McDowell Longs For Day His Two Children Run Onto Final Green In Celebration.
Graeme McDowell reckons after one of the worst seasons of his career he longs for the day his two children will be able to run onto a final green in celebration of future success.
McDowell finds himself in Mexico for this week’s defence of the PGA Tour Mayakoba Classic and his only victory since successfully defending the 2014 French Open.
But after easily missing out on European Ryder Cup selection, McDowell bounced back to some in finishing 4th in the recent British Masters.
McDowell had finished ...
Henrik Stenson Just Four Rounds From Second Race To Dubai Crown In Four Years.
Open Champion Henrik Stenson is just four rounds from securing a second Race to Dubai title in four years at this week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City in South Africa.
The Swede is 252,163 points in front of Danny Willett in second place and secure the Race to Dubai, after first capturing the European Tour No. 1 crown in 2013, should he win this week and Willett is outside the top 10.
And Stenson’s task has been made easier as the No. 3 Race to Dubai ranked Rory McIlroy has opted ...
Harrington Labels Proposed European Ryder Cup Qualifying Changes As ‘Silly’.
Future Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington has labelled as ‘silly’ suggestions by Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood the European Tour drop its mandatory Tour membership requirement that would have seen the likes of Paul Casey compete at Hazeltine
McIlroy and Westwood are on record as saying changes should be made to the selection process and with European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley hinting the matter will be up for discussion before Christmas when the 2018 European Team Captain is appointed.
Harrington, ...
Willett Drops Outside World Top-10 & Says Happens “At A Worst Time” Since Winning Masters.
Masters Champion Danny Willett has dropped outside the top-10 on the World Rankings for a first time since winning at Augusta and confessing an end-of-season downturn in his game could not have come at a worst time.
The 29-year old Willett has enjoyed just two top-10s since being fitted last April with the famed Augusta National members green jacket.
Willett’s frustration boiled over last Sunday after finishing in a distant share of 68th place in the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek in Turkey.
Two ...
Patrick Reed Stripped Of European Tour M’ship & ‘Stormy’ Could Not Be Happier.
USA Ryder Cup winning hero Patrick Reed has been stripped of European Tour membership and England’s Graeme Storm could not be happier.
The current World No. 8 ranked Reed has failed to contest the mandatory five ‘regular’ European Tour events from a minimum of 13 tournaments all Tour members must undertake to retain full membership.
And with just two tournaments remaining on the 2016 schedule, and with Reed not entered in this week’s Nedbank Challenge in South Africa, the ...
Thorbjorn Olesen – All The Facts & Figures Following 2016 Turkish Airlines Open Triumph.
THORBJORN OLESEN – WITH HIS 2016 TURKISH AIRLINES VICTORY
* His fourth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 159th official European Tour event.
* Moves to 1,751,589 points in the Race to Dubai and takes his career earnings to Euro 7, 077, 613 since his first Tour event in 2009
* His first victory since the 2015 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
* This victory beats his previous best 2016 performances of tied second in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and BMW International Open.
* ...
Thorbjorn Olesen Celebrates Seventh Season Joining Europe’s Seven Million Euro Earning Club.
Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen overcame seeing a seven-shot lead reduced to just one mid-round before holding on to capture a Euro 1m first prize cheque and become Europe’s newest Euro 7m man following victory in the Turkish Airlines Open at Belek.
Olesen, 26 eventually won by three strokes with a round of 69 for a 20-under par tally on the Regnun Carya course.
It is Olesen’s fourth European Tour success and has taken his career earnings through the Euro 7m barrier in his seventh season on ...
