In news that may only be shocking to family members of Colin Montgomerie, Paul McGinley has been named the 2014 European Ryder Cup captain. McGinley was named the captain over Montgomerie on Tuesday after numerous European Ryder Cuppers dropped tweets with support for the Irishman. The most supportive probably was Rory McIlroy, who dropped this […]
Johny Daly fined by European Tour for chucking putter into woods
November 22, 2012 by
John Daly is good for at least one memorable on-course blowup per year. Last season, Daly stormed off the course at the Australian Masters after depositing every ball in his bag into the lake on the par-5 11th in a Tin Cup-esque moment that left one tournament saying, “I would say this is the last […]
European team receives inspiration from the sky
November 5, 2012 by
All week long, the victorious European Ryder Cup team talked of inspiration from the late Seve Ballesteros, one of the most beloved golfers in history. Turns out that it did in fact receive a message from on high … but the source was much less divine. A skywriter took to the heavens above Medinah, Ill., […]
Branden Grace, Ryan Moore flirt with 59 on PGA Tour and European Tour
October 30, 2012 by
We see a select few flirt with golf immortality — know to many as “59 watch” — each year on the PGA Tour and European Tour. A guy gets hot, strings together a bunch of birdies early and before you know it, we’re talking about the possibility of a sub-60 round. Legitimate 59 runs come […]
Comedian Norm Macdonald predicted European Ryder Cup comeback on Twitter
October 4, 2012 by
We were wrong about Norm Macdonald. After laughing at the comedian for doing play-by-play from numerous golf tournaments on his Twitter account this year, Macdonald turned into “Normstradamus” last weekend when he decided to tweet out his predictions for all 12 Ryder Cup singles matches. Nothing to see here, right? I mean, everyone and their […]
European Tour player disqualified after caddie tries to hide 15th club in bush
June 23, 2012 by
There are plenty of ways to get disqualified from a golf tournament. You can pull a “John Daly” and run out of golf balls; oversleep and pull a “Jim Furyk”; or pull a “Robert De Vicenzo” and sign an incorrect scorecard. On Thursday at the European Tour’s BMW International in Cologne, Germany, pulling a “Jose Manuel Lara” […]
