Scots Lawrie & Gallacher Fighting Illness Ahead Of Seve Trophy.
Scottish Seve Trophy team members Paul Lawrie and Stephen Gallacher were fighting hard to shake off illness ahead of their showdown against Europe in Versailles.
Lawrie and Trophy debutant Gallacher were both struggling with a mystery virus that forced Lawrie to miss Tuesday night’s team dinner while Gallacher was struggling during today’s 9-hole practice round on the St. Nom-la-Breteche course.
“Chippy (Lawrie) was feeling a bit rough yesterday, and I’m feeling a bit dizzy and weak ...
Paul McGinley Eyes On Seve Trophy & Ears On Presidents Cup.
Paul McGinley arrived in France for this week’s Seve Trophy but also very much intent on watching TV coverage of this week’s Presidents Cup in the States.
As the incumbent European Ryder Cup captain it is McGinley’s role to overee the staging of the biannual event between a Sam Torrance captained GB & I team and a Jose Maria Olazabal European side.
GB & I have dominated the event winning six of the seven encounters with the only exception being the inaugural tournament in 2000 when ...
GB & I Seve Trophy Score Early Victory – Video Of European Team Balls Glued Together
The GB & I Seve Trophy team scored an early points victory over their European Team rivals when they glued their practice range balls together.
GB & I’s David Lynn was the culprit and he along with teammates Simon Khan, Paul Casey and Jamie Donaldson were hitting balls awaiting the reaction from Europeans.
However there was not one European on the St. Nom-la-Breteche practice range until Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez and Finland’s Mikko Illonen turned up.e
As as you can ...
Chinese Teenage To Tackle Woods & McIlroy At Mission Hills
Chinese prodigy Guan Tianlang, 14, will take on world No 1 Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in a “skills challenge” before an 18-hole showdown between the two pros, organisers said on Monday.
In April Guan became the youngest to compete at the Masters, and despite being penalised a stroke for slow play, still managed to finish the leading amateur.
“The Match” between Woods and McIlroy will be held over the Blackstone Course at Mission Hills Haikou, on the Chinese island of Hainan, ...
Rory McIlroy Delights Indiana Fan With Signed Note.
Rory McIlroy may be in the ‘bad books’ for not contesting this week’s Seve Trophy but he’s delighted one fan.
Indiana’s Michael Crew met McIlroy last route on route to victory in the 2012 BMW Championship at Crooked Stick, and he is also a fan of Upper Deck trading cards and memorabilia, with whom McIlroy has a signing deal.
At a recent signing, McIlroy took time to pen a letter to Crew.
The letter was delivered last Wednesday and it reads:
Michael,
It was great meeting ...
Schwartzel Says Presidents Cup Future Interest Hinges On Internationals Winning In Ohio.
Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel believes future interest in the Presidents Cup will hinge on the International Team claiming victory at Muirfield Village later this week in Ohio.
Schwartzel is among six South Africans competing this week and in also will be only his second appearance since making his debut two years ago at Royal Melbourne in Australia.
It was at the famed Royal Melbourne in 1998 when the International Team claimed still their only victory in a biannual event first staged ...
G Mac Ties The Knot In The Bahamas.
Graeme McDowell took to Twitter to thank well-wishers following his marriage to American-born Kristin Stape a sun-soaked Caribbean island in the Bahamas on Saturday.
“I’m a very Lucky man”, was how the ace golfer summed up the day.
Ahead of the ceremoney, Rory McIlroy’s tennis superstar girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki tweeted: “All the best Graeme and Kristin have a fantastic day. Many happy years together as Mr and Mrs McDowell.”
And following the intimate ceremony, ...
