On Monday Rory McIlroy pulled out of his second tournament in two weeks due to a stress fracture in his lower ribs. The injury usually has a four-to-six week recovery schedule, seemingly putting McIlroy on the sidelines until March.
Greg Eason is off to an inauspicious Web.com Tour start. At the wind-swept Bahamas Great Exuma Classic, Eason lost a whopping 32 balls in two days on his way to posting 91-95. His first round at the Great Abaco Classic wasn’t promising either, entering the final hole eight over on the day. And then this happened:
Tommy Fleetwood authored a sparkling performance in capturing the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on the European Tour last week, although he wasn’t the only player to strike gold at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
To say that most players on the US PGA Tour, and the organisation as a whole, only lean to the right when it comes to politics would be like saying the green on the 12th hole at Augusta National has just a slight break towards Rae’s Creek – a “yuge” understatement.
Tiger Woods returned to golf at the Hero World Challenge in December, yet his appearance this week at the Farmers Insurance Open marks his first official US PGA Tour event in 17 months.
We didn’t think the European Tour could top its series of humorous videos involving a kid reporter interviewing some of golf’s biggest names. But a new video of a fake reporter interviewing some of golf’s biggest names might be even better.
Taylor Macdonald has stamped his card for the 2017 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia season after taking out the final stage of Qualifying School presented by Cobra Puma Golf at the Sandhurst Club today.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat has three wins on the European Tour, finished T-15 at last year’s Masters and competed in golf’s return to the Olympics. Still the 27-year-old is in the category of players only known by golf diehards. If he continues to give interviews like this, however, that could be changing.
Australian Golf Digest
