Jon Rahm Heading To Maiden Masters Inspired By Seve & Olazabal.
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Spanish rookie sensation Jon Rahm is heading next week to his maiden Masters appearance inspired by memories of two of the greats of Spanish golf – the late Seve Ballasertos and double Masters winning Jose Maria Olazabal.
Rahm qualified for the Masters in brilliantly eagling the final hole to capture the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
Then after finishing top-5 in the WGC – Mexico Championship the 22-year old battled World No. 1 Dustin Johnson all the way ...
Fowler Storms To Shell Houston Open Lead With Lowest Ever Houston Round.
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Rickie Fowler stormed his way to a lowest ever Shell Houston Open round and a one shot lead on the opening day of the event at the Golf Club of Houston.
Fowler didn’t drop a shot in racing to five under par through seven holes and then picked up three back nine birdies in an eight under par 64.
It handed the American firstly a four shot lunchtime lead before South Korean Sang Kang carded a seven under par 65.
Fowler’s eight birdies is the most in any round this season ...
Tiger Woods Competing At 2017 Masters – Confirmation Of His Augusta Press Conference.
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Tiger Woods could be very well be competing next week at the Masters with confirmation he will front the Augusta National media at 1pm next Tuesday (US time.
If so, it will be the first occasion since 2015 Woods will tee-up on the Georgia golfing gem, and also on the 20th anniversary in winning by 12 shots the first of four Masters green jackets.
Woods has not competed since limping off with a horror score of 77 on day one in January’s Dubai Desert Classic and then withdrawing ...
Ogilvy Looks Back 2O Years To Recall Being Memorised By Woods’ 1997 Masters Magic.
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It was Monday morning Australian time as Geoff Ogilvy got up very early to watch TV coverage of the final round of the 1997 Masters.
He was aged 19 and just shy of turning to the play-for-pay ranks.
Ogilvy had already enjoyed success on the amateur world stage capturing the 1995 Portsea Open Amateur, the 1996 German Amateur Open Championship and the 1997 Lake Macquarie Amateur.
No doubt dressed in his pyjamas, Ogilvy also considered himself an inspiring star in Australian golf ...
Adam Scott Reaches Out To Curtis Luck For Augusta National Practice Round.
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Australia’s only Masters champion Adam Scott has reached out to Curtis Luck to join him next week in an official Augusta National practice round.
The 20-year old Luck brilliantly qualified for his maiden Masters via two categories, first in brilliantly capturing the 2016 U.S. Amateur and then also in sealing victory later last year in the Asian-Amateur championship.
And with Scott to drive down Magnolia Lane for a 16th straight year the Queenslander, and new father ...
Jordan Spieth Confident Of ‘Taking Down’ Johnson At Augusta National.
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Jordan Spieth boasts if he plays his best golf next week he can ‘take down’ any rival, including World No. 1 Dustin Johnson, and capture a second Masters title.
The current World No. 6 is contesting this week’s Shell Houston Open in the second of what will be three events in succession up to an including next week’s first Major of the year.
The Texas-born Spieth believes he plays better golf the second, third, fourth week in a row and this is no more evident than the ...
Another Historic MENA Tour First – Invitation For Tour No. 1 Compete In PGA Tour’s Dean & Deluca.
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In yet another historic MENA Tour first the 2017 MENA Tour champion will be afforded an invitation to compete in 2018’s DEAN & DELUCA Invitational, a celebrated PGA Tour event that enjoys rich tradition and history dating back to 1946 when the great Ben Hogan won the inaugural edition.
Held at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth in Texas, with a $6.9 million purse the DEAN & DELUCA Invitational is the longest running PGA TOUR event at the same venue and the 10 ...
