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Fleetwood Heads To Wells Fargo Buoyed By Strong New Orleans Finish

Tommy Fleetwood heads to this week’s Wells Fargo Championship buoyed after he and fellow Englishman Chris Paisley brilliantly shared fourth in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Fleetwood and Paisley combined in the team event to post a final round 69 for a 19-under par tally on the alligator-infested TPC Louisiana course. Fleetwood, and with his equal-best PGA Tour finish this year, moved closer to securing his PGA Tour card with the result while Paisley, who had been chosen by Fleetwood ...

Knox & Laird Leave New Orleans With Best Result In Respective Nine & 10 Months.

The Scottish duo of Russell Knox and Martin Laird combined to secure their best result in nearly a year by sharing seventh place in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The Tartan duo, and playing an alternate Foursomes format on day four, signed for a 71 for a 17-under par tally, But Knox and Laird were left ruiing a 17th hole double bogey that cost them a share of fourth place on the alligator-infested TPC Louisana course. The effort is Knox’s best finish since he was fifth last August ...

Dunne Continues To Inch Closer To World’s Elite Top-50 With Seventh In China.

Paul Dunne continues to inch closer to breaking into the world’s eltie top-50 with a gutsy share of seventh place in the Volvo China Open. Dunne returns home to Ireland after a 17,000 kilometre round trip to the Chinese capital of Beijing where he posted scores of 71, 68 and then weekend bogey-free scores of 67 and 68 for a 14-under par tally on the Topwin Golf Club course. It left the Greystones golfer in seventh place and trailing just four shots behind Sweden’s Alexnder Bjorn who collected ...

Gold Medal Winning Rose Told To Strip Off His Duds By Rio Silver Medallist Stenson.

Olympic Gold medal winning Justin Rose was told to strip of his trousers by Silver medal winning playing partner, Henrik Stenson early on day one of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Rose was in no fear of the alligator-infested hazards in playing a shot, with his trousers, shoes and socks. from the water’s edge at the third hole of the TPC of Louisana course. And the Englishman was getting plenty of ‘Dutch courage’ from Swedish-born Stenson. It was Stenson who had stripped down ...

Fleetwood & Paisley Get The Rythmn Right With A New Orleans Sizzling 62.

Good friends Tommy Fleetwood and Chris Paisley got the rythmn right to brilliantly combine to produce a sizzling team score of 62 on the opening day of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. It was Fleetwood who extended the invitation to the 32-year old Paisley to join him in the second edition of the team event being staged on the TPC of Louisiana course. Their combined 10-under par score in a ‘better ball’ day one format was good enough for a clubhouse share of second place behind the ...

Koepka Leads Total Of 9,049 Entries For 2018 U.S. Open – Eighth Highest.

The United States Golf Association (USGA) has accepted a total of 9,049 entries for the 2018 U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. The U.S. Open will be held on Long Island for the 10th time on June 14-17. The number of entries is the eighth-highest behind the record of 10,127 accepted for the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2. Among this year’s total are 54 players, including 12 past champions, who are fully exempt into ...

Harrington Believes Woods Will Be A Carnoustie Open Championship Contender.

Carnoustie, Scotland ….. Tiger Woods will not want reminding the last time he was at Carnoustie he drove his opening tee shot at the 2007 Open Championship out-of-bounds left of the first fairway and into the Barrie Burn. Woods eventually shared 12th place behind Ireland’s Padraig Harrington. Harrington captured a first Major in defeating Spaniard Sergio Garcia over a four-hole play-off and then headed to Royal Birkdale a year later to successfully defend the famed Claret Jug. Harrington ...