Lowry Pulls Off Brilliant Season-Best Par Save At Sawgrass Closing Hole.
Ponte Vedre, Florida ….
Shane Lowry was justly rewarded after he pulled off an absolutely brilliant par save down the last hole to be assurred all playing all four rounds of the Players Championship at Ponte Vedre in Florida.
Lowry was thrilled to battle his way back from Thursday’s horror opening round 75 that included a pair of double-bogeys and turning that around in signing for a day two four-under par 68 for a one-under par tally in hot and very humid conditions on the TPC Sawgrass Stadium ...
Woods Flirting With Players Championship Cut Line.
Ponte Vedre, Florida ….
Tiger Woods is staring at an anxious afternoon wait before knowing if he will play all four rounds of the Players Championship at Ponte Vedre in Florida.
Woods added a one-under par 71 to his opening 72 near lunch to be right on the projected cut-off mark at one-under on the TPC Sawgrass Stadium course.
Woods second round in the hot and humid conditions was a mix of just two birdies, at his seventh and 12th holes and with his only bogey at the 18th that he was playing ...
‘DJ’ Among Six In Players Leading Log-Jam As Woods Shoots 72 & Mickelson Shock 79.
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson heads a log-jam of six players tied for the lead at six-under par but also on a day Tiger Woods shot 72 and Phil Mickelson a horror 79 in round one of the Players Championship at Ponte Vedre, Florida.
Joining Johnson atop of the TPC Sawgrass leader board with scoress of 66 is fellow U.S. Open winner Webb Simpson along with compatriots Chesson Hadley, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Cantlay and in-form Swede Alex Noren.
Of note, five of the leading six, and with the exception of ...
‘DJ’ Quickly Spoils Rose’s World No.1 Players Championship Victory Aspiration.
Ponte Vedre, Florida ….
For a handful of holes early in his round Justin Rose revealed he had visions of finishing ahead of World No. 1 Dustin Johnson on day one of the Players Championship here at Ponte Vedre.
Rose teed-up on the famed TPC Sawgrass course as the World No. 5 and realistically in with a chance of becoming the first Englishman to top the World Rankings since Luke Donald in just a few weeks shy of six years ago.
Indeed, Rose commenced his round from the 10th hole and then after ...
McIlroy Produces Frustrating Players Putting Display Posting Sawgrass 71.
Ponte Vedre, Florida …
Rory McIlroy produced a frustrating putting display on the opening day of the Players Championship in Florida.
McIlroy missed a bunch of birdie putts and clearly mis-reading his ‘lines’ in a one-under par 71 in glorious conditions on the TPC Sawgrass course.
In fact, McIlroy recorded a respectable 30 putts that included four one-putts, 10 two-putts, one three-putt and chipping-in from off the green at the 13th hole of his round.
The effort left McIlroy already trailing ...
McIlroy Warms To Sir Alex Ferguson’s Good News.
Ponte Vedre, Florida ….
Rory McIlroy has echoed the thoughts of so many sports fans with news Sir Alex Ferguson has been released from recent intensive surgery.
Ferguson, 76 underwent emergency surgery on Saturday for a brain haemorrhage and will continue his rehabilitation as an inpatient at Salford Royal Hospital.
The famed Scottish-born Ferguson retired as Manchester United manager in May 2013 after winning 38 trophies during 26 years in charge.
McIlroy has long been a Manchester United ...
Five Into One – World’s Top-Five Vying To End Players Week As World No. 1
Ponte Vedre, Florida ….
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson finds himself under threat from as many as four rivals who could later this week could move to the top of the World Rankings.
Johnson has been atop of the rankings for a period of 64 weeks since early last year in capturing the Genesis Open in suburban Los Angeles.
‘DJ’, as he is affectionately known, extended his top ranking with victory in his next two events and then went further ahead defeating Jordan Spieth in last August’s Northern ...
