Graeme McDowell To ‘Referee’ Kaymer & Dubuisson Ahead Of World Cup Showdown.

Reigning French Open champ Graeme McDowell will be officiating as on-course referee ahead of tomorrow’s (FRID) Word Cup Germany v France showdown. Organisers of the Euro 3m event have grouped McDowell with 2009 winner Martin Kaymer and French golfing ace Victor Dubuisson for the first two days of the Euro 3m event. And the Tour has done all three a favour with an early second round tee time ahead of the Germany –v- France crunch match in Brazil. So with no Northern Ireland interest in Brazil ...

Martin Kaymer Says Aunt Ekky Wanted To Put A Bunch Of Flowers In His Players C’ship Trophy.

Open Championship favourite Martin Kaymer will be keeping the famed Claret Jug away from his Aunt Ekky after the German golfing ace wanted to stick a bunch of flowers in his gleaming crystal Players Championship trophy. After missing the cut in last week’s BMW International Open Kaymer revealed he attended a family function at the residence of his 65-year old aunt who lives also in the Dusseldorf region. The German arrived with both the gleaming U.S. Open trophy and his Players Championship reward ...

Stephen Gallacher’s Career-Defining Five Tournament Run In Six Weeks.

Stephen Gallacher confessed he’s never experienced a more important six week stretch in his career than the period commencing with today’s (THUR) starting French Open in Versailles. The French Open heralds the start of a five tournament run for Gallacher including next week’s Scottish Open along with the following week’s Open Championship and then his last two events in the U.S. this season, the back-to-back WGC – Bridgestone Invitational and the August 7th starting PGA Championship at ...

Graeme McDowell Admits He’s Behind The Ryder Cup Qualifying 8-Ball.

With less than 100 days to the Ryder Cup and Graeme McDowell admits he’s behind the European Ryder Cup qualifying 8-ball. The soon-to-be new father is currently 16th overall on the points table and seven spots outside of qualifying automatically for Paul McGinley’s side. However McDowell should need no reminding  of his talent and only having to look back a year ago when he arrived in Versailles in the midst of an eight week run when he missed five cuts but won three times. “That ...

Tiger Woods 20/1 To Win Second Open Championship At Hoylake.

Australia’s Adam Scott and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy are 12/1 favorites to win next fortnight’s Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. Recent U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer plus reigning PGA Tour and European Tour No. 1 Henrik Stenson have opened 15/1 in odds released by the Las Vegas based GolfOdds.com. Tiger Woods, and who will be competing in only his second event since back surgery, had opened at 20/1. “I am still not expecting much from Tiger here, although he ...

Graeme McDowell – Nine European Tour Wins In Nine Different Countries & Now Targeting Second French Open Title.

Graeme McDowell has arrived in Versailles for the defence of his French Open title looking to achieve something he’s yet to sample in his illustrious career and that is to successfully defend a title. McDowell has won nine European Tour titles in nine different countries including Sweden, Italy, South Korea, Scotland, Wales, USA, Spain, Bulgaria and France. If the soon-to-be new father were to win this week on the Le National course, and host venue for the 2018 Ryder Cup, he will join just ...

Royal Birkdlale To Host 2017 Open & Carnoustie Allocated 2018 Open Championship.

The R&A announced today that Royal Birkdale will host The Open Championship in 2017 and Carnoustie will host the Championship in 2018. Five-time Open Champion Tom Watson, who won The Open at Royal Birkdale in 1983 and at Carnoustie in 1975, joined The R&A to make the announcement at the Greenbrier. “I am delighted to see The Open returning to two great venues in Royal Birkdale and Carnoustie,” he said. “I know both courses are held in high regard by the players and I certainly consider ...