HSBC Golf Business Forum Suggests Golf In Good Hands
Golf in good hands thanks to increased economic prosperity in emerging markets but realising potential growth globablly depends on innovation and connecting with the golf industry says HSBC Three key...
View ArticleFishing Was The Theme As Darren Clarke Seeks To Hook First Success In Three...
After congratulating Lee Westwood on his recent Maybank Malaysian Open success Darren Clarke and his long-time good friend got into a discussion about fishing. The duo were on the far end of the Quail...
View ArticleRory McIlroy’s Choice Of A Plaque At Quail Hollow.
The Quail Hollow Golf Club in suburban Charlotte will always be special to Rory McIlroy. It was here in 2010 he shot a final round 62 to win his first PGA Tour event, the then Quail Hollow...
View ArticleTrump Gets His Name Now On Two Major Championship Venues – Turnberry &...
We have long joked about the prospect of the list of golf courses appearing on the famed Claret Jug … St. Andrews, Royal Troon, Carnoustie, Trump International. However with Donald Trump now having...
View ArticleBig-Hitting Atlanta Teenager Alejandra Ayala Sings Praise Of Rory McIlroy.
Rory McIlroy warmed up for this week’s $US 6.9m event playing the Pro-Am in the company of 14-year old Alejandra Ayala with the Atlanta teenager winning a Wells Fargo sponsored video essay contest to...
View ArticleRory McIlroy’s Ideal 25th Birthday Present – A Gift-Wrapped Second Wells...
When asked what would be his ideal 25th birthday present Rory McIlroy did not hesitate in declaring a second victory in the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy again has fond memories returning to Quail...
View ArticleMartin Laird Seizes Lowest-Ever Wells Fargo Opening Score.
Martin Laird produced his lowest Quail Hollow opening round posting a three under par 69 on day one of the Wells Fargo Championship. The Scot capped his round landing a 250-yard 5-wood shot to seven...
View ArticleStewart Cink Jokes Donald Trump May Name Turnberry –‘Trumpberry’.
Former Turnberry Open Champion Stewart Cink joked the stunning Ayrshire course will be renamed ‘Trumpberry’ once Donald Trump’s acquisition of the venue is formalised. Trump purchased Turnberry earlier...
View ArticleComfort For Rory McIlroy But Blisters For Darren Clarke At Wells Fargo...
It was comfort for Rory McIlroy but blisters for Darren Clarke on the opening day of the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina. McIlroy grabbed six birdies in a three under par...
View ArticleGeoff Ogilvy Has Pinehurst No. 2 On His Mind & Also A No. 2 US Open Success.
It’s been seven years since Geoff Ogilvy became only the ninth Australian to win a Major Championship in capturing the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Ogilvy’s one shot success was also the 15th Major...
View ArticleMartin Laird Buries Run Of Three Missed Cuts To Be In Wells Fargo Contention.
Martin Laird buried a run of three missed cuts to be well in contention after two rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina. Laird showed his fondness for the course...
View ArticleRory McIlroy’s Other Reason Why He Will Contest The 2014 BMW PGA Championship.
Rory McIlroy has revealed a second reason why he will contest the European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship later this month. It was only earlier this week the European Tour heralded the double...
View ArticleJason Day …. Thumbs Down To Players Championship After Jarring Thumb At Augusta.
Australia’s Jason Day has withdrawn from next week’s lucrative Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. The current World No. 6 continues to struggle with a thumb injury that he aggravated during the...
View ArticleRory McIlroy Gets His Putting Sorted Out & Jumps Up Front In The Wells Fargo.
Rory McIlroy got his putting sorted out and got himself back up front on day three of the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy had just 25 putts in a seven under par 65 in glorious morning scoring...
View ArticleJ B Holmes Swaps Kentucky Derby For Leading Wells Fargo Reins.
A year ago J B Holmes was present in Louisville for the running of the 2013 Kentucky Derby. This year Holmes holds the leading reins in the Wells Fargo Championship with a third round 66 to head the...
View ArticleTwenty-One Europeans Teeing Up In 2014 Players Championship.
Next week’s Players Championship promises a strong European representations with 21 European born players to tee up at TPC Sawgrass. It is the highest representation of Europeans over the past five...
View ArticleWells Fargo Championship Media Center Stops For 140th Kentucky Derby.
The running of the 140th Kentucky Derby stopped work in the Wells Fargo Championship Media Center. Fortunately, play in the third round had ended some 45 minutes earlier with J B Holmes, who strangely...
View ArticleRory McIlroy Shares May 4th Birthday With Audrey Hepburn, Bob Tway & Eric Sykes.
Today May 4th is Rory McIlroy’s 25th birthday. And the double Major winner shares his birthday with host of who’s who but none better than the former great star of the ‘silver screen’ Audrey Hepburn....
View ArticleScottish-born Club Caddy Who Caddied For Luke Donald, Dustin Johnson &...
A Scottish-born ‘club’ caddy who caddied for players such as Keegan Bradley, Dustin Johnson and Luke Donald along with NBA legend Michael Jordan at the legendary Bear’s Club in Florida has been killed...
View ArticleThe Night Lights Of The ‘Queen City’– Charlotte, North Carolina.
A visit one night into Charlotte proved a rewarding experience with the city a splash of colour. We visited the East Coast head office of Wells Fargo and the title sponsor of this week’s Wells Fargo...
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