One of the great things about the US PGA is that club pros can qualify for the event, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia. One such player who has qualified to play at Whistling Straits this week, who you might not have heard of, has already played, and beaten, Sergio Garcia before.
Justin Rose holes a 38-foot birdie putt at the par-four eighteenth to move into a tie for the lead with Jim Furyk after the third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Saturday.
It was Danny Lee who was the first round leader with a sensational five under par 65. The New Zealander mixed seven birdies with two bogeys to top the leaderboard. After already winning the Greenbrier Classic last month the in form 25 year old looks like could go all the way and win his first World Golf Championship at Firstone Country Club.
Here are the starting times for Day One of the Bridgestone Invitational.
So after all the speculation yesterday, Rory has posted a video of himself working out. The video is very clear in showing him put weight on the ankle and ankle ligament he busted. If you ask us, he looks ready to go next week at the PGA Championships. He must be itching to show Jordan Spieth who's boss at Whistling Straits.
Rory McIlroy has told the PGA Tour he will not play the Bridgestone Invitational next week as he is still in the process of recovering from the left ankle injury he suffered playing football on the 4th July.
in the words of Blur's Damon Albarn, 'it's been a hell of a do'. Here's my last instalment from the GolfPunk Clubhouse at the Rule Pub & Diner, St Andrews, 2015. Carly x
Hi I‘m Carly Booth, Ladies European Tour player and now, the new GolfPunk Golf Nurse!! I’ll be bringing you tips for your swing at golfpunkHQ.com every week from August.
Oh Rory. In the news no one wanted but we all expected, Rory Mcily has confirmed he won't be playing the Opn Chamionship at St Andrews next week.
Many golfers would be satisfied with a single hole in one in their career, just one moment when all of the complicated golf swing came together in harmony and that little white ball disappeared after just one shot, but could you imagine a dream round where you got not one, not two, but three aces!
It's been a busy week for Ping with two of their players winning this weekend, both Bubba Watson and Jeff Maggert using the Ping G30 Driver.
Here's a brief run down of what happened, who got upset, who felt sick and who got vertigo... with some stunning pics from Getty.
