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Masters Champion Danny Willett – 10 Things You May Not Know.

TEN THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT  NEW MASTERS CHAMPION – DANNY WILLETT SON OF A PREACHER MAN – Willett’s father is a vicar in Sheffield and his mother is a maths teacher at a comprehensive school in Barnsley.   In spite of that, Willett left school at age 16. PLAYED GOLF IN SHEEP PADDOCK – At the age of nine, he used to play on a par three course in in the middle an Anglesey sheep paddock in Wales while on school holidays. COLLEGE IN ALABAMA – Despite being ...

Masters Champion Danny Willett Will Stay Loyal To Europe Before Full-Time PGA Tour Move In 2017.

New Masters champion Danny Willett is not about to change his season schedule confirming he will contest the events on the European Tour schedule he had penned earlier this year. One of those events is next month’s Irish Open. Confirmation of Willett’s appearance at the K. Club was forthcoming within an hour of the Sheffield-born player being fitted with an Augusta green jacket. And Willett will become the first reigning Augusta National winning hero to compete in an Irish Open since 1994 when ...

Masters Champion Danny Willett – All Details With His Augusta National Triumph.

DANNY WILLETT WITH THIS 2016 MASTERS WIN  His fifth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 197th European Tour  Could move into the top ten and possibly go as high as seventh in the Official World Golf Ranking, from 12th.  His second European Tour victory of the 2016 season, following the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.  Becomes the second multiple winner of the 2016 season, following Charl Schwartzel (Alfred Dunhill Championship and Tshwane Open).  Claims multiple European ...

Danny Willett Goes From Hitting Balls In Sheffield Sheep Paddock To 2016 Masters Champion.

Augusta, GA … Danny Willett has gone from starting golf in Sheffield sheep paddock to 2016 Masters champion. Willett brushed aside his Augusta rivals, including defending champion Jordan Spieth, who imploded mid-round, to win by three shots with a closing round 67 and a five under par victory at Augusta National. “It’s just crazy, just surreal.  You know, words can’t really describe the things and the emotions,” he said. “You’re so much involved in what ...

Not One, Not Two But Three Aces At 16th On Master Final Day.

Not one, not two but three aces on the final day of the 80th Masters. Past Open champion Louis Oosthuizen had patrons cheering wildly for a third time with the most bizarre ace on the final day of the Masters. Earlier in the day, Ireland’s Shane Lowry ended a four-year hole-in-one drought at the par three 16th and strangely the 16th ace in Augusta history. Two groups later, USA Ryder Cup captain, Davis Love 111, and with fans still settling down again had them on their feet when he played a copycat ...

Spotted In Driving Interstate 20 As We Headed To The Masters.

Augusta, GA … Interstate 20 or I-20, as it is more well-known, runs from a town called Kent in eastern Texas to Florence in South Carolina. The highway was opened in the 1960s and runs for a length of 1,539 miles also through northern Louisiana, central Mississippi, western and north-central Alabama, and north-central Georgia. Included in I-20s route through Georgia is cutting right through Augusta, Georgia and less than a mile from the front gates at Augusta National. As well, I‑20 intersects ...

Langer 20/1 To Become Golf’s Oldest Winner Of A Major, McIlroy Blows Out To 20/1 & Spieth Now 5/4.

Augusta, GA … The Master – Can Langer Come To Bookies Rescue? That’s a question to be answered later today as the 58-year old German looks not only to capture a third Masters but become the oldest-ever winner, by some 10 years, of a Major Championship. Despite dropping a few shots late on, Jordan Spieth is in a stronger position after 54 holes than he was after 36. His odds of winning have reduced from 2/1 to 5/4. Jason Day is the 11/2 second favourite with Dustin Johnson 9/1 and ...