McIlroy Moves To BMW Share Of The Lead Singing Praise Of New Driver
Rory McIlroy was singing the praise of a ‘new’ driver after being projected to head to his defence of next week’s Tour finale as No. 1 on the FedEx Cup standings in muscling his way to a share of the lead on day two of the BMW Championship in Chicago.
McIlroy seemingly has finally found his pre-Coronavirus lockdown form posting a hard-fought one-under 69 for a one-under tally in continuing heatwave conditions on the Olympia Fields course.
And helping lift his spirits enormously was ...
Wiesberger Takes An Instant Liking To The Famed Belfry.
Austrian and top-ranked Bernd Wiesberger, and despite the poor weather, clearly enjoyed his first round at the famed Belfry in posting a five-under par 67 on day one of the ISPS Handa UK Championship.
The current World No. 30, and highest-ranked player in this week’s field, was still striving to make a name for himself in 2008 on the secondary European Challenge Tour event when the European Tour was last at the course for the 2008 British Masters.
Despite the lack of familiarity, the Austrian ...
Saint Endreol Golf … Spectacular French Design, Superb To Play
Saint Endréol is situated between Provence and the Cote d’Azur spread out over 370 acres of unspoiled landscape that mirrors the exquisite lifestyle of Provence.
The course is located in the town of La Motte less than an hour’s drive from Nice airport and also less than a 30 klm drive from Saint Maxime on the French Riviera coastline.
Saint Endréol is a dramatic-looking 18-hole course of 5,883 metres length from the back tees, 5,789 metres off the white, 5,314 metres from the yellow ...
BMW Championship – 69 Players, 69 Things You Need To Know
2020 BMW Championship pre-tournament notes
Dates: August 24-30, 2020
Where: Olympia Fields, Illinois
Course: Olympia Fields Country Club-North (35-35—70, 7,366 yards)
Field size: 69
Defending champion: Justin Thomas
Purse: $9,500,000 ($1,710,000/winner)
FedExCup: 1,500 points to the winner
Format: 72-hole stroke play
Things to Know
The BMW Championship determines the 30 players who will qualify for the Playoffs finale, the TOUR Championship
The BMW Championship will be contested at ...
Woods Admits The Masters To Be ‘Very Different’ Without 40,000 Augusta Patrons
Defending Masters champion, Tiger Woods admits it is going to be ‘very different’ without 40,000 patrons (not spectators) missing from November’s rescheduling of The Masters.
Some 16 months ago, Woods ended an 11-year majors victory drought with his remarkable victory at Augusta National.
However, a recent decent by officials will now see the November 12 to 15th Masters go ahead behind closed doors.
It means also, those teeing-up at Augusta National will also do so without family and friends ...
Woods Needing To Roar In The Windy City To Be Heading To East Lake
Tiger Woods may have handed Rory McIlroy a golfing lesson last weekend in Boston but he needs to finish at least in front of 66 or just 69 players this week in Chicago to qualify for next week’s Tour Championship.
Woods is currently 57th on the FedEx Cup points table and has to end fourth or higher in this week’s BMW Championship if he’s to progress to East Lake in Atlanta.
A top-four result on a Olympia Fields course he last played 17-years ago in finishing T20th at the 2003 U.S. Open would ...
Willett Shares McIlroy’s ‘Going Through The Motion’ In Missing Golf Fans.
Danny Willett shares the views of fellow Major winning Rory McIlroy in agreeing it is difficult to get inspired with a continuing ‘no spectator’ policy in place at both PGA and European Tour events.
Willett has returned to competition at this week’s UK Championship at The Belfry and a course the Masters champion first and last visited as a then 15-year to watch practice rounds ahead of the 2002 Ryder Cup.
The Englishman arrived back into the U.K. 11 days ago and this after two prior COVID-19 ...
