G Mac’s Path To Hopeful Adelaide Victory – Wading His Way Successfully Through ‘The Watering Hole’

Graeme McDowell’s big issue ahead of hopeful individual and team victory could be wading his way successfully through the ‘Watering Hole’ at his week’s LIV Golf Adelaide event in Australia. McDowell shares the lead by two shots with England’s Richard Bland and Austrian Bernd Wiesberger in the team format heading to the second round on The Grange course in Adelaide. The South Australian capital is hosting a first LIV event and it’s already turning into the biggest international sporting ...

Woods: Could Be Side-Lined For Six Months, Says Surgeon.

Disappointingly, the news just gets worse for Tiger Woods. No sooner were we reading a statement on Wednesday the 15-time major winner underwent subtalar fusion procedure to address issues caused by a previous fracture of his talus – a bone in the ankle joint. And now we are learning he could be side-lined from any competition for “at least” six months after having ankle surgery, according to an orthopaedic surgeon and former professional golfer. Woods is already set to miss next month’s ...

Reinstated Amateur Chris Kelly, A Triple Scottish PGA Champion, Heads Crail Battle Trophy Field

Recently reinstated amateur Chris Kelly will face strong competition teeing-up in this weekend’s 24th playing of the prestigious Battle Trophy at Crail Golfing Society at Crail in Fife. This weekend’s hosting of the Battle Trophy over 72 holes on the acclaimed Craighead Links course also coincides with the 25th anniversary of the opening of Gil Hanse designed course. Craighead Links was Hanse’s first solo golf course design project and since then he’s progressed to design many other famed ...

McDowell Helps Steer His LIV Team To The Top ‘Down Under’ In Adelaide

Graeme McDowell dove-tailed superbly with his team-mates and helped steer his Cleeks to the lead on the opening day of the historic LIV Golf Adelaide in Adelaide. McDowell grabbed six birdies in a five-under-par 67 and with playing partners Richard Bland and Bernd Wiesberger, each shooting six-under 66s, for a combined 16-under tally played in glorious autumn conditions on the host The Grange course in the South Australian capital. In the individual format American Talor Gooch stormed his way ...

Gooch Has Aussie Caddy To Thank For Third Lowest Tour Score In ‘Down Under’ History

Amercian Talor Gooch singled out his Australian-born caddy for praise after producing a sizzling 10-under par 62 in ideal scoring conditons on the opening day of the LIV Golf Adelaide event in Adelaide, South Australia. Gooch, 31, stormed his way to the top of the leaderboard, and delighted a sell-out crowd with a laser-like display capped by five birdies in succession from the fourth hole, and also setting a new course record. His effort, while a career low, is a third lowest in the history of tournament ...

Snuggling Koalas, Diving With Sharks, Tassie & The Crows – What Did DJ, Bryson & Brooks Got Themselves Into

It was a golfing press conference like no other with talk of snuggling koala bears, diving with sharks, Tassie and Crows. Two of the three American LIV golfing trio sitting up in front of the assembled media at The Grange Golf Club had been to Australia before, namely Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau.  The closest Brooks Koepka got close to the land ‘Down Under’ was on a vacation to Bali, and where a great number of Aussies travel for vacation, and having had to pull out of the 2019 ...

Bathgate Golf Club Double Teeing-Up In Inaugural Abu Dhabi Challenge

It will be a Bathgate Golf Club members reunion for two Scottish-born players teeing-up in next week’s inaugural Abu Dhabi Challenge on the secondary Challenge Tour. This is after Louis Gaughan, and currently the club pro at Dubai Hills, posted a second round 68 for a 36-hole total of 139 and capture the 2023 Emirates UAE PGA Championships at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. Gaughan, 29, posted a first round of one under par 71 over the Fire course Monday to be two shots back of the first ...