Knox Hits The Copperhead Range After Valsapar Opening 70.
Palm Harbor, FL …
Russell Knox and his caddy were headed straight for the Copperhead driving range after posting a one under par 70 on the opening day of the Valspar Championship here at Palm Harbor, Florida.
Knox brilliantly split both opening fairways on route to back-to-back birdies to be two-under par after just two holes but it then came unstuck for Scotland’s leading golfer completing the next 10 holes in two over par after bogeys at his ninth and 11th holes.
At his ninth, or the ...
O’Malley Praises Gavin Kirkman’s Appointment As New CEO PGA Of Australia
Former European Tour champion and now Chairman of the PGA of Australia Board of Directors Peter O’Malley has praised the appointment of Gavin Kirkman as the new Chief Executive Officer of the PGA of Australia.
Kirkman is a long serving PGA employee having been CEO of PGA Queensland from 2002 – 2007 and the PGA’s National Chief Membership Officer for the past six years.
O’Malley said: “Gavin is a long-term, dedicated and highly regarded PGA executive who understands all aspects ...
Woods Withdraws From Palmer’s Event & Now Very Unlikely To Compete At Augusta.
Palm Harbor, FL …
Tiger Woods has confirmed, and as many observers expected, he will not return to competition at next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational and on the occasion of the PGA Tour returning to Bay Hill since the passing last last year of ‘The King’.
Woods, who won a remarkable eight Arnold Palmer Invitationals between 2000 and 2013, released a statement and again via his website just a day before the cut-off point for entries into the Arnold Palmer.
“Unfortunately, ...
Stenson Simply Wishing To Tick All The Boxes Heading To The Masters.
Palm Harbor, FL …
Open Champion Henrik Stenson bounced back from illness last week in Mexico to grab a share of second place on day one the Valspar Championship at Palm Harbor.
Stenson didn’t drop in glorious scoring conditions on the Copperhead course and capping his round with three straight birdies from his fourth to sixth holes in a seven under par 64.
The effort is reported to be Stenson’s lowest score in any Florida tournament he’s contested.
It left the affable Swede tied ...
Power Brushes Pre-Valspar Uncertainty Aside Taking Sting Out Of Snake Pit.
Palm Harbor, FL …
Seamus Power put aside any early event uncertainty by taking the sting out of the ‘Snake Pit’ in posting a five under par 66 to be lying a superb fifth on day one of the Valspar Championship near Tampa in Florida.
Power capped his round using a new 3-wood he put in his bag by sending a laser-like 270-yard second shot to just six feet and sinking the eagle ‘3’ putt the par five 14th he was playing as his fifth on the Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort.
It left ...
Scottish Golf Domination Continues On Africa Continent With One-Two MENA Tour Q-School Finish.
Scottish golf domination continued on the Africa continent with Jack Doherty and Grant Forrest leading a one-two finish to secure full membership on the MENA (Middle East & Northern Africa) Tour.
Rowallan Castle’s Doherty now joins his younger brother Paul on the MENA Tour in coming from two strokes back at the start of the third and final round to win by two with a three under par 69 for a level par total on the Royal Golf El Jadida course in Morocco.
Forrest, and a winner twelve months ...
Schwartzel Confident Of Valspar Defence Despite Freak Pro-Am Injury Concern.
Palm Harbor, FL …
Defending champion Charl Schwartzel was confident of taking his place in this year’s event after being hit on the left wrist by a golf ball and forced to withdraw from the Pro-Am 10 holes ahead of this year’s Valspar Championship at the Innisbrook Resort.
Schwartzel was struck by one of his amateur partners on the very first hole when the ball bounced off a tree and struck the 2011 Masters champion, causing his wrist to swell and his hand to go numb briefly.
The ...
