There was something eerily familiar about the opening rounds Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy played on the first day of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at a breezy Dundonald Links.
A decade on from his last European Tour victory, five years since his previous appearance in a regular tour event, and nine years removed from even his last top-10 in an Old World tournament, Andres Romero was an unlikely winner of the BMW International Open.
The rib injury that has troubled the Northern Irishman for much of this season has apparently healed to the extent that he has played “eight or nine” times in the last 10 days.
When it comes to team golf, don’t mess with Denmark. That was the competitive message emanating from GolfSixes, the European Tour’s latest innovative attempt to liven up the week-to-week routine that is 72 holes of strokeplay competition.
About a month has passed since Henry Fairweather, the captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers stood a few steps from Muirfield’s 18th green and announced that, after 273 years of exclusion, women are now eligible for membership of the world’s oldest golf club.
The field for the 81st Masters contains 94 players. But only one ponytail. So picking out Curtis Luck shouldn’t be a problem for anyone inclined to follow the 20-year-old West Australian.
Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal, largely absent from the European Tour for the past couple of years, is playing in his second event of 2017.
Australian Golf Digest
