Posts Tagged ‘ Rory McIlroy ’

This week sees the British Open returns to the home of golf, as St. Andrews hosts the 139th British Open Golf Championship.  Last year the British Open Championship was held at Turnberry where veteran Tom Watson surprised everyone apart from himself as he almost lifted the trophy but lost a gripping 4 hole play-off...
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Two of the most amazing rounds of golf were played yesterday from golfers with a combined age of 38.The first came from Ryo Ishikawa. The 18-year old closed with the lowest ever score on a major...Click title to read full story at Aussie Golfer
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 is to be released in June. Notice anything different about the cover?Who's that bloke in the background? Why is he there? It is not Rory McIlroy PGA Tour 11!EA Sports decided to arrange the two on the front cover a long time ago...
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While the unfortunate Tiger Woods saga fills the gossip pages, Lee Westwood has been hogging the golfing headlines. A week after winning the European Tour’s Golfer of the Year award for the third time the world number four walked away with The Golf Writers Trophy, also for a third time. Seve Ballesteros is the only...
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Lee Westwood claimed victory in the Dubai World Championship on Sunday, hitting a stunning course record 64, to finish 23 under par and win the tournament by six shots from Ross McGowan. The prize money for winning the Championship, around £740,000, means that Westwood clinches the Race to Dubai Order of Merit title ahead of...
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Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions Tournament in Shanghai by one shot to become the first player to win the tournament twice, his first win was in 2007, and also to end what has been a distracting year for the American, having taken time out to care for both his wife and mother who...
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The top four players on the European money list have managed to avoid each other in the draw for the Volvo World Matchplay Championship in Spain. The group stages will be played at Finca Cortesin close to Marbella and will take place on the 18th green, with the semi finals on Saturday and the...
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Yesterday saw an enthralling match play between wordl number 1 Tiger Woods and Y.E. Yang, as Yang became the first South Korean to win a major tournament by beating Tiger Woods by three shots to finish on 8 under to claim victory at the 2009 US PGA Championship at the tricky Hazeltine National golf...
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The 138th British Open Golf Championship is set to tee off on Thursday,  making a welcome return to The Turnberry Resort Alisa course on the beautiful south west coast of Scotland. The British Open has only been held at Turnberry three times in it’s history, but has delivered three worthy champions in, Jack Nicklaus in...
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Northern Ireland’s hot prospect Rory Mcllroy has turned down the chance to join the US PGA Tour after finishing 20th at the US Masters last weekend. The youngster was approached by officials during the week who offered him a ‘special temporary membership’ which would have meant that the money he has earned on US events...
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