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By winning the Saudi International on Sunday, Graeme McDowell surged to the outskirts of contention for a September trip to Wisconsin for the Ryder Cup. Granted, the 40-year-old Northern Irishman has a lot of work left to make Pádraig Harrington’s European team, but the captain had to be heartened to see this stalwart of the 2014 squad that prevailed at Gleneagles win his first European Tour title in nearly six years.
Webb Simpson won the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Sunday with a closing flourish of three consecutive birdies – two in regulation, and one on the first hole of a playoff against Tony Finau.
There was something rather mesmerising about the secrets wafting across the desert sands during the Saudi International, all to do with the proposed Premier Golf League, writes Lewine Mair.
Although the Premier Golf League has stirred the pot in professional golf, the concept is dead on arrival, writes Jim Nugent.
In just a few short years, Conor Moore has gone from selling telecommunications packages in his native Ireland to doing commercials with Tiger Woods, thanks to his spot-on impressions of golfers and other well-known subjects, writes Ron Green Jr.
Sergio García’s on-course cheer at the Saudi International confirmed how he is in a very different place than he was a year ago, when he took a few swipes at the Saudi greens.
Jordan Spieth has insisted there is no quick fix to finding the form that catapulted him to No 1 in the world a few years ago, and his frustrating missed cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open was another example of the challenge he’s enduring.
The LPGA Tour canceled its Blue Bay LPGA tournament slated to be played next month in China’s Hainan Province due to concerns about the coronavirus.
Italy’s Alessia Nobilio was in superb form as she cruised to an emphatic victory at the 90th Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship at Montado, writes Colin Callander.
Once a year, a pro tournament with a party atmosphere is a brilliant step outside the box, this week’s instalment of The Divot suggests.
Mike Cullity
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