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Lowry Stripped Of 2018 Ford ‘Expedition’ By Just Three Phoenix Open Inches.
Phoenix, AZ …
Shane Lowry now needs no reminding golf is a game of inches.
It was close to 6pm local time when PGA Tour officials confirmed Lowry had won a unique contest and the prize of a $52,000 Ford 2018 edition ‘Expedition’.
Lowry had completed his round near lunch disappointed to have bogeyed his 13th and 14th holes in a level par 71 to remain at one-under par following Thursday’s effort of a score of 70.
Though the Clara man was more concerned in making the cut in the ...
Warren & Gallacher Keep Their Cool To Be Contending At Steamy Maybank C’Ship.
Marc Warren and Stephen Gallacher kept their cool in the sauna-like conditions to be well in contention heading to the weekend rounds of the Maybank Championship in Malaysia.
Warren produced his lowest score this year adding a 66 to his opening 68 to be sharing third place on 10-under par and just one off the lead on the Saujana coure.
He said: “It was good,” said Warren of his effort. “I’m really pleased overall. On this golf course if you only have one bogey (in two days) your game is ...
Clarke End Miserable 18-Month Run Of Payless Play At Maybank C’ship.
Darren Clarke looks assured of a first European Tour pay cheque in some 18 months after posting a second round 68 to make the cut right on the four-under par mark at the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur.
The former Open Champion did not drop a shot in the sauna-like conditions at the Saujana course and signing for a best Tour round since a similar 68 on day two of the 2015 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
The last occasion Clarke played all four round on the European Tour was at the 2016 ...
First It’s McIlroy’s Last Name, Now It’s His First Name As Now Starbuck’s Gets It Wrong.
Phoenix, AZ …
Rory McIlroy’s new season if off to a flyer and that’s more than can be said about the simple task ordering coffee.
The current World No. 8 has always found trouble with those around him either trying to spell or pronounce his surname.
There was the embarrassing scenario ahead of the 1997 Walker Cup when McIlroy was presented with his special GB & I golf bag and with his name spelt – McLlroy.
At the 2011 World Cup of Golf at Hainan Island in China, McIlroy was introduced ...
Shane Lowry In Phoenix Open Driver’s Seat To Win $52,000 Ford ‘Expedition’.
Phoenix, AZ …
After spending two days trying to locate a missing credit card behind the dash of his Tour courtesy car, Shane Lowry is in the driver’s seat to win himself a spanking new $US 52,000 2018 Ford ‘Expedition’.
Waste Management Phoenix Open organisers are offering the prize of the new Ford for the best aggregate ‘closest to the pin’ score at the infamous ‘Coliseum’ par-3 16th hole over the opening two rounds of the event at TPC Scottsdale.
Lowry is among the first-round ...
Leishman Insists Friendly Banter Between He & Day Is Healthy.
Phoenix, AZ …
“Friendly banter between Jason and myself is always healthy!”
That was the comment from Marc Leishman after the Victorian found himself bumped off the top-ranked Australian perch last Sunday by Queenslander Jason Day.
Day ended a long PGA Tour winless drought dating back to May 2016 in capturing the Farmers Insurance Open after a six-hole play-off against Sweden’s Alex Noren.
The effort, and Day’s 11th success on the world’s most lucrative stage, saw the 30-year jump ...
Fowler Honours Memory Of Seven-Year Old Griffin Connell.
Phoenix, AZ ….
After ending his round tied for the early Phoenix Open clubhouse lead, an emotional Rickie Fowler spoke of his relationship with Griffin Connell.
The Phoenix-born seven-year old Connell passed away on January 23rd without getting to see his golfing hero post a five-under par 66 on the opening day of event at TPC Scottsdale.
Fowler first met Griffin and his family at the 2013 Phoenix Open when informed Griffen had been diagnosed at birth with a rare airway disorder and passed ...
