McDowell Turns Down McIlroy Wedding Invitation For A Hopeful Masters Invitation.
Graeme McDowell reluctantly turned down one invitation this week in the goal of earning a Master’s invitation with victory at this week’s Valero Texas Open.
McDowell and his wife, Kristin had been invited to be guests this Saturday at the wedding in Ireland of Rory McIlroy and his new wife, Erica.
However, the McDowell’s had been forced to politely decline given McDowell needs to regain best man winning form at this week’s $US 6.2m event at TPC San Antonio.
McDowell is the lone Irishman in ...
Custis Luck Could Feel Right At ‘Home’ On Norman Designed TPC San Antonio Course.
Rookie Perth professional Curtis Luck could feel right at “home” this week in the play-for-play ranks at the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio.
The $US 6.2m event is the first of nine invitations afforded to the 20-year-old during the remainder of the 2017 season.
The event is again being staged on the Greg Norman designed Oaks Course featuring narrow and tree-lined fairways with plenty of rocky outcrops.
After being over-looked for an invitation last week at Hilton Head it has ...
Woods Unveils Plans First Public Golf Course But No Plans On When He Returns To Competition.
Tiger Woods has hit his first golf shots in public since last February but the 14-time Major Champion is still no closer to returning to full competition.
Woods was guest of honour at Big Cedar Lodge on the outskirts of Springfield in the US State of Missouri to unveil plans for his first public course design.
The course is being named Payne’s Valley in honour of the Missouri born Payne Stewart who won two US Opens and a PGA Championship before his death in a 1999 plane crash and shortly after ...
Faldo & McDowell Suggest Newly Married McIlroy’s Big Test Will Come When He Has Children.
Fort Lauderdale, FL …
Close friend Graeme McDowell and six-time Major winning Nick Faldo believe newly married Rory McIlroy’s golfing career big test will come when he and his new wife elect to have children.
McIlroy will marry American-born Erica Stroll this weekend in a glittering ceremony at Ashford Castle in Co. Mayo, Ireland
Among the golfer’s certain to be present will be Ryder Cup captains, Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke along with Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry and McIlroy’s caddy ...
Kingsbarns Ready To Bare Its Teeth For Ricoh Women’s British Open.
While Kingsbarns Links has produced many low scores for the men during the annual Alfred Dunhill Links Championship the course is ready to bare its teeth for the games best women contesting the Ricoh Women’s British Open in August.
The club was formed in 1793 but with the links ploughed up in 1850 before being refounded in 1922 thanks to legendary Willie Auchterlonie, and with Kingsbarns Links resurrected at the very turn of the 21st century.
A year later in 2001 the club witnessed Scotland’s ...
Knox Rues Later Bogey From Middle Of Fairway At RBC Heritage
Hilton Head, SC …
Russell Knox was left ruing taking a bogey from less than 100-yards out late in his round of a 68 on the final day of the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head in South Carolina.
Knox was just inside the top 10 when just 93-yards out at the par five, 15th but put his third shot, a 64-degree wedge, into a greenside bunker but then failed to get out before landing his fifth to 11-foot for a bogey ’6’.
The top-ranked Scot then parred his remaining three holes, including brilliantly ...
Graeme McDowell Burns The Hole All Week At The Heritage.
Hilton Head, SC …
Graeme McDowell burned the hole that many times all week, including a final round 70, he could have done with a fire extinguisher at the RBC Heritage.
As such, McDowell managed just three birdies all day but also two bogeys to be in the clubhouse among the top-30.
But when you look at McDowell’s putting stats for the week he could have very well been in the top-10 needing 29 putts on day one, just 26 on day two, 30 on day three and then leaving his ball right in the jaws ...
