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Padraig Sings Rory’s Praise As Lahinch Is Confirmed For 2019 Irish Open.
Padraig Harrington has lavished praise on Rory McIlroy with official confirmation Paul McGinley will host next year’s 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Lahinch.
Lahinch, and long-time home to South of Ireland, will become the 2oth different host venue of Ireland’s premier event that was first staged in 1927.
McGinley, who captured the 1991 South of Ireland, was announced earlier this year as host of the 2019 tournament and now Lahinch has been rubber-stamped as the first course in Co. Clare ...
Lahinch Confirmed As Host 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
As widely predicted, the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open will be played at Lahinch Golf Club from July 4-7, 2019, the European Tour announced today, following consultation with next year’s tournament host Paul McGinley, tournament sponsor Dubai Duty Free, and local stakeholders.
It will be a landmark moment for Ireland’s national Open when it lands on the shores of County Clare for the first time in its 91-year history, building on the vision of the European Tour and title sponsors Dubai Duty ...
Rose Insists There Should Be No Versailles Ryder Cup ‘Hail Mary’s’.
Justin Rose reckons there will no need for any ‘Hail Mary’s’ when Europe goes into the Ryder Cup battle later this year in France.
Rose is currently lying second overall on the European Team points table and should be a certainty to be teeing-up in a fifth Ryder Cup.
While a member of the 2016 losing Hazeltine team the Olympic Gold medal Brit is clearly warming to being a member of Thomas Bjorn’s more verstaile Versailles team.
And this has everything to do with the volume of experience ...
Harrington Set To Be Named Next Tuesday A Versailles Vice-Captain
Padraig Harrington will take another step towards the 2022 Ryder Cup Team captaincy in surely being named early next week as another of Thomas Bjorn’s Versailles vice-captains.
Bjorn is hosting a Ryder Cup press conference on Tuesday at Wentworth where the Dane is sure to confirm Harrington into his French back-room team and nearly a year after Bjorn announced Swede Robert Karlsson as his first vice-captain.
The move will just add to Harrington’s credentials in being eventually handed the ...
Tiger On His Left, Vijay To His Right & The Day Marc Warren Was World No. 1 1/2
Scotland’s Marc Warren still recalls vividly the time he was jokingly referred to World No. 1 ½ while sandwiched between World No. 1 Tiger Woods and then World No. 2 Vijay Singh..
It was late 2006 and Warren was making his debut in the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai and teeing-up as the then reigning Scandinavian Masters champion.
The then 25-year old Warren was on the Sheshan Club practice range when triple Major winning Singh arrived beside him to begin hitting balls.
The Fijian ...
Lowry Teeing-Up In Ohio Seeking A Shinnecock Hills Tee Time.
Shane Lowry has entered a U.S. Open sectional qualifier in Ohio with the goal of winning through to next month’s Shinnecock Hills championship on New York’s Long Island.
Lowry is set to contest the PGA Tour’s Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial starting on May 31st in Columbus, Ohio.
Then on Monday June 4th Lowry will compete over 36-holes also in suburban Columbus at both the Brookside Golf and Country Club course and the Lakes Golf and Country Club layout.
It will be one of 10 sectional qualifiers ...
Simpson Posts Closing Double On Route To Stunning Four-Shot Sawgrass Success.
Ponte Vedre, Florida …
Webb Simpson and despite a final hole double-bogey has led from start-to-finish in storming his way to a four shot Players Championship success at TPC Sawgrass.
Simpson, 32 signed for a final round 73 for an 18-under par-tally at Ponte Vedre in Florida.
The North Carolina native was never headed since sharing the lead on day one and then storming five shots clear of his rivals on day two in shooting a course record-equalling 63.
Simpson then extended his lead during ...
