RORY MCILROY has handed another amazing snub to golf at the Olympics, saying he will not even bother to watch it on TV. McIlroy said he will only tune in to the sports that really matter – such as athletics, swimming, and diving! And he dismissed suggestions he had a duty to help the game become […]
LEE WESTWOOD says he has learned to roll with the punches Major championships throw at you, despite taking more blows than anyone else. He reckons that is why he is still standing when many other players would probably have been on their knees by now. Westwood’s NINE top threes without a Major victory are three […]
RORY McILROY is convinced he is still the man to beat at this year’s Open despite owning up to a crisis of confidence affecting his Troon chances. It is now almost two years since the Ulsterman last mounted a serious challenge for one of golf’s Major titles. The former world No 1 took NINE shots […]
A CADDIE was rushed to hospital after being hit on the head by a wild drive from Vijay Singh. The three-time Major champion’s tee shot from the par-four seventh clattered into William Ciplinski as he stood by the eighth green. Ciplinski, caddy to former British Senior Open champ Marco Dawson, was picked up by an ambulance […]
RORY McILROY sent out a warning to other Open stars at Royal Troon: don’t mess with the Postage Stamp. The Northern Irish golf star took SIX attempts to get the ball onto the green when stuck in a deep coffin bunker during practice on the eighth. Not that it was an easy shot, mind. The […]