year running and quietly confident of playing all four rounds after missing the TPC Sawgrass cut on debut a year ago.
The Scot arrived back to Florida’s Sunshine State from San Francisco where he missed out by a stroke in making it to the last ...
Danny Willett & Anirban Lahiri Have The Cuff Links Now Want The Trophy.
In what is becoming a unique first in golf those competing in the Players Championship the PGA Tour gathered together all first-timers under the shadow of the impressive TPC Sawgrass clubhouse.
Among those present was England’s Danny Willett, who secured third place in last week’s WGC – Cadillac Match-Play Championship, and ultra-talented Indian born Anirban Lahiri, who captured two events earlier this year on the European Tour.
And as the players sat in a semi-circle around the ...
