McDowell Seizes Saudi Lead But Felt ‘There Is A Tour Referee Hiding Behind Every Tree’
Saudi Arabia ... The dust is far from settling on the controversy involving Graeme McDowell being slapped with a ‘yellow’ card slow-play warning on day two of this week’s Saudi Invitational.
McDowell was pulled-up during Friday’s round by fellow Northern Irishman, Andrew Snoddy who acts as a Tour referee who timed the former US Open winner to have taken 84 seconds, and 34 more seconds that he was allowed at the time, in playing his second shot at the 13th hole of his round.
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G Mac Climbs Out Of 18th Hole Mini Canyon To Grab One Shot Saudi Lead
Saudi Arabia ... Graeme McDowell pulled-off one of his best birdies of the new season at the last hole to seize a one-stroke lead at 12-under par heading to the final round of the Saudi International.
McDowell leaked his drive well left down the par-5 last hole to then find his ball settled in the middle of what can only described as mini canyon on the Royal Greens course.
The Irishman had no sight of the fairway just a virtually wall of rock and sand before brilliantly managing to hit a gap-wedge ...
Lowry Joins Koepka For Saudi Lunch Taking A Three-Shot Leading Bite Out Of World No. 1
Saudi Arabia … Shane Lowry had Brooks Koepka waiting for the Open Champion to head to lunch after finishing three shots clear of the World No. 1 on day two of the Saudi Invitational.
Lowry grabbed four birdies, including at the par-4 10th and where he had commenced his round along with birdies also at 13, 17 and 5, and with the only dropped shot at the par-3 16th that has the Red Sea laid out along the left side of the hole.
Lowry’s score of a three-under par 67 for a four-under tally ...
G Mac Seeing Red After Handed Saudi Yellow Card Along Red Sea
Saudi Arabia … Graeme McDowell muscled his way in ending a near six-year Tour drought at the Saudi Invitational only be left seeing red after being handed a yellow card bad time warning on the course laid-out along the Red Sea.
McDowell is now staring at an immediate one-shot penalty should he infringe again over the weekend rounds in Saudi Arabia.
G Mac superbly added a two-under par 68 to a blistering first round 64 and move to eight-under and head to the weekend rounds just two shots adrift ...
‘Get Me Out Of Here’ … MacIntyre Heads Home In Despair Fighting To Find Bread & Butter Shots
Saudi Arabia … “Get me out of here!”
Disappointgly the words of top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntrye after crashing out of the Saudi International.
And MacIntyre’s quest to drive down Magnolia Lane for a first occasion next April again comes under an injury cloud with the 23-year old revealing he continues to be restricted in playing his ‘better-and-butter’ shots.
The Oban lefty looked a walking spectator in posting a second round 71 for a two-over par tally and miss the Saudi halfway ...
SKY Sports Golf ‘On Course’ Interviews Come In Question After Saudi Saga.
Saudi Arabia … The SKY Sports Golf practice of interviewing players during the course of a tournament round has come under the spotlight for all the wrong reasons at this week’s Saudi International.
Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell is one of the biggest supporters of a SKY Sports and European Tour approved measure that has been in place for some three-and-a-half years.
McDowell, however, was slapped with a slow-play ‘yellow card’ warning after conducting an on-course ...
McDowell Questions Worth Of Breakaway Tour …”How Is It Better Than What They Have On The Table”.
Saudi Arabia ….. Graeme McDowell birdied his closing three holes in a round of 64 to share of the lead on day one of the Saudi International and then questioned the long-time worth of the world’s top players turning their backs on the game’s biggest two tours to join a proposed breakaway Premier Golf League (PGL).
McDowell, a former US, Italian, Scottish, Wales and double French Open champ, joined Malaysian and former Asian Tour No. 1 Gavin Green atop of the board at six-under on the ...
