GOLFER Ben Bender signed off in the perfect fashion after hitting his first ever hole-in-one during his last ever round at the age of 93. The veteran, who suffers from hip bursitis, failed to even finish the round, but thanked the Lord for his heroics at Ohio’s Green Valley Golf Course. Bender – who reached […]
WEBB SIMPSON paid caddie Paul Tesori £140,000 for helping him romp to the Players Championship title. That is only £7,000 less than Joakim Lagergren earned for actually winning the Sicilian Open on the same day! As well as highlighting the pay gap between the US and European Tours, maybe Simpson and Tesori will now be […]
AMERICAN Webb Simpson held his nerve to claim his first victory since 2013 in the Players Championship, holding off an amazing charge by a revitalised Tiger Woods. Simpson took a seven-shot lead into the final round at Sawgrass, a position from which no player has failed to win in PGA Tour history. And although the […]
TIGER WOODS posted his lowest round in almost five years as his stuttering comeback heated up once more. The former world No 1 fired a third-round seven-under 65 at Sawgrass in the Players Championship – also his career best score in this event. That was his lowest round to par in an official PGA Tour […]
RORY McILROY is the richest young sports star in the UK — with a whopping £110million. The Northern Ireland golfer, 29, did not win an event in 2017 yet he added a cool £28m to his fortune. McIlroy, a four-time Major winner, signed a 10-year contract extension with Nike worth £74m as well an equally […]