Highlighted by two wins on the PGA TOUR Champions, and on the back of John Daly’s 2nd place finish at the Paris Legends Championship on the European Senior Tour, Vertical Groove Golf have announced two new distribution deals.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the, PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour.
TaylorMade have signed two new players for 2016: Jon Rahm and Jordan Niebrugge.
Bruce Lietzke, the former PGA Tour winner, died on Saturday of brain cancer at the age of 67.
Sergio Garcia has been awarded Honorary Life Membership of the European Tour in recognition of his victory at The Masters in April.
The Memorial Tournament is the 33rd event of the 2022-23 PGA tour Season and eighth designated event, featuring seven of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. The Total prise purse amounts to $20 million, with $3.6 million going to the outright winner, along with 550 FedEx Cup points.
GolfPunk favourite Ian Poulter saw red following comments by Paul Azinger at the weekend suggesting the European Tour was a lot easier than the PGA Tour. Poulter took to Twitter and did not hold back on what he thought about what was said by the ex-Ryder Cup captain.
Brian Gay rolled in his long birdie putt at the first playoff hole at the Bermuda Championship to beat a man almost half his age and become the oldest winner on the PGA Tour since Davis Love III in 2015. "Well, this is absolutely insane," said Gay after his round. "I’ve been playing awful since Covid… it’s been a struggle. I’ve been trying to work hard and get back."
The European Tour have announced their new schedule with four new tournaments for 2018, but there are some interesting omissions which say something about the state of the European Tour.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the, PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour.
Rory McIlroy wins the Genesis Scottish Open by one stroke over Scot Robert MacIntyre, earning his 24th PGA Tour title and second of the season and now ties Dustin Johnson and Gary Player for 26th on the all-time PGA Tour wins list
With all due respect to Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods et al we think the Golf Writers Association of America (“GWAA”) were spot on in voting for Brooks Koepka as Player of the Year for 2019. Koepka’s performance at the four majors was undeniable impressive – to win one, finish second in two and tie fourth in the other is quite some feat.
