Martin Laird Buries Run Of Three Missed Cuts To Be In Wells Fargo Contention.

Martin Laird buried a run of three missed cuts to be well in contention after two rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina. Laird showed his fondness for the course located just 45 minutes from his ‘summer’ residence to add a two under par 70 to his opening 69 on the Quail Hollow course. It put the Scot in a share of ninth place and only four strokes behind American Martin Fores (68) and Argentina’s Angel Cabrera (69) who head the $US 6.9m event on nine ...

Harrington Aboard First Stage Out Of Charlotte & Wells Fargo Championship.

Padraig Harrington was aboard the first stage out of town after missing the halfway cut in the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina. Harrington had struggled to play all four rounds of last week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans but with this week’s 2017 PGA Championship venue answering far more difficult questions than presented in Louisiana. The Dubliner posted rounds of 72 and 78 for a six over par total and to be lying in a share of 138th place in the 156-player, and ...

Rory McIlroy Looks Now For Quail Hollow History To Repeat Itself.

Rory McIlroy now will be hoping for history to repeat itself after just managing to make the halfway cut in the Wells Fargo Championship. Four years ago McIlroy was lying at one over par after two rounds of the then named Quail Hollow Championship, and also 10 shots behind the nine under par lead held then by American Billy Mayfair. McIlroy then posted a third day 66 to be only four back of Mayfair who led by two shots from Phil Mickelson and Davis Love 111. The Holywood golfing starlet then came ...

Angel Cabrera Excited At Prospect Of A First Regular PGA Tour Event Victory.

Double Major winning Angel Cabrera is excited with two rounds remaining of the Wells Fargo Championship of a first-ever regular PGA Tour success. Cabrera added a second round 69 to his opening score of 66 to move to share of the lead at nine under par in the $US 6.9m event being played at Quail Hollow. The Argentinean captured the 1997 U.S. Open at Oakmont and two years later was fitted with an Augusta green jacket in capturing the Masters. However it will surprise many the now 44-year old has not ...

Future Mrs. McIlroy – ‘I Want To Be A Young Mother’.

The future Mrs. McIlroy Caroline Wozniacki has other dreams besides winning a grand slam tennis tournament and one of those is to start a family with Rory McIlroy. The Danish tennis ace revealed his in an article for Lime magazine. “I want to be a relatively young mother, and I do not see it as being too far in the future,” she said. “I have always even been like that I would even want to bring up my children. Therefore, I have no dream to make my mark , instead , I enjoy economic ...

Geoff Ogilvy Has Pinehurst No. 2 On His Mind & Also A No. 2 US Open Success.

It’s been seven years since Geoff Ogilvy became only the ninth Australian to win a Major Championship in capturing the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Ogilvy’s one shot success was also the 15th Major won by an Australian and the Adelaide-born golfer becoming only the second to lift the gleaming U.S. Open trophy. And with the U.S. Open now just a matter of weeks away Ogilvy is already looking ahead to June 12th, and the day after he turns 37 years of age, to teeing-up at Pinehurst No. ...

Comfort For Rory McIlroy But Blisters For Darren Clarke At Wells Fargo Championship.

It was comfort for Rory McIlroy but blisters for Darren Clarke on the opening day of the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina. McIlroy grabbed six birdies in a three under par 69 while could not wait to remove his left shoe and revealing a nasty blister on the back of his heel after signing for a four over par 76. It is the just the sixth occasion in 15 rounds of the Quail Hollow course McIlroy has broken 70 with the new World No. 11 capitalising on his length off the tee ...