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Ponte Vedre, FL … Event organisers have been proud to annuonce Ryder Cup captain rivals Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington have committed to compete in the Valero Texas Open to be held April 2-5 in San Antonio. Harrington will captain the European Team and Stricker the United States Team when the 43rd Ryder Cup matches are contested at Whistling Straits in Koehler, Wisconsin September 22-27. This marks the first time Harrington and Stricker will be captains of the Ryder Cup. Combined ...

Ponte Vedre, FL … You could be mistaken Rory McIlroy was talking a foreign language. The World No. 1 found his way to the Media Centre for a pre-tournament conference ahead of his Players Championship title. He was asked all the ‘normal’ questions such as his thoughts in returning to TPC Sawgrass as defending champion, when he began to take a liking for Pete Dye designed golf courses, what was the state of his game along with a number of like questions. Thought there was one question ...

Ponte Vedre, FL … It’s rare to see the head of any major sporting organisation sound really annoyed but that was the scenario when PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan was asked his reaction to a social media post four-time Tour winner Scott Piercy directed at former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. In the post, the 41-year old Nevada-based golfer made reference to QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory, and according to Wikipedia, detailing a supposed secret plot by an alleged “deep ...

Ponte Vedre, FL … PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan was naturally going to be asked to comment on the controversy of a breakaway Premier Golfing League (PGL) The PGL proposal to stage a series of $10m tournaments from 2022 commanded golfing headlines over the earlier part of the New Year until now overtaken with fears over the Coronavirus. Monahan was asked by www.golfbytourmiss.com  if there was room on golf’s global stage for the PGL. And in his response it’s clear that this ...

Ponte Vedre, FL …   World No. 1 Rory McIlroy heads into his defence of the Players Championship believing the USA to be ‘casual’ in not doing enough to combat the spread of the deadly Coronavirus. While major cultural, music and sporting events are being cancelled across the States over the virus fears there is a real likelihood now of the non-staging of the PGA Championship in San Francisco. It’s understood the tournament infrastructure at this week’s at TPC Sawgrass will ...

Ponte Vedre, FL … PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was first full of praise for McIlroy but then also reminded this week’s defending Players Championship who’s the boss. In his now annual ‘State of the PGA Tour’ address and in a 9-page transcript, Monahan revealed he has not spoken to Premier Golf League (PGL) executives regarding a breakaway tour plus assuring fans the up-coming WGC – Match-Play title will go ahead in Coronavirus hit Austin, Texas. Monahan also indicated, and ...

Ponte Vedre, FL …. Shane Lowry is staring at bringing home an unprecedented and very unique Irish sporting victory double this week. On Thursday Lowry will tee-up at TPC Sawgrass looking to capture the Players Championship but on the eve of the $US 15m (Euro 13.15m) event Lowry’s thoughts will very much focus on the penultimate race at Cheltenham. At 4.50pm Irish time (12.50pm US time) Wednesday ‘Theatre of War’, and a 4-year old gelding owned by Lowry’s Clara Jug syndicate, will line ...