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NoOne More Shocked Than McGinley By McIlroy’s Players Defence Woes
No one was more shocked than Paul McGinley in seeing Rory McIlroy slump to seven-over after just nine holes in the defence of his Players Championship crown.
McIlroy then left even his most ardent supporters in disbelief after an eventual seven-over par 79 on the TPC Sawgrass course at Ponte Vedra, Florida.
McIlroy was already 14 shots behind playing partner, Sergio Garcia and with the Masters champion taking the early clubhouse lead with a five-under 65 and three clear of England’s Matthew ...
Law Praises Double Doha Champ & Now Manager Paul Lawrie After Equal Career Low In Qatar
Aberdonian David Law produced an equal career low 64 thanks to former double Doha champion and now manager, Paul Lawrie in muscling his way to the front on day one of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
Law, 29, birdied his opening three holes in an eight birdie and no bogeys haul on the Jose Maria Olazabal designed Education City layout.
Law returned to the Qatar capital having missed the cut in his prior two appearances while his showing makes a mockery of a current 986th world ranking.
The Scot’s ...
McGinley Predicting A Next McIlroy Major Will Be ‘Hard Won’
Paul McGinley believes Rory McIlroy will win more majors but, and now six seven years since his last, it will be ‘hard won’.
McGinley was up bright-and-early in his role as SKY Sports Golf analyst at Sky’s customary main commentary position located between the back of the 16th green and 17th tee at TPC Sawgrass.
McIlroy had yet to tee-off in the two-year COVID-19 related delay to defend his Players Championship title.
It was around 6.30am local US time and some 30-minutes from McIlroy’s horrendous ...
It’s Usually Customary To Present The Visting Media With A Gift – How Does $200 Sound?
For some reason I can’t recall why I was not in attendance at the inaugural 1998 Qatar Masters and won by Scotland’s Andrew Coltart.
It was a double celebration for the affable Scot who awoke in Doha on the Sunday morning having been confirmed in far off Australia as the 1997/98 Australasian Tour No. 1.
Coltart had travelled to Australia in the weeks leading up to the 1997 Christmas festive season and pulled off a second ‘Down Under’ triumph in three years in capturing the ...
Knox Has Good Reasons To Look Forward To TPC Sawgrass Return
Russell Knox has 73 good reasons to look forward to today’s (THUR) ‘Take 2’ restart to the prestigious Players Championship.
It will be exactly one day short of a year since the PGA Tour despatched a group text to all Tour members and caddies mid-evening on the 12th March, 2020 to advise the Tour’s premier event had been cancelled.
The next day, and now known as golf’s Black Friday, Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan advised the Tour was going into an immediate three-event lockdown.
That would ...
Tour Introduces ‘Bryson Rule’ Denying DeChambeau Shortening Sawgrass 18th.
The PGA Tour has stepped-in introducing a ‘Bryson Rule’ to deny Bryson DeChambeau any advantage in this week’s restart to last year’s cancelled Players Championship.
DeChambeau brought his rocket-like drives into sharp focus last week in tackling the famed par-5 sixth hole on route to victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The new World No. 6 set a new driving distance record at Bay Hill’s sixth first on Saturday with a monster 370-yard drive and then breaking that on Sunday ...
Drysdale Five-Years Ahead In Our Knowledge Of DeChambeau.
Scotland’s David Drysdale had realised five years ago close-hand the excitement that big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau is now bringing to the ancient club-and-ball game.
Drysdale was drawn to play alongside the then 22-year-old visiting American and England’s Chris Paisley for the opening two rounds of the 2016 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
DeChambeau had joined then reigning Masters and US Open champ, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler, and the eventual winner, accepting invitations to tee-up in the ...
