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Woods Ending 5-Month Absence Teeing-Up In ‘Jack’s Event’

Tiger Woods is ending a five-month competition absence to tee-up in next week’s Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. Woods is a former five-time past winner of the Memorial and will be competing for a first occasion in official competiton since hosting February’s Genesis Invitational in suburban L.A. Woods did tee-up on May 24th in the Capital One’s The Match: Champions for Charity at his ‘home’ Medallist Club in Hobe Sound, Florida. Woods went onto his 6.5m ...

Sandy Lyle Backs Move To Reschedule Ryder Cup – ‘Not My Cup Of Tea Playing Without Spectators’

Five-time Ryder Cup star Sandy Lyle has backed the decision to postpone this year’s Ryder Cup to 2021 declaring ‘it would not be my cup of tea to play without spectators’. The PGA of America and European Tour, as joint organisers of the Ryder Cup, confirmed the view of most including World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, to put back the 43rd staging of the Ryder Cup to September 2021. Lyle, and a member of the back-to-back victorious 1985 and 1987 European sides, said a first European success in ...

Rahm Backing DeChambeau In Singling Out CBS & NBC On-Course ‘Reaction’ Footage.

Top-ranked Spaniard Jon Rahm is backing Bryson DeChambeau in singling out the practice of US-based TV networks CBS and NBC Sports in seeking ‘reaction’ footage during the course of PGA Tour events. The ‘practice’ of on-course TV cameramen focussing on the Tour’s leading golfers long after they have played a shot came to a head during last week’s coverage of the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. DeChambeau was early into his third round when after a poor shot ...

Stricker To Use 12-Month Ryder Cup Rescheduling To Review USA Team Selections

USA Ryder Cup captain, Steve Stricker indicated he will use the 12-month rescheduling of the Ryder Cup to 2021 to review his team selections. In what was initially a jaw-dropping move, Stricker had chosen to go with six automatic selections and six ‘wildcard’ picks for his team that he had been set to take to Whistling Straits in 89 days time. Stricker may very well decide to stick with his ‘six and six’ selection however with the 2020 Ryder Cup now to take place from 24th ...

Scottish Golfers Last In & Now First Out In European Tour Return

It will be a day over four months since Scotland’s David Drysdale was denied victory in a play-off for the March 8th closing Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. The Qatar event was the last to be staged on the European Tour since all competition was stopped as the world dealt with the Coronavirus pandemic. And to herald the return to competition in the Thursday July 9th restart to the Tour it will be 29-year old Scot Chris Robb to hit off first in the Austrian Open on the Diamond Resort course ...

The Hills Are Alive With Golfers – Austrian Open Ending Four-Month Tour Lockdown

The Irish trio of Gavin Moynihan, Niall Kearney and Robin Dawson will help herald the return to competition of the European Tour at today’s commencing Austrian Open. First it was F1 returning to racing last week in Austria and now the European Tour will get back to competition starting Thursday at the Diamond Resort course located around 35-kilometres from Vienna. It will mark four long months since Spain’s Jorge Campillo defeated Scotland’s David Drysdale on March 8th to capture the Qatar ...

Gleaming Centenary Lining Now For Adare Manor In Hosting 2027 Ryder Cup

There is now a glowing centenary anniversary lining to a decision to reschedule the 2020 Ryder Cup to 2021. It was confirmed nearly a year ago Adare Manor would host the 2026 Ryder Cup and a second occasion in 20-years this small golfing nation would welcome the world’s third largest sporting event. That was before the COVID-19 began to bring the world as a whole to its knees and with the 2020 Ryder Cup, and due to be held in the last week of September, now the latest major sporting casualty. It ...