Paul McGinley Smokes 385-Yard Drive On Scottish Open Day One.
European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley showed there’s still plenty of fire in his game smoking a 385-yard drive during his round of 67 on day one of the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart.
It left McGinley trailing just three shots behind England’s John Parry and on day of low scoring in conditions more akin to the south of Spain than the north of Scotland.
England’s Simon Khan is in second place with a score of 65 while Carton House’s Shane Lowry shares third place with six others with scores ...
Jeev Milka Singh Puts Aside Finger Injury & Missing Film Premier To Shoot 67.
Defending champion Jeev Milka Singh put aside a lingering finger injury and the disappointment of having to miss the premier of a film on the life of his father in shooting a 67 on day one of the Scottish Open.
Singh took full advantage of the hot and near benign morning conditions to grab eight birdies and end the day just three shots behind England’s John Parry on the Castle Stuart course to the east of Inverness.
Parry carded a round of an eight under par 64 to lead the field by one stroke from ...
Phil Michelson Shoots Scottish Open 66 To Ease Next Week’s Muirfield ‘Punishment’.
Four-time Major winning Phil Mickelson sought to ease the ‘punishment’ of next week’s Open Championship in making most of near benign conditions posting a six under par 66 early on the opening day of the Scottish Open near Inverness.
Mickelson started with a bogey but then eagled the third hole of his round along with adding six birdies and one bogey.
It left the current World No. 8, who is contesting the Scottish Open for a ninth occasion, sharing third place and just two shots behind England’s ...
Graeme McDowell Apologises Over Castle Stuart Comments.
Graeme McDowell has apologised to Scottish Open event sponsors for his damming criticism of Castle Stuart and host venue for this week’s tournament.
McDowell, and a former Scottish Open winner, was outspoken late last month in declaring the tournament had lost its prestige since moving to Castle Stuart in 2011.
And while McDowell is practicing this week at Muirfield ahead of next week’s British Open, the former double (British) Open winning duo of Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington disagreed with ...
Darren Clarke … ‘No Matter What, My Name Will Always Be On The Claret Jug’.
Darren Clarke still proudly lays claim to being the first player to have competed at Castle Stuart, and host for this week’s Scottish Open, who then went onto the following week to win the British Open.
His good friend, Ernie Els was the second and heads to Muirfield next week as defending champion.
And while Clarke has struggled to show anywhere near the form that helped him lift the famed Claret Jug at Royal St. Georges there was is no denying his enthusiasm to become Ireland’s second double ...
Rory McIlroy & Justin Rose Lead Muirfield Advance Party
The US Open winning duo of Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose have been familiarising themselves with next week’s British Open host venue at Muirfield.
Both spent Monday and Tuesday playing separate practice rounds while Rose was again out on the east of Edinburgh course yesterday (WED).
While it will be a first Muirfield Open for McIlroy, Rose participated in the 2002 Open finishing in 22nd place.
Shane Lowry sent his caddy, Dermot Byrne over to Muirfield on Monday ahead of today’s commencing Scottish ...
Phil Mickelson Reveals Five Different Grass Greens In His Californian Backyard.
Four-time major winning Phil Mickelson revealed a unique insight into the extent of his pre-tournament preparations.
As Mickelson also looks to become the first American-born winner of the Scottish Open since Tom Lehman in 1997, he spoke of the greens in the backyard of his palatial Californian residence.
“Golf is different than basketball as we don’t play on the same hard court every week, so I have different putting greens,” he said.
“I have a beet green, I have a poa annua green, I have ...
