Harrington Quietly-Confident Of Teeing-Up At Genesis Invitational
European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington is quietly-confident of returning to competition at next week’s Genesis Invitational near Santa Monica.
Harrington is presently quarantining at the stunning The Lodge Hotel at Pebble Beach after testing positive to COVID-19 last Monday ahead of this week’s AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
The Dubliners 10-day self-isolation period, and adhering to PGA rules and protocols, will end on Wednesday and on the eve of next week’s whopping Euro 7.7m event ...
Knox Laughs Off Worst Opening Tee-Shot Of His Career In Taking Route 66 At Pebble
Russell Knox was laughing when admitting he hit the worst opening tee-shot of his career to then sensationally muscle his way straight into contention early on day one of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Knox grabbed an eagle and five birdies in taking ‘Route 66’ for a six-under par-66 on the famed US Open host course laid-out along the Pacific Ocean shoreline.
The effort is the Scot’s third lowest round in 11 events in the 2020/21 wraparound scheduled since a 63 on day one his first ...
Knox Quietly Confident Of Toppling ‘Superstar’ McIlroy For First Non-USA Born Chairman’s Role
Russell Knox is quietly confident he’ll have the numbers to topple ‘superstar’ opponent Rory McIlroy and be elected the first non-American born Chairman of the PGA Tour’s ‘Players Advisory Committee’.
Knox has thrown his cap into the ring along with McIlroy and American Kevin Streelman and with the vote among the Tour’s rank-and-file closing Thursday (11th February).
The Players Advisory Committee (PAC) is the European Tour equivalent of the ‘Tournament Players Committee’ and answers ...
R & A CEO Expresses ‘Cautious Optimism’ For A ‘Normal’ 149th Open Championship.
More encouraging news for those planning to cross the Irish Sea and see Shane Lowry defend his Open Championship title.
The R & A has already announced the staging of the 149th Open Championship will go ahead with or without fans and in the latest news, R & A CEO Martin Slumbers has directly reached out to fans with further hope of getting back to hosting a ‘normal’ championship.
“We are focused on staging the 149th Open at Royal St George’s from 11-18 July 2021 and on delivering ...
PGA Of America ‘Distancing Measuring Devices’ Decision Further Eroding Golf’s Skill Factor.
The game of golf is supposedly a game of skill where you tee-up and then try to take as least strokes as possible to find the bottom of hole.
That’s the basic principle of the ancient club-and-ball game.
At the highest form of the game, and that is on the major tour’s of the world, it is a game of millimetres where a missed putt can cost a golf a major championship trophy or a place in a Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup or Solheim Cup team.
The professional player relies on the input of his or her caddy ...
Harrington Ruled Out Of Pebble Beach Failing COVID Test
Europe’s Ryder Cup captain is the latest to fail a COVID-19 test and being ruled out of this week’s PGA AT & T Pebble Beach Championship In California.
Harrington had been competing in last week’s Phoenix Open but sat out the weekend rounds after missing the cut and in his first showing on the TPC Scottsdale course in five years.
Then in travelling to the US West Coast for this week’s $7.3m PGA Tour event along the shores of the Pacific Ocean, the 49-year-old Irishman ...
Calum Hill Returns To Snow Covered Scotland Aglow From Strong Saudi Desert Showing.
Scotland’s Calum Hill has returned to the bitterly cold conditions of the snow-covered range at Gleneagles buoyed by his superb showing in the Saudi desert.
Hill, 26, sensationally secured his best finish in just 27 Tour starts, eagling the final hole to grab a share of fourth place at the Saudi International.
The Crook of Devon golfer was bumped out of third by American Tony Finau who birdied the last on the course laid out along the Red Sea.
It had been a bizarre week for the young Scot with ...
