McIlroy Ends Frustrating PGA Tour Year With Poorest Stateside Season.
A closing hole birdie was of little comfort to Rory McIlroy who ended a poorest PGA Tour season in failing to qualify for the defence of Thursday’s starting Tour Championship.
McIlroy went to Chicago needing to break into the top-30 on the FedEx Cup standings to be assured of teeing-up in Atlanta.
But after shaking hands with playing partner and fellow Open Champion, Zach Johnson, McIlroy was projected after a round of 71 to end an injured-plagued season 59th on the FedEx Cup standings.
It is his ...
Leishman Sends Out Onimous Warning In Storming Five Shots Clear At BMW.
Aussie Marc Leishman sounded an ominous warning in declaring he will now draw on a record of winning by large margins after storming his way to a five-shot lead on day three of the BMW Championship.
Leishman added a three-under par 68 to move to an impressive 19-under par in suburban Chicago.
The Victorian-born World No. 22 remained in command atop of the board for a third day running in managing five birdies including an important ‘4’ at the last and dropping just two shots on the Conway Farms ...
Day Donates Ace-Winning BMW On Top Of $100,000 Scholarship Donation Prize.
In a wonderful outpouring of generosity Australia’s Jason Day not only earned the prize of a $100,000 scholarship donation but he presented the Evans Scholarship Foundation with the gleaming new BMW sedan he won on day two of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms.
Day used a 6-iron at the par three, 17th hole to clinch the keys to a gleaming new BMW 760i that was parked behind him on the tee.
The former World No. 1, who captured the 2015 BMW Championship, also earned a BMW Hole-in-One Scholarship, ...
Leishman & Day Set Off Australia Day-Like Golfing Fireworks At BMW Championship.
Marc Leishman and Jason Day combined to launch Australia Day-like fireworks celebrations within the space of some 20-minutes on day two of the BMW Championship in suburban Chicago.
Day was first with the golfing pyrotechnics when he holed a 28-foot chip shot from rough to the right of the flag for an eagle ‘3’ at the par five 14th hole.
Minutes later Leishman, and who had led his fellow Australian by two shots at the start of the round, then brilliantly holed a 152-yard wedge shot for a birdie ...
Struggling Rory McIlroy Reveals ‘Outside Expectations’ As Part Reason For Contesting Play-Off Series.
Rory McIlroy revealed ‘outside expectations’ as part of a decision to contest the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series rather the likelihood of shutting down his season following the PGA Championship.
Again, there was hardly any spark as McIlroy sought to keep alive very slim hopes of defending next week’s Tour Championship with a second round 69 at the BMW Championship in suburban Chicago.
McIlroy’s 36-hole one-under tally left him in a then share of 48th place in the 70-only field but with Tour officials ...
Crane Slapped With 8-Penalty Shots & Then Later D-Qued From Boise Open.
American Ben Crane was left totally bemused after first being slapped with 8 strokes worth of penalties during Thursday’s first round of the Web.com Tour final event in Idaho for packing two non-conforming clubs in his bag ahead of being disqualified from teeing-up in the event on day two.
Crane, 41 was thrown out of the Boise Open for carrying a driver and a 6-iron that had “shot-sticker” decals on the clubs that he uses to collect data during practice.
The American had not used ...
Aussies Leishman & Day Emerge From Windy City Fog Delay To Be One & Tied Second At BMW.
Marc Leishman and Jason Day emerged from a fog delay at the start of the day to send the Aussie flag into first and second position on day one of the PGA Tour’s season-penultimate BMW Championship in Chicago.
Leishman, and third a fortnight ago in Boston, revealed he harboured thoughts of posting a 59 before eventually storming to a three three-shot clubhouse lead with his nine-under par 62 on the Conway Farms layout.
However that lead was cut to two when Day and the Ameicans Jamie Lovemark ...
