Patrick Reed Inches Closer To Banking Barclays Top Prize.
Bethpage Park, NY … Patrick Reed inched closer to banking the Barclays Championship first prize cheque on day two of the first of the FedEx Play-Off Series at Bethpage Park Black.
The American went into the round sharing the overnight lead on five under par and after seven holes had raced to nine under par in the hot and humid conditions.
However a bogey at eight checked the Texan’s progress ahead of getting back to nine under with a birdie at 13 but ending his round bogey, birdie and ...
McDowell & Lowry Tee-Up 6,000 Klms Apart Each Seeking The Same Hazeltine Dream.
The Irish duo of Graeme McDowell and Shane Lowry will stake their final Ryder Cup claims later this week in tournaments some 6,000 klms apart.
McDowell will tee-up in the Barclays Championship and the first event of the ultra-lucrative four-event FedEx Cup Play-Off Series on New York’s Long Island.
Lowry, despite some late confusion, will compete in the Made in Denmark and what is technically the final event for qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team.
However, the leading nine Hazeltine qualifiers, ...
Chile Olympian Felipe Aguilar More Scared Of His Wife Than Any Mosquito.
Chilean Felipe Aguilar joked he was more scared of his wife than any virus-carrying mosquito.
Aguilar shared the clubhouse lead on day one of the Scottish Open with Aussie Scott Hend, and with both reaffirming a commitment to compete in next month’s Olympic Games.
The pair recorded three under par 69s in bright but very windy conditions on the Castle Stuart course to the east of Inverness in northern Scotland.
Their efforts come after Zimbabwean Brandon de Jonge and Columbia’s Camillo Villegas ...
Kaymer Draws First Blood – Europe Go 1Up – Two Years After Kaymer Delivered Europe Victory
Two years after Martin Kaymer holed the winning putt at Medinah and the German has drawn first blood for Europe in birding the first hole on the opening day of the 2014 Ryder Cup.
The reigning US Open champion’s second shot on the PGA Centenary course hit the cup doing a ‘Highland Fling’ and with the American rivals of Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker conceding the birdie putt.
It put Europe 1up as they look to retain the gleaming gold trophy.
Oliver Goss Creates Masters History – First Australian Low Amateur Winner.
Freemantle’s Oliver Goss officially created Masters history when presented by Augusta Chairman, Billy Payne with the ‘Low Amateur’ award at the 2014 Masters.
Goss was assured the prestigious award after being left the only non-professional to make the halfway cut in the year’s first Major.
The Surrey-born Australian, who celebrated his 20th birthday on Saturday, was afforded a Masters invitation on the back of finishing runner-up to Sheffield’s Matthew Fitzpatrick in last ...
Sandy Lyle Rules Out Any Chance Of Gleneagles Ryder Cup Role.
Sandy Lyle seems to be finally resigned to having no part in this year’s European Ryder Cup despite living less than an hour from the Gleneagles host course.
Before taking the some two-hour drive west on I-20 to the PGA Champions event in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Lyle was asked if he had bumped into European Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley.
McGinley has been in Augusta all week working with Sky Sports, and whether he felt McGinley may find a role for the double Major winner in his back-room ...
