McIlroy Now Fearing For His Health & Safety Should He Leave U.S.
Rory McIlroy now fears for his health and safety in the continuing Coronavirus pandemic so much so he’ll more than likely not leave the U.S. this season.
If so, it will mean the four-time Major winner, and for a first time in his career, not teeing-up in a regular European Tour event since turning pro at the end of 2007.
This would mean not contesting a Dubai Duty Free Irish Open if and when it may go ahead in an already badly hit and depleted COVID-19 hit European Tour schedule. He also ...
WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational … All You Need To Know
2020 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational pre-tournament notes
Dates: July 27-August 2, 2020
Where: Memphis, Tennessee
Course: TPC Southwind (35-35—70/7,277)
Field size: 78
Defending champion: Brooks Koepka
Purse: $10,500,000 ($1,820,000/winner)
FedExCup: 550 points to the winner
Format: 72-hole stroke play
Things to Know
Jon Rahm makes his first start as No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking
Brooks Koepka returns for title defense; will also defend at next week’s ...
Drysdale Joins ‘500 Club’ Insisting Career Not Fulfilled Till A Maiden Tour Title
Scotland’s David Drysdale’s joined the Tour’s elite ‘500 Club’ confessing until he captures a maiden Tour victory his European Tour career will not be fulfilled.
Drysdale, 45, reached a milestone 500th Tour event in teeing-up at 8.10am this morning (THURS) on day one of the Hero (English) Open at the Forrest of Arden course in England.
The Borders golfer, who made his Tour debut in the 1999 Scottish PGA Championship at Gleneagles, becomes the 44th player and now the seventh Scot in ...
Rahm Ready For A Long Reign Ruling As No. 1
Eleven-time pro career winning Jon Rahm seems intent on a long reign in ruling the golf world as No. 1.
Rahm unseated Rory McIlroy atop of the World Rankings in capturing last fortnight’s Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial.
In reaching the top of the rankings Rahm also became only the second Spaniard after idol Seve Ballesteros reached the top of the world in late April, 1986.
And in heading into this week’s first major showdown of the world’s best since the June 11th lifting of the lockdown, Rahm ...
Hey Greg (Norman), Which ‘E’ Was It In The FedEx Sign?
The staging of this week’s 2020 WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational rekindles memoris of my first visit to Memphis in attending the 1997 FedEx St. Jude Classic.
Greg Norman was also making a first appearance in the event in 12-years and I headed to Tennessee to report on the tournament for Australian Associated Press.
Norman was also the reigning Australian Open champion having captured a fifth Stonehaven Trophy some seven months earlier. He then won the Andersen Consulting World Championship ...
MacIntyre Emerges From L.A. Lockdown ‘Hideout’ For Maiden States Showing In Memphis
Robert MacIntyre has emerged for a fortnight ‘hiding’ in L.A. feeling fitter and looking slimmer to tackle this week’s lucrative and a maiden Stateside showing at the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis.
It will be a week short of five months since Scotland’s top-ranked golfer last competed in finishing well down in the Qatar Masters in Doha.
And now he’s set to make a long overdue maiden pro career appearance on U.S soil having spent the earlier lockdown period in Oban staying ...
Lough Erne Resort – Leading Golf’s Re-Awakening By Example.
Lough Erne Resort reopened on 17th July 2020 for a first time since the COVID-19 related lockdown.
While the worldwide pandemic continues unchecked in so many countries around the globe, golf resorts such as Lough Erne are back up-and-running with safety still clearly at the forefront of their operations.
However at Lough Erne, and where the health and safety of both their future guests and the resorts team members has always been a top priority, the message for those planning to visit the resort ...
