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McIlroy Declares Knapp Is The ‘Full Package’.
Triple FexEx Cup No. 1 Rory McIlroy reckons the PGA Tour’s newest champion in American Jake Knapp is the ‘full package”.
McIlroy and Knapp, along with defending The Coznigant Classic champ Chris Kirk are out together for the opening two rounds of the host PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens.
All three players performer well with McIlroy and Kirk signing for four-under 67s and Knapp, in his very first apperance, just one back.
McIlroy was asked his thoughts playing alongside ...
Syme Feeling At Home In The Tough Eastern Cape Conditions At SDC Championship
Scotland’ Connor Syme wasted little time getting himself back into contention on a tough opening day for all competitors at the SDC Championship at the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Syme, 28, felt right at home in the bright but windy conditions, posting seven birdies in a five-under 67 to end the round just two shots behind the leading South African duo of Pieter Moolman and Shaun Norris on the exposed St. Francis course laid out close to the Indian Ocean.
Fifer Syme teed-up just four days ...
McIlroy Admits He Gets ‘Pure Motivation’ From Collecting 18th Hole Flags Than Trophies
In a first of it’s kind revelation, Rory McIlroy admitted he gleans ‘pure motivation’ not from winning tournament trophies but collecting the 18th hole pin flag from tournament venues where he’s won.
McIlroy has won 38 tournaments and a host of team prizes, including being a member of five winning European Ryder Cup sides, plus there’s four DPWT Race to Dubai titles and three FedEx Cup No. 1 crowns, in his now 17-year professional career and most of those trophies, ...
Villegas Voted New PAC Chairman Ahead Of Next January Joining Tour’s Policy Board
Five-time tour-winning Camilo Villegas has been voted new chairman of the PGA Tour’s Player Advisory Council (PAC).
Villegas will chair a committee of 16 players including the likes of World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas.
Villegas joins five other player directors in Tiger Woods, Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson and Peter Malnati.
As we well know from the events these past two years taking place outside-the-ropes, the PAC advises and consults with the PGA Tour Policy Board ...
No Doubting Jack’s Presence At PGA National & This Week’s Coznigant Classic
Legendary Jack Nicklaus has been hosting the now renamed Cognizant Classic since 2007 when tournament’s main beneficiary is the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation.
This week’s host Champions course was opened in late 1981 before being completely redesigned by Nicklaus in 2002, and with the three-hole stretch of the 15th, 16th and 17th holes affectionately known as “The Bear Trap.”
Nicklaus and wife, Barbara along with the families live all within an easy drive ...
McIlroy Surprisingly Goes Easy On Gooch & His Masters Asterisk Quote
Four-time major-winning Rory McIlroy faced the media ahead of this week’s inaugural Cognizant Classic, fielding a variety of questions from within the comfort of the media centre at PGA National at Palm Beach Gardens.
McIlroy faced questions dealing with the present state of his game, his thoughts on whether he thinks this week’s host course has been toned-down since he last teed-up in 2018, the reason why he’s ended his six-year absence to compete this week and quizzed at this ...
Cognixant Classic – Facts & Figures On Some Of The Stars Teeing-Up PGA National
The inaugural Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches is the second of two Full-Field Events leading up to the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard.
Chris Kirk won the 2023 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in a playoff over Eric Cole, earning his fifth PGA TOUR title and first since the 2015 Charles Schwab Challenge (snapped a winless drought of 7 years, 9 months, 13 days). Kirk, who won The Sentry to open the 2024 season, enters the week No. 4 in the FedExCup standings. ...
