Berger Praises Knox As Fellow Scot Coltart Left Surprised Over AT & T Pebble Beach Ruling.
New AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am winner Daniel Berger has praised Russell Knox while his fellow Scot Andrew Coltart, and working for SKY Sports Golf, was left surprised after the bizarre rules controversy early last Sunday in the final round at Pebble Beach.
Knox was sharing second place heading to the final round when he stood-up on the first tee and superbly split the fairway with his 3-wood opening shot. Knox’s ball landed not in the rough nor in a bunker or within the confines of a ...
Twenty-Years Ago Robert Allenby Wins Six-Man L.A. Playoff To Make It 7-0 In Playoffs
Twenty-years ago this week, Aussie Robert Allenby carved-out a slice of golfing history.
Not only did the then 28-year old Allenby win a record-setting PGA Tour 72-hole, six-man playoff to become the first Australian to win the then Nissan Open at the Riveira Club in suburbn L.A. but Allenby made it then seven playoff’s and seven victories worldwide.
And in his bigger 22-tournament winning career from a first in 1991 to his last in 2009, Allenby won 10 of those events by virtue of a playoff ...
MacIntyre Confirmed For WGC At The Concession – First Stateside Step Of Three Leading To Masters.
Robert MacIntyre next week’s takes the first of huge three Stateside steps leading to teeing-up in April’s Masters.
MacIntyre has automatically qualified for next week’s WGC at The Concession by virtue of being inside the top-50 on the World Rankings.
The Oban lefty has moved up one place to 43rd in the world without hitting a shot and thus qualify for the whopping $10.5m event being played from Feb 25th to 28th WGC – Concession.
The Florida event is taking the place of the WGC – ...
Knox Has Possible Valentine’s Day Victory Snatched After Controversial Ruling Early At Pebble Beach
Scot Russell Knox had a possible Valentine’s Day victory snatched from from his grip after a controversial ruling very early on the final day of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Knox hit a superb 230-yard, 3-wood tee-shot at the first but then after momentarily placing his club behind his ball he moved aside declaring his ball had moved albeit by mere millimetres.
Then in the next some 30-seconds, as he weighed-up what had happened, his ball visibly rolled into a small depression.
Knox spoke ...
Bjorn Believes It Would Be Good To Have One Or Two Rookies In Harrington’s Team
Victorious Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn has put real Whistling Straits selection pressure on Europe’s top ‘rookies’, including the likes of leading Scot Robert MacIntyre.
The highest-ranked four players off the ‘European’ points list, then the leading five from the ‘world’ ranking points, will automatically be on Padraig Harrington’s Whistling Straits side, and with Harrington choosing three ‘wildcard’ picks.
MacIntyre is currently lying 10th on the ‘European’ ...
Faldo Backs Knox To Connect With AT & T Pebble Beach Victory
Six-time Major winner Nick Faldo has put his money on Scotland’s Russell Knox to secure a third PGA Tour success with victory at the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Knox, 35 played a flawless ‘moving day’ round picking-up three shots to move to 11-under and into a fiveway share of second place at 11-under par along with Pacific Ocean shoreline.
Three-time major winning Jordan Spieth takes a one-shot in the last day having signed for a round of 71 to move to 13-under par.
Spieth ...
AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am – All The Second Day Facts & Figures
Second-Round Notes – Friday, February 12, 2021
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 60. Wind NW 10-20 mph.
36-hole cut: 67 professionals at 1-under 143 from a field of 156 professionals. Note: Because the amateur portion of the tournament was canceled for 2021, the cut rule was changed from low 60 and ties to standard PGA TOUR rule of low 65 and ties. This had no effect on the cut made.
Second-Round Leaderboard
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