Golf Comment: Future looking bright for Neil as Wie finally lives up to star billing June 23, 2014 BRADLEY Neil may not be a name familiar to many readers but it might just be one to remember after he claimed the British Amateur Championship on Sunday. A 2&1 victory in the 36-hole final at Royal Portrush saw the 18-year-old become the youngest Scot ever to lift the trophy and only the second winner [...]
Garcia didn’t choke, it was Padraig’s class that won it August 12, 2008 Sergio Garcia’s biggest critics will suggest the Spaniard buckled under the pressure at the USPGA on Sunday night, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Here we have, quite simply, the toughest golf course in the world, and closing rounds of 67 and 68 in conditions like that does not amount to buckling under [...]
Europeans can break the PGA duck August 6, 2008 One of golf’s biggest home jinxes will be put to a serious test at Oakland Hills this weekend – and I wouldn’t mind betting that a piece of history will indeed be made. Unbelievably, no European has claimed the US PGA Championship title since Scottish-born Tommy Armour lifted the trophy 78 years ago, but they [...]
No excuses, it was just a bad day at the office July 29, 2008 Sometimes in sport you just have to hold your hands up and accept you’re going to come across the odd bad day at the office. Unfortunately for me, that day arrived just when I least wanted it to and it spelt the end of my Senior Open Championship hopes. A two over-par 73 on Thursday [...]
Padraig deserves his place on the list of all-time greats July 21, 2008 Carnoustie 12 months ago we aw one of the most dramatic and nail-biting finishes in Open Championship history. At Royal Birkdale yesterday, we probably witnessed the best closing nine holes ever to win an Open. Two contrasting ways of winning golf’s greatest prize but one winner in Padraig Harrington – a deserved back-to-back champion. Not [...]
Ross has found form at just the right time July 8, 2008 For several years now, I’ve been monitoring the progress of a young man who I always felt had the potential of becoming a future major champion. Playing from Wentworth, down the road from me, Ross Fisher caught the eye from a very young age, but has never quite had the breaks needed to force his [...]