Casey Afforded ‘Special Invitation’ Into Next Week’s PGA Championship
Paul Casey has been afforded a ‘special invitation’ into next week’s PGA Championship at Rochester in upstate New York.
The 45-year-old English-born golfer will be contesting his 20th PGA Championship since making his debut in the major in 2002 at Hazeltine.
Casey secured his best finish in any of the 71 majors he has contested three years ago in finishing joint runner-up in the 2020 PGA Championship won by Collin Morikawa at Harding Park.
He was then T4th a year later at Kiawah Island, and ...
Meronk Now In Ryder Cup Selection Focus With Fourth National Open Title In Four Years
Poland’s Adrian Meronk has put himself well in frame for a return visit to Rome later this year after capturing a fourth ‘national’ open title in as many years.
Meronk, who turns 30 later this month, again showed his enormous class producing four rounds in the 60s to capture the 97th anniversary hosting of the DS Automobiles Italian Open on the Marco Simone course that in four months will play host to the 43rd Ryder Cup.
It wasn’t easy for Meronk especially after bogeying ...
Howie Needs To Go Low Early At Saadiyat Beach
Scotland’s Craig Howie knows he needs to jump quickly into the fast lane if he’s to capture a second Challenge Tour success at the UAE Challenge in Abu Dhabi.
Howie headed into golf’s traditional ‘moving day’ leading by two but stalled with four birdies and an equal number of bogeys in a level par 72 that sent the Peebles golfer back in fourth place at nine-under, trailing five shots adrift of Spaniard Manuel Elvira on the Saadiyat Beach course.
The final group are ready for day ...
Howie Leads The Way Sharing New Course Record At UAE Challenge In Abu Dhabi
As his Tartan colleagues struggled in Rome, Craig Howie showed a clean pair of heels in sharing in a new course record to grab a two-shot lead into the weekend rounds of the inaugural UAE Challenge in Abu Dhabi.
Howie, 28, carrying his own clubs produced a bogey-free six-under 66 to move to nine-under on the Gary Player designed Saadiyat Beach course in the UAE capital.
The Peebles golfer and now attached to the UAE’s Al Ain club is looking for a second Challenge Tour triumph after breaking through ...
Tiger’s Caddy Joe LaCava Now Working For Cantlay
It comes as no surprise that Joe LaCava, and the caddy to Tiger Woods, wants to continue caddying as Woods recovers from a recent ankle operation.
As such, Woods has agreed for LaCava to work for fellow American Patrick Cantlay starting at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship.
It is also a timely move for LaCava as Cantlay has recently parted ways with long-time caddy Matt Minster, who had been with Cantlay for each of his eight PGA Tour victories, from late 2017 to victory through to ...
McIlroy Breaks Silence Admitting His Masters Meltdown ‘Sucked’ & More To Life Than Just Golf.
It was somewhat surprising when Rory McIlroy’s name did not appear on the list of players scheduled to face the golfing media ahead of this week’s Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina.
McIlroy is a three-time former winner of the tournament, and along with the season-ending Tour Championship it’s the only two PGA Tour event he has also won on three occasions.
Though the golfer, who turns 34 tomorrow (Thursday), obviously had his reasons ...
Gallacher Returns To Italian Open Delighted With His Double Agenda
Scot Stephen Gallacher may be the second oldest teeing-up in this week’s Italian Open but he’s also in the field with a younger generation of golfers at heart.
Gallacher, 48, received the last of six tournament Rome invitations shortly after finishing top-15 in last Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Challenge.
The Bathgate pro already this year has found himself playing where he can, having forfeited full DP World Tour membership at the end of 2022 in not being fully exempt since a first full season in 1999.
However, ...
