Golf Is A Crazy Game … A Pair Of 79s & Then Three Birdies In Succession On Route To 68
They say golf is a crazy game.
Six days after signing for a second straight 79 and Justin Thomas emerges to birdie his opening three holes and then birdie three of his closing four holes in a stunning turnaround score of 68 on day one of The Players Championship.
JT had been boasting last Friday in speaking with GolfByTourMiss and other members of the Arnold Palmer Invitational media that he was delighted to have ended his second round ‘missing the fat lady’, referring to not shooting ...
Bizarre Players Championship Scenario – McIlroy Returns, Morikawa Retires.
Has then been a more recent bizarre scenario than what unfolded early on the opening day at this week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
Firstly, the golf world has been on virtual tender-hooks since Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy was forced out ahead of the third round at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in suburban Orlando.
News surfaced McIlroy had felt pain in his lower back but for the next few days it was a scenario of whether or not McIlroy will be fit enough ...
Virtual Log-Jam Atop Of The Board LIV Singapore Including Four Sharing Sentosa Lead.
It is a virtual log-jam atop of the leaderboard post the Thursday’s opening round at Aramco LIV Golf Singapore breaking new ground.
The leading foursome – Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Lee Westwood and Canadian-born Richard T. Lee each posted 4-under 67s on a demanding day at Sentosa’s famed Serapong course.
They lead by one stroke over a group of seven players, with 10 other players another shot back.
For Rahm, winner of last week’s HSBC LIV Golf Hong Kong, it’s the 14th time ...
McIlroy Remains Undecided Until Tee-Off, Though ‘The Drugs Are Working Wonders’.
Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy indicated he will wait till ‘game-time’ tomorrow (Thursday) before making a decision” if he will tee-up in the defence of his Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Florida.
McIlroy finally arrived at Tour HQ mid-afternoon advising he would play a few holes to assess the state of his game, and a first appearance in a Tour event since withdrawing last Saturday ahead of the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando.
Breaking ...
Rolapp Reveals Proposed PGA Tour Changes May Mirror English Football League
In a very first major public address, new PGA Tour chief Brian Rolapp earlier today unveiled a series of plans to improve the Tour, including doubling the number of signature events to 16, adding in the four existing majors and designate a secondary wave of — Tier II — events building to signature tournaments.
This was one of six initiatives Rolapp revealed and indicating the ideal number of tournaments from late January to early September would be 21 to 26.
The 53-year-old Rolapp took-up ...
‘It’s Not For Us To Decide’ – New Tour Boss Gets It Right As Calls Continue Players Championship Be Designated A Major.
PGA Tour Commissioner Brian Rolapp has been in the role for less than a year though in addressing the media ahead of this week’s Players Championship he got it right by declaring: “It’s not for the PGA Tour to decide whether or not the tournament should be a ranked a major“.
It is both a continuing and also an annoying point of discussion whether or not the Players Championship should be a major.
The golfing purists will have no talk of The Players being designated a fifth major, ...
Formal Practice Facilities Taking Shape At Golf’s Seventh Oldest Club
Crail Golfing Society is golf’s seventh oldest club and it is proud to announce work on the Practice and Performance Hub has picked-up pace with the site now considerably drier, and construction firm Algo have been able to accelerate activity to catch up for the delays caused by the heavy rain.
Algo’s construction team worked late into the evening to ensure the full concrete pour was finished in a single continuous operation. Building Control has since carried out its first inspection and ...
