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Paul Lawrie Uniquely Placed To Assess Impact Of ‘StayAtHome’ Golfing Shutdown.

It is not a choosing he would prefer but Open Champion Paul Lawrie is in a unique position during the current Coronavirus fears. Not only is Lawrie side-lined from his chosen profession but outside of the European Tour competition ropes the proud Scot is a golf-related businessman. Lawrie, 51 runs the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre located at South Deeside in his beloved Aberdeen. The Centre boasts a nine-hole par-3 golf course, a 26 bay driving range and a world class short game area.  The Centre also ...

McIlroy’s RBC Canadian Open Mid-June Defence Cancelled.

Rory McIlroy’s defence of his RBC Canadian Open title will not take place from June 11th to 14th after the Toronto Mayor John Tory announced all city-led events and permits have been cancelled through the end of June, 2020. McIlroy brilliantly won for a first occasion last year in Canada posting a Tour career low of a final round 9-under par 61 and win also with a record-setting 22-under-par 258 tally in the countries largest city. The host St. George’s Golf and Country Club is located just ...

Haney Ruled ‘In Bounds’ By Florida Court After PGA Tour Loses Motion To Dismiss

Tiger Woods’ former coach Hank Haney will now have his day in court. This is after the PGA Tour’s motion to dismiss Haney’s allegations were stated by the ruling South District of Florida in Miami, and strangely in golf terms, to be ‘like a well-hit drive on the golf course—have avoided pleading hazards under Rule 12(b)(6), remained in bounds’. Haney was suspended by the Tour and SiriusXM in May 2019 when he and co-host Steve Johnson were chatting about the then up-coming ...

Harrington Predicts The Open To Be Postponed & Ryder Cup Has ‘Duty’ To Be Staged In 2020.

European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington predicts The Open will be postponsed but also declared golf has ‘a duty’ to ensure the 2020 Ryder Cup is held this September and not postponed twelve months. Should the Coronavirus pandemic should continue into late August/early September the Dubliner suggests forget the qualifying system and each team simply pick their 12 best players. And Harrington believes the 43rd staging of the Ryder Cup could very well be a perfect ‘return tournament’ would ...

MacIntyre Fears ‘Doom & Gloom’ For His Beloved Glencruitten Club.

Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre singled out his fears for the golf club closest to his heart, closest to his home and where he honed his golf – Oban’s Glencruitten club. It is also the much-loved clube where Doughie his father is one of two greenkeepers on the course that the MacIntyre house backs onto. “Dad’s not working, it’s all shut down,” said MacIntyre and an Aberdeen Investment ambassador. “So, it’s looking doom and gloom just now, but a lot of folk ...

MacIntyre Admits A Bright Light In The Darkness Of Coronavirus Virus Side-Lining.

Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre admits there could be a personal bright light in the bigger picture of the enforced break from competition due to the Coronavirus. MacIntyre ended his full European Tour season having be crowned European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’. It had been a super start to the young Scot’s career that also included three second place finishes and earning just over Euro 2m in prize-money. Though as he headed into a Christmas/New Year break there was a concern ...

MacIntyre Reveals 15 ‘Bedroom Shots’ To Make A Splash In His Brother’s Bucket.

A Robert MacIntyre video tweet chipping a ball from his bedroom into a bucket of water lying in the back of a motorised buzzy and being driven by his younger brother has already attracted 62.6K views. And in looking closely at the video here is the sight of the leading Scot golfer’s mother painting the side of their Oban house. Last year’s European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’ and Aberdeen Investments ambassador was asked how the video clip came about. “I was just up in ...