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Sandy Lyle Leads Golfing Tributes To Fellow Scot Sean Connery.
Double Major winning Sandy Lyle has led the golf world in paying tribute to the late, great and fellow Scot Sean Connery.
Connery, who stared in seven James Bond movies from 1962 to 1983 and countless other Hollywood blockbusters, passed away peacefully at his Bahamas home aged 90.
Connery was born in 1930 in Edinburgh and with one of his first jobs working as a milkman in Edinburgh with St. Cuthbert’s Co-Operative Society.
In 2009, Connery recalled a conversation in a taxi: “When I took ...
Drysdale Avoids ‘OOB’ To Birdie The Last & Be Sharing Second At Cyprus Open
Scotland’s David Drysdale brilliantly boosted hopes of a first Tour win in narrowly avoiding ‘OOB’ down the last and then draining a long birdie putt to be tied in second place at 13-under par and just one shot off the lead at the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open.
Dydsdale, 45 signed for a third round three-under 68 to join five others trailing Welshman Jamie Donaldson (69) who heads the inaugural event on 14-under par.
Joining Drysdale is Finnish pair of Kalle Samooka (66) and Sami Valimaki ...
‘Hey Steve? Have You Many Calls You Received This Morning From Denver, Coloradao?’
The former International tournament on the PGA Tour was unique in many ways.
The tournament was on the schedule from 1986 to 2006 and unquie foremost as it was played under a ‘Modified Stableford’ points scoring system where an an Albatross was worth 8 points, an Eagle 5 points, a Birdie 2 points, a Par point but then a Bogey minuse 2 points and Double-bogey or more minus 3 points.
The event was founded by Jack Vickers who became very well-known and respected by the game’s leading ...
Dysdale Keeps Himself In Victory Frame To Share Cyprus Clubhouse Second Round Lead
David Drysdale kept himself very much in frame to end a 508-tournament victory drought heading to the weekend rounds of the inaugural Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open.
Drysdale, 45 posted a second round four-under par 67 to move to 10-under par and be in a three-way share of the clubhouse lead when darkness halted play.
Welshman Jamie Donaldson and England’s Marcus Armitage were tied atop of the board on 11-under par and with Donaldson, who holed the winning putt at the 2014 Gleneagles Ryder Cup, one ...
Harrington Already Looking At Life On The Over-50s Tour’s
Less than a month before next year’s rescheduled hosting of the Ryder Cup and European Team captain, Padraig Harrington turns 50.
As such, it will make him eligible to tee-up on the PGA Champions Tour and Europe’s Legends Tour.
And after posting an opening score of 67 at the Bermuda Championship, Harrington confirmed he’s confirming he was keeping one eye of the Champions Tour efforts such as Phil Mickelson winning his opening two over-50s tournaments.
“I do look at the scores and possibly ...
Harrington Makes The Most Of Teeing-Up First In Bermuda
Padraig Harrington grabbed the honour of teeing-up first with both hands to post a four-under par 67 and be right in contention on the opening day of the Bermuda Championship.
Harrington, competing also in his first PGA Tour since the first week in March, had raced to five-under par through 10 holes and while he bogeyed two of his next three holes, he bounced back with a penultimate hole birdie.
It left Europe’s Ryder Cup captain trailing three shots behind American Peter Malnati, who signed for ...
Drysdale Overcomes ‘Elevated Tee Syndrome’ To Stand Tall Day One In Cyprus
Scotland’s David Drysdale superbly overcame what he described as ‘Elevated Tee Syndrome’ to post a six-under par 65 on the opening day of the inaugural Cyprus Open.
Drysdale, 45 capped his round eagling the par-5 10th holes and managing five birdies on the Cabell Robinson designed course.
Two of those birdies came from tee shots very high-up on the Meditterenan island including the par-3 third and par-5 seventh hole and where there is a 250-yard carry over a deep chasm to the fairway.
And ...
