Ernie Els … “I Don’t Like Snakes” As He Seeks To Take The Sting Out Of The Snake Pit.
Four-time Major winning Ernie Els confessed he doesn’t like snakes but then he’d be happy this week to take the sting out of the Snake Pit.
The Snake Pit is the affectionate name for the final three holes on the Copperhead Course at the superb Innisbrook Course and venue for the $US 5.8m Valspar Championship.
In fact, the three holes are made up of three different and dangerous snakes – 16th is named the Moccasin, the 17th Rattler and the last Copperhead.
Els is making his fifth ...
Valsapar Championship – Paint Cans For Tee Markers
It is very common around the globe for sponsors to personalise their golf tournaments with unique tee markers.
Congressional Golf Club in suburban Rockville, Maryland and host venue for the 2011 US Open uses miniature models of the Capital Building, and the seat of Government in the US.
You will find mini FedEx Cup trucks on display during the FedEx Cup Series while the Tiger Woods supported AT & T National to be staged at Congressional in June uses replicas of the famed Iwo Jima Memorial to ...
Jamie Donaldson Takes Up PGA Tour ‘Special Temporary Membership’.
In-form Welshman Jamie Donaldson has accepted ‘special temporary membership’ for the remainder of the 2013-14 PGA TOUR season.
Donaldson is the second player to join the Tour as a special temporary member in the last two weeks. France’s Victor Dubuisson, who was runner-up at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, did the same last week.
And despite unnecessary criticism in one quarter over his play during last week’s WGC event in Doral, Donaldson became ...
MENA Tour Adds Spice With Added Cash & Gift Certificates In Each Event.
Organisers of the MENA Golf Tour have instituted the Shaikh Maktoum Golf Foundation Award to honour leading Arab professional and amateur players in a fresh move to spice up the competition and boost the presence of the region’s talent.
Open to MENA nationals, the awards, valued at $51,500 in cash and gift certificates, are in addition to the official prize money of $525,000 on the tour, and are aimed at recognizing the performance of the top three Arab professionals and amateurs from their respective ...
Ryo Ishikawa’s Bizarre Used Soft Drink Bottle Practice Routine – Video.
In the many years reporting on top professional golf we’ve come to witness some bizarre training aides that players will use to gain that extra advantage.
There’s been all sorts of gadgets from using a medicine ball between the legs or arms, gadgets that fit under your arm pit plus these fibre-glass sticks you see sticking out of the bag of many of the pros.
Of course, most of the pros now also use Trackman.
However Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa produced the latest and one thing is for ...
Scotland’s Russell Knox Could Represent USA In Ryder Cup
Near Honda Classic champion Russell Knox is Scottish to the core but then in a bizarre twist he could be eligible to represent the USA if he qualifies for the Ryder Cup.
Good friend and Sunday Post colleague, Doug Proctor has raised the possibility of the 28-year old Knox teeing-up in Tom Watson’s Gleneagles side should he qualify automatically.
Of course having grown up in Inverness Knox would be expected to play for Europe and that would also mean, as Doug rightfully pointed out, joining ...
Sports Illustrated Scribe Labels Jamie Donaldson ‘Coward’ – Twitter Controversy Slamming Author.
Welshman Jamie Donaldson has been disgustingly labelled a ‘coward’ by a leading US sports magazine following an incident during the final round of the WGC – Cadillac Championship.
Alan Shipnuck is a well-respected golf writer for Sports Illustrated but the American has won no friends with his controversial comments.
Donaldson secured his best-ever finish in either a WGC or a Major Championship in finishing joint second to American Patrick Reed at Trump Doral in suburban Miami.
However ...
