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G Mac Teeing-Up In Puerto Rico With Injured Wrist 95% Fit.
It is funny how golfing fortunes unfold.
Here is the sight of neighbours and Ryder Cup team-mates Graeme McDowell and Henrik Stenson checking-in at Orlando International Airport.
Instead McDowell was heading to Puerto Rico and Stenson to Mexico City.
Having lost his PGA Tour card at the end of last season McDowell has somewhat been forced in teeing-up in this week’s $3m Puerto Rico Open while Stenson, and enjoying the benefits of a 10-year exemption in capturing the 2016 Open, was bound for ...
Knox Confirms He Will Defend DDF Irish Open At Lahinch.
This year’s Dubai Duty Irish Open has been handed more good news with Scotland’s Russell Knox confirming he will return to defend his title at Lahinch.
The news comes after former European No. 1 Tommy Fleetwood and leading Irish golfer Shane Lowry confirmed late last month they will tee-up on the Irish south-west links gem.
Knox captured a first victory on European soil last July in brilliantly holing back-to-back curling 40-foot birdie bombs, first at the closing hole in regulation and then ...
McIlroy’s First PAC Board Meeting See Shorts Approved During Practice & Pro-Am Rounds.
Rory McIlroy’s first appearance as a member of the 16-person PGA Tour’s Players Advisory Council (PAC) has seen the unanimous vote to finally allow players to wear shorts during practice and pro-am rounds.
It has taken two-years to catch-up after a similar decision made in January, 2016 by the European Tour equivalent body representing the interest of all the players, so now we have common sense finally prevailing on the PGA Tour and given the PGA Tour hosts tournaments at some real ...
Stricker’s First USA Ryder Cup Captaincy Task To Address Unruly Crowd Behaviour
One of Steve Stricker’s first tasks when he is certainly named 2020 USA Ryder Cup captaincy on Wednesday will be speak about growing unsavoury crowd behaviour at the bienniel event.
Stricker, and like Harrington being handed the European Team leadership, is very much the stand-out choice to the lead the American team into competition later next year at Whistling Straits.
And like Harrington, Stricker ticks all the USA captaincy boxes and more.
Stricker is extremely popular among his PGA Tour peers ...
McIlroy Confirms He Tees-Up In Mexico Not A European Tour Member Ending A 191-Event Run.
It’s finally confirmed and with Rory McIlroy indicating he has not re-joined the European Tour ahead of this week’s WGC – Mexico Championship and the first of eight events this year where prize-money earned counts on both the PGA and European Tour’s.
Following his revelations at last year’s DP World Tour Championship that McIlroy was turning his focus purely on the PGA Tour, he had never been asked in his two events of 2019 whether he had in fact joined or decided not to re-join the European ...
Spieth Shoots 81 To Sink To Highest Score In Over Four Years
Pacific Palisades, California …
Four-time Major winning Jordan Spieth sank to his highest score in over four years in posting a shock final round 81 in the rain-affected Genesis Open at Riviera.
Spieth who was near the lead thanks to a 64 at the end of the opening day and then was sharing eighth place with a round to play, slumped to an eventual tie for 51st place at one-over par.
The Texan’s last round began on a positive note with a first hole birdie but the current World No. 23 proceeded ...
Woods Happy It’s Over, Glad Managed 72-Holes & Heading To Mexico City Tuesday.
Pacific Palisades, California ….
Tiger Woods, and clutching a hot cup of coffee, spoke of his clear delight in having played 72 holes in three days and thanking officials in managing to play all four rounds of the Genesis Open before confirming he will travel on Tuesday for this coming week’s WGC – Mexico Championship.
Woods ended his round with a closing one-over par 72 for a six-under tally and then clubhouse share of 16th place under bright but extremely cold and windy conditions ...
