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From Augusta National to Crail – Bradley Neil Treating Battle Trophy Like Normal Event.
Last week’s Masters rookie British Amateur champ Bradley Neil readily accepts he’s facing a vastly different challenge contesting this week Battle Trophy at Crail Golfing Society, and golf’s seventh oldest club.
After the excitement but also the disappointment of competing for a first time at Augusta National, the Blairgowrie golfer heads the strongest Battle Trophy field.
Joining Neil on the acclaimed Gil Hanse designed Craighead Links course is Cawdor’s Jamie Savage, who ...
Uihlein Edges Closer To Second Tour Victory As Bubba Trails Nine Adrift At Shenzhen International
American Peter Uihlein edged closer to a second European Tour victory with a round of 68 to move one shot clear on nine under par on day two of the Shenzen International in China.
The 2013 Madeira Islands winner heads to the weekend just ahead of Thailand’s Kiradeck Aphibarnrat while double Masters winner Bubba Watson trails nine behind his American-born compatriot.
Uihlein had holed a neat putt at the sixth, a par four, for a gain to draw level with previous clubhouse leader Aphibarnrat, whose ...
No Surprise As Spieth Struggles With G Mac & Every Leading Heritage.
It should be no surprise new Masters champion Jordan Spieth struggled on the opening day of the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head in South Carolina.
Spieth, who could have easily withdrawn after last week’s stunning maiden Masters triumph and then having spent a whirlwind two days in ‘The Big Apple’, shot 3-over 74 to also bring to an end a run of 16 straight rounds under par.
The Texan has just one birdie in his round but also two bogeys and a 14th hole double bogey.
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Martin Kaymer Ending 7-Year Absence To Contest 2015 Irish Open.
Reigning US Open champion Martin Kaymer is ending a seven-year absence to tee up in next month’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Royal County Down in
It will be a first occasion the German will compete in Ireland after making his Irish Open debut at Adare Manor a year earlier and then finishing T10th a year later at the same venue.
Kaymer’s appearance adds to what is shaping-up as one of the biggest Irish Open’s in some time was announced yesterday (THUR) at media and corporate sponsor’s ...
Aussie Golfer Vows To Return To Course Despite Being Bitten By Crocodile.
An elderly Aussie golfer has vowed to return to golf despite being bitten by a saltwater crocodile as he retrieved a ball from a water trap during a round in Australia.
John Lahiff, 75, was playing at the Palmer Sea Reef Golf Course in Port Douglas, 70km north of popular tourist town Cairns, on Monday afternoon when he hooked his ball into the water on the 11th hole.
“I drove the cart around to retrieve the ball – and I didn’t see the croc sun-baking just on the edge of the water,” ...
Rory McIlroy To Join One Direction On Stage In Boston.
In return for One Direction member Niall Horan’s expert caddying for Rory in last week’s Par 3 Tournament at Augusta, the World’s Number One Golfer is believed agreed to perform with One Direction during an up-coming Stateside tour later this year.
If it all works out, McIlroy will take to a stage of a different type and the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on 12 September.
And the date does not clash with the FedEx Cup play-off series falling as it does on the Friday of the week ...
McIlroy Gets Home To Florida Proud Of An Augusta National Career High.
When Rory McIlroy returned home late Sunday to his palatial Florida abode he could sit back feeling proud despite the Augusta dream of a career Grand Slam now on hold for 12 months.
McIlroy had been in an uncharacteristic ‘strange’ mood from the start of the week firstly brushing off any approach for comments following his first official Masters practice round on Monday.
His formal Tuesday press conference seemed a PR flop given but was only as it came straight after Tiger Woods ...
