McGinley Predicting A Next McIlroy Major Will Be ‘Hard Won’
Paul McGinley believes Rory McIlroy will win more majors but, and now six seven years since his last, it will be ‘hard won’.
McGinley was up bright-and-early in his role as SKY Sports Golf analyst at Sky’s customary main commentary position located between the back of the 16th green and 17th tee at TPC Sawgrass.
McIlroy had yet to tee-off in the two-year COVID-19 related delay to defend his Players Championship title.
It was around 6.30am local US time and some 30-minutes from McIlroy’s horrendous ...
It’s Usually Customary To Present The Visting Media With A Gift – How Does $200 Sound?
The annual hosting of the CB Qatar Masters always brings back a great story I have my maiden visit to the tournament in 1999, and the then second hosting of the tournament.
Though I must say, I just recall why I had not attended the 1998 Qatar Masters and won by Scotland’s Andrew Coltart.
It was a double celebration for the affable Scot who awoke in Doha on the Sunday morning having received confirmation from far off Australia he’d done encough to be crowned as the 1997/98 Australasian ...
Knox Has Good Reasons To Look Forward To TPC Sawgrass Return
Russell Knox has 73 good reasons to look forward to today’s (THUR) ‘Take 2’ restart to the prestigious Players Championship.
It will be exactly one day short of a year since the PGA Tour despatched a group text to all Tour members and caddies mid-evening on the 12th March, 2020 to advise the Tour’s premier event had been cancelled.
The next day, and now known as golf’s Black Friday, Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan advised the Tour was going into an immediate three-event lockdown.
That would ...
Tour Introduces ‘Bryson Rule’ Denying DeChambeau Shortening Sawgrass 18th.
The PGA Tour has stepped-in introducing a ‘Bryson Rule’ to deny Bryson DeChambeau any advantage in this week’s restart to last year’s cancelled Players Championship.
DeChambeau brought his rocket-like drives into sharp focus last week in tackling the famed par-5 sixth hole on route to victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The new World No. 6 set a new driving distance record at Bay Hill’s sixth first on Saturday with a monster 370-yard drive and then breaking that on Sunday ...
Drysdale Five-Years Ahead In Our Knowledge Of DeChambeau.
Scotland’s David Drysdale had realised five years ago close-hand the excitement that big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau is now bringing to the ancient club-and-ball game.
Drysdale was drawn to play alongside the then 22-year-old visiting American and England’s Chris Paisley for the opening two rounds of the 2016 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
DeChambeau had joined then reigning Masters and US Open champ, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler, and the eventual winner, accepting invitations to tee-up in the ...
Monahan’s Gut-Wrenching Decision To His Pride & Excitement In Returning To The Players First Tee.
After what he described as the ‘gut wrenching’ decision to cancel last year’s Players Championship and PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan spoke of his excitement and pride in being back on the first tee this week for the return of the Tour’s flagship event.
As Monahan pointed out, it’s been 362-days since Friday, 13th March, 2020 – Golf’s Black Friday as it’s been referred – when Monahan hosted a press conference to advise of a three-week shutdown of golf’s biggest stage.
Little ...
“Trust Me It Won’t Happen!” With McIlroy Ruling Out Rumours Of European Tour To Play In Florida
“Trust me, it won’t happen!” With Rory McIlroy ruling out rumours the European Tour will not be staging three events next month in Florida
McIlroy was speaking ahead of this week’s ‘second’ defence of his Players Championship crown at TPC Sawgrass after the Tour went into lockdown a year ago and just a few hours post the close of the opening round of their flagship event at Ponte Vedra in Florida.
It has been suggested in a London newspaper that three European ...
