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Phil ‘Two Glove’ Mickelson Takes One Shot Lead Into Last 36 Holes Of 145th Open.
Phil ‘two glove’ Mickelson will take a one-shot lead into the weekend at The 145th Open Championship with Henrik Stenson and Søren Kjeldsen breathing down his neck at Royal Troon.
After a record-breaking 63 on day one, Mickelson had an almost impossible act to follow but in the more favourable morning conditions he recorded a 69 to get to ten under par, a shot clear of Stenson.
The Swede recorded the round of the day with a 65, with Dane Kjeldsen and 2011 US PGA Championship winner ...
Ernie Els Has Lee Westwood To Thank After He Trod On South African’s Golf Ball.
Royal Troon …Ernie Els has Lee Westwood to thank after the Englishman trod on the South African’s ball during the opening round of the 145th Open Championship.
Els was at 2-under par in standing on the 11th tee of the hole named ‘The Railway when he put his second shot out-of-bounds from the middle of the fairway over the fence and onto the railway line right of the fairway.
Then at the next Els played a similar poor drive that veered right off the par four 12th and informed playing partners ...
Mickelson’s Lip-Out Putt Robs Him Of The Lowest Round In A Major … See The Video.
Royal Troon … An agonising horseshoe lip-out putt robbed Phil Mickelson of the lowest round in Major Championship history.
Mickelson was millimetres becoming the first player in the Majors to shoot a round of 62 before putting out for an eight under par 63 on the opening day of the 145th Open Championship at Royal Troon.
The 2013 Open winner had birdied the 16th and 17th holes and when Mickelson put his approach at the last to some 18 feet all eyes were on the five-time Major to see if he ...
Dustin Johnson Lights Up Royal Troon Press Conference With His Laid-Back Demeanour.
Reigning US and WGC – Bridgestone champ, Dustin Johnson lite up his Royal Troon press conference with his trademark laid-back demeanour.
Johnson had been due to be present at 1pm in the Royal Troon Media Centre but when seen headed towards the first tee at 12.30pm he was approached only to say he thought he was hosting the media at 3pm.
And when Johnson finally arrived at 3pm he answered some 40 questions that stretched over three pages in the official ASAP transcript.
However most of Johnson’s ...
R & A CEO Martin Slumbers Confident Of Dealing Better With An ‘Oakmont’ Rules Fiasco.
Royal Troon, Scotland … Martin Slumbers, as R & A CEO, sought to assure players and fans where will not be a repeat at this week’s 145th Open Championship of the events that marred the final round of the recent US Open.
American Dustin Johnson had to compete the closing eight holes of the year’s second Major knowing he was facing a one shot penalty over an incident on the 5th green and despite a referee with Johnson’s and Lee Westwood’s group declaring Johnson had ...
McIlroy Doesn’t Mince Words In Further Olympic Golf Setback.
Rory McIlroy didn’t mince words and in the process delivering a further setback to golf continuing in the Olympics beyond 2022.
Moments after Jordan Spieth admitted withdrawing from the Olympics was the ‘hardest decision I’ve ever had to make’, McIlroy said he would rather tune into the Rio Games to watch track and field, swimming and diving competitions and ‘stuff that matters’ rather than his fellow golfers battling for a gold medal.
‘Honestly, I don’t think it ...
Jordan Spieth Declares Hardest Decision Of His Life Pulling Out Of USA Olympic Team
Royal Troon … Double Major winning Jordan Spieth declared it to be the hardest decision of his life to withdraw from the USA Olympic Golf team.
Spieth’s withdrawal became the 19th male golfer to decide not to tee-up in Rio.
However it was not till today ahead of this week’s Open Championship that the current World No. 3 spoke for a first time on his decision.
“Listen, this was probably the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life, at 22 years old,” ...
