Lyle … “The Last Time I Hit The Ball 350-Yards It Was Downhill With A 65mph Tailwind.
Super Scot Sandy Lyle reckons the last time he hit a 350-yard plus drive was to a downhill fairway and with a 60mph wind on his tail.
Lyle was responding to growing controversy after beefed-up American Bryson DeChambeau, who returns to competition later today (THURS) at the Memorial, a fortnight ago hit 43 drives in excess of 350-yards over four rounds on route to victory in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
A week earlier, DeChambeau left playing partners Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson gob-smacked in ...
Player Labels Old Course ‘Obsolete’ As Nine-Time Major Winner Again Calling Ball Be ‘Brought Back’.
Nine-time Major winning Gary Player is concerned the famed Old Course has become ‘obsolete’ given the distance the golf ball is now being driven.
Player, who won three Open Championships, was commenting on the impact Bryson DeChambeau has had on the game since the lockdown to golf was lifted.
In capturing the recent Rocket Mortgage Classic, DeChambeau recorded 43 drives over 350-yards during the four days in Detroit.
Player said: “Something has to be done and it’s very simple. Just ...
DeChambeau Insists Any ‘Negativity’ Is A Compliment
Bryson DeChambeau produced a sensible and very mature answer to a question focussing on the controversy he’s stirred-up since the PGA Tour’s official return to competiition mid last month in Texas.
DeChambeau emerged from the three-month lockdown looking like Hulk Hogan’s twin brother and using all his extra muscle to drive the ball further and further than most.
Indeed, the 26-year old launched no fewer than 43 golfing missiles of over 350-yards during the four rounds on route ...
2020 Memorial – EVERYthing You Need To Know
2020 Memorial – Things to Know
Five-time winner Tiger Woods makes his first start since the season was suspended in March; in search of record-breaking 83rd career PGA TOUR victory
Workday Charity Open winner Collin Morikawa seeks win in back-to-back weeks at Muirfield Village
2019 champion Patrick Cantlay looks to join Tiger Woods as only players to win the Memorial Tournament in consecutive years
Marks third event since the season resumed to feature each of the top-five players in the Official ...
Richard Burton? .. Sorry, Never Heard Of Him Says Lowry
Shane Lowry should be stepping onto the first tee at Royal St. George’s in Kent tomorrow morning (THURS) as the defending Open Championship champion.
Instead, Lowry will have to wait a further 12 months before handing back the famed Claret Jug to the R & A.
And when he does, Lowry will become the third longest Open Champion to have retained golf’s most famous trophy.
Legendary Harry Vardon won the 1914 Open but due to WW1 the championship was not played again until 1920, a gap of six years.
In ...
The Golden Bear’s Right Arm Is Outstretched To Congratulate You …. What Do You Do?
You’ve just sunk the winning putt to capture the Memorial and one of the PGA Tour’s blue-ribbon events.
Tournament host, Jack Nicklaus is walking up to you and with his right-hand outstretched.
What do you do in these Covid-19 ‘social distancing’ times? Do you ignore the hand of the world’s greatest-ever golfer? Do you extend your elbow and hope the golfer known as the ‘Golden Bear’ will likewise respond?
One thing is for certain and that is Nicklaus ...
Woods Applauds ‘Black Lives Matter’ Movement … ‘Change Is Fantastic’.
Much has changed in just the five months since Tiger Woods last teed-up in a full PGA Tour event.
Not only has the world had to face dealing with a deadly pandemic but around the globe we’ve seen remarkable, and sometimes shocking and disturbing, images in the wake of the death of George Floyd on a suburban Minneapolis street.
Tiger Woods found himself asked about the Black Lives Matter ahead of this week’s Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial, and an event Woods has won on five occasions.
“I think ...
