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McIlroy To Be Aggressive In San Francisco

Posted on June 13, 2012 by | Comments Off on McIlroy To Be Aggressive In San Francisco

Defending US Open champion Rory McIlroy intends to be aggressive around the Olympic Club in San Francisco tomorrow.

The Northern Irishman, who took the title last year by an amazing eight shots, is bidding to become the first player since Curtis Strange back in 1989 to retain the championship.

McIlroy’s form  has not been  great by any means going into the tournament and had missed three straight cuts but the 23-year-old was joint leader with one hole to play at the FedEx St Jude Classic last week but double bogeyed the 18th, eventually finishing in seventh place.

He has been practising with Lee Westwood and  former US Open champion Graeme McDowell at the Olympic Club, and said: “I reckon I’m going to use my driver eight or nine times.

“The rough is not as bad as maybe in previous years where you can get away with some tee shots, so really you just need to know your way around the golf course and know where you can miss it.”

Coverage starts tomorrow afternoon on Sky Sports

 

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McDowell withdraws as McIlroy sets his sights on victory in Quail Hollow

Posted on May 1, 2012 by | Comments Off on McDowell withdraws as McIlroy sets his sights on victory in Quail Hollow

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell has withdrawn from this week’s PGA Tour Wells Fargo event at Quail Hollow.

The 2010 US Open champion said that he was feeling “under the weather” at last week’s Zurich Classic in America.

” I Very much wanted to play Quail Hollow but didn’t want to go there undercooked. Practice and rest for me this week,” McDowell said on Twitter.

McDowell’s fellow countryman Rory McIlroy will be in action at the Quail Hollow event where he won his first PGA Tour win in 2010.

Super Rory will defend his US Open title at the Olympic Club in six weeks’ time and is expecting the course in San Francisco to be a lot tougher than last year’s venue at Congressional.

McIlroy knocked four shots off the US Open championship record when he shot 16 under par last year.

“The thing that made the scoring low was the fact they got so much rain before,” said McIlroy.

The US Open will be held between the 11th – 17th June

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2012 Ryder Cup Race Set To Begin

Posted on August 31, 2011 by | Comments Off on 2012 Ryder Cup Race Set To Begin

Ryder Cup Qualifying Starts On Thursday

The battle for 2012 Ryder Cup places is set to unfold as the first event in the race for qualification draws closer.

The European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre starts tomorrow with six players from the victorious 2010 team in the field.

“I’m excited the qualification period is starting. It will be interesting to see how the players perform,” said Europe’s 2012 Captain, Jose Maria Olazabel.

Ten players will qualify automatically, with Olazabal choosing two wildcards.

Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari begin their campaigns in the Swiss Alps.

Five players automatically qualify through the European Tour‘s points list, with another five decided by the world rankings.

Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter and Padraig Harrington will all be looking for solid performances in the latest round of the FedEx Cup play-offs, which take place in Boston on Friday.

“It is going to be very difficult to make the team – to be one of the top five on the European points list or the world points list is going to be tough,” added Olazabal.

“The players will have to play really well to make it and I am sure they are preparing themselves to peak at the right times so that we can have the best chance to win.”

The 2012 Ryder Cup takes place at the Medinah Country Club in Illinois in September 2012.

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US Open Preview

Posted on June 15, 2011 by | Comments Off on US Open Preview

One of the biggest dates in the sporting calendar starts tomorrow at Congressional Country Club in Maryland, USA – the US Open.

Lasting four days (finishing Sunday), it sees the best golfers in the world competing for this prestigious title, won last year by Irishman Graeme McDowell.

The big story of the tournament has occurred before a ball has even been struck, and that’s the absence of three times US Open Champion Tiger Woods, who misses the tournament through injury.

All eyes will be on the European golfers who currently dominate the World Rankings and who will be looking to follow up McDowell’s achievement of being the first European to win the tournament since Englishman Tony Jacklin in 1970.

You can see the entire field of players by clicking here.

You can see an interview with Graeme McDowell by clicking here.

Read more about, and see detailed maps of the course by clicking here.

See other video interviews by clicking here.

And check back here tomorrow where I’ll be giving you some tips and telling you who my money is on!

 

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