Garcia Ends 22-Year, 266-Event Drought To Line-Up On Monza Starting Grid.
In what will surely be an Italian warm welcome, Masters Champion Sergio Garcia will line-up on the starting grid for this week’s Italian Open in Monza.
It will be the reigning Masters Champion’s first appearance in the event some 22-years after he made his pro debut and on the occasion also of his 267th European Tour event.
The Milano Golf Club course is located adjacent the famed Monza Autodrome where just over a month ago Lewis Hamilton captured a fourth Italian Formula One Grand Prix ...
Rory McIlroy’s Childhood Home Complete With Putting Green For Sale & Yours For £240,000.
The childhood home of four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy – 43 Belfast Road, Holywood – is up for sale.
There is no historical plaque affixed to the front wall of the attractive red brick building to suggest McIlroy lived there but the presence of an indoor mini driving range in the garage along with a spacious outdoor artificial turf putting green is some giveaway that a golfer once lived in this Belfast abode.
The property is listed on the website .. www.propertynews.com .. indicating ...
Penmar Golf Course, Santa Monica & Where Indiana Jones ‘Safely’ Missed The Green In Regulation.
Penmar Golf Club is a better-than-average nine-hole golf course in the suburb of Venice near Santa Monica on the Pacific Ocean shoreline in California.
The club is located just three miles from the famed Santa Monica Pier and only seven miles from the exclusive Riviera Country Club and host each year to the Genesis Open on the PGA Tour and it was the tournament won by Dustin Johnson, and a victory that saw him go to No. 1 in the world, that drew me to Penmar.
But then there was an event in March ...
Bjorn Declares You Would Be A ‘Fool’ Not To Want Paul Casey In Your Team.
Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn insists only a ‘fool’ would not want England golfer Paul Casey in a European Team.
Casey is currently ranked No.14 in the world and would qualify at this stage would surely qualify if the Phoenix-based Brit was a member of the European Tour.
Casey, however, has not been a member of the European Tour since the start of the 2014 and instead is now
concentrating solely on the PGA Tour and where over the past two seasons he has become one of the more consistent ...
Australian Open Returning To Melbourne In 2020 & First Time Since 2005.
The Emirates Australian Open will return to Melbourne in 2020 and 2022.
It will be first occasion Australia’s premier event is headed south from Sydney since 2005 when Robert Allenby won the Stonehaven Trophy at Moonah Links.
Dates and venues are yet to be determined, but in conjunction with the Victorian Government, Golf Australia is pleased to confirm that the two “release years” in the current eight-year contract to play in Sydney will be exercised on Melbourne’s famous Sandbelt.
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Hatton Hands Himself Early Birthday Gift Becoming First Back-To-Back Dunhill Links Champion.
England’s Tyrrell Hatton delivered himself an early birthday gift shooting a final round 66 for a three-shot 24-under par victory total and become the first player to successfully defend the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.
Hatton, who turns 26 next Saturday, did not drop a over his closing 36-holes to also win for a second occasion in his career and with victory taking him to World No. 22 while he’s jumped from 33rd to 11th on the Race to Dubai money list.
“It is an unbelievable ...
McIlroy Ends Winless Season Vowing To Be A Major Force In 2018
Rory McIlroy brought the curtain down on his first winless season in nine years vowing to return from a near three-month golfing sabbatical again a major force in world golf.
McIlroy ended a frustrating and disappointing year near the furthest most point of the Old Course at St. Andrew with a round of 72 for a disappointing four-under par tally and a distant share of 63rd place in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
It is the first occasion since 2009 that McIlroy has contested a season without ...
