Dec 1st, 2015 Article
Rory – the brand
We all know that Rory has earned a bob or two by being more than quite good at golf, but according to the Irish Examiner, he’s now worth almost half a billion dollars.
We all know that Rory has earned a bob or two by being more than quite good at golf, but according to the Irish Examiner, he’s now worth almost half a billion dollars.
From Danny Willet inviting us round his house to getting wiped out by 'the lurgy', what's 'Helped GolfPunk's Gravy' and 'Bunched Arse' this week...
Well we said it was going to be tight at the top, and it was. But with all the top names in the top ten, it was Kristoffer Broberg who got the job done at the BMW Masters, winning in a playoff from Ryder Cup player Patrick Reed having tied him at 17 under.
Danny Willettt did himself no favours in Shanghai in his chase for Rory McIlroy’s top spot in the Race to Dubai rankings.
Rory McIlroy beat Charl Schwartzel in the Turkish Airlines Ready Steady Cook styled Open Gourmet Golfers Challenge at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal.
Right. Hang on in there, please. We are about to try to explain how the Race To Dubai works. We thought the Top 60 line up was complete following the completion of the Hong Kong Open. We were wrong..
Wilcox fires 67 to close to within one shot of leader Brendan Steele. Justin Rose is at -8, three back, while Rory McIlroy shot a 71 to remain six shots off the lead heading into moving day.
Blimey - now it's getting really complicated. BUT NEVER FEAR - we've figured it out and made it way easy to understand. We've even got a table and everything!
Poults & Rickie in the mix as Spieth and Day go their separate ways...
The World's Top 3, their PGA season's earnings and some over sized cheques. And they haven't even started on the FedExCup yet!!
On the quiet Maximilian Kieefer is having one of the best seasons on the European Tour. At this point the 25 year old from Germany has not missed a cut, with highlights being his resultts at the Nordea Masters and the Dubuai Duty Free Irish Open Hosted by Rory McIlroy. In total he's had four top tens this season, and currenty lies in 46th place on the Race to Dubai.
The stats don't lie. They are 1, 2 and 3 in the world rankings. They are all in their 20s. Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day are golf's new Big 3 and set to dominate the game for years..