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The reaction from Rory McIlroy’s fellow WGC – Cadillac Championship professionals has been very amusing despite the seriousness of the World No. 1 staring at a fine over the incident at the 8th hole on day two of the event. McIlroy’s frustration simply boiled over as he hurled his $200 Nike Vapor 3-iron into the depths of one of the many lakes on the Blue Monster layout here at Trump National Doral in suburban Miami. Double Masters winning Bubba Watson: “I thought it was ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy’s club throwing incident during the second round of the WGC – Cadillac Championship rekindled memories of the late and fellow US Open champion Tommy Bolt. Bolt, who died in 2008, was affectionately known as ‘Terrible Tempered Tommy’ and given his hot temper that usually resulted in the American tossing clubs. Bolt won 15 tournaments on the PGA Tour from 1950 to 1965, playing against the likes of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead. After he turned 50, he won 12 ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is staring at a fine after hurling a 4-iron into the water in digust on the second day of the WGC – Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral. McIlroy was playing his second shot at the par five eighth hole that found the water guarding the green. Then to the shock of all watching the four-time Major winner let fly with his state-of-the-art Nike Vapor iron, and worth around $140, into one of the many alligator-infested lakes on the ‘Blue Monster’ layout. McIlroy ...

One of the great joys in covering this week’s WGC – Cadillac Championship is the closeness of our hotel to the tournament venue. In fact, it’s about a half-wedge shot to one of the greens at the Trump National Doral host venue. The spectacular Provident Doral at Blue Miami is laid out to the right and rear of at the par five 12th as five-time Major Champion Phil Mickelson discovered when he drove out-of-bounds on the opening day, but then still managing to walk off with a par on ...

World No.1 Rory McIlroy has invited four-time Superbowl winning quarterback Tom Brady to join him early next week for a round of golf at Augusta National.   McIlroy revealed on the eve of the WGC – Cadillac he was heading to Georgia golfing gem to warm-up ahead of the Masters in taking his father Gerry and ‘two others’ to Augusta National.   Joining the 37-year old Brady in making up a fourball will be Seminole Club President and Augusta National member, Jimmy Dunne.   Brady, ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has confirmed he will contest the Aberdeen Assert Management Scottish Open starting on July 9th at Gullane to the east of Edinburgh.   This news comes just a week after fellow Open Champion and 2013 Scottish Open winner Phil Mickelson indicated he will also return to the Scottish Open   It will be McIlroys fifth appearance in Scotland’s premier event since making his debut as a then amateur in the 2005 touranment at Loch Lomond.   A year ago McIlroy set a then new ...

Stephen Gallacher was left severely battered and bruised by the ‘Blue Monster’ in producing his worst-ever Tour score on day one of the WGC – Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral. Gallacher slumped to the tail of the now 73-player field posting a 12-over par 84 in bright but testy windy conditions in suburban Miami. Sadly, it’s Gallacher’s highest round in 455 European Tour counting events since joining the Tour in 1995. Scotland’s highest ranked golfer birdied ...