In the modern world, social media has replaced the press conference, Twitter has negated the journalists, and instagram has lead to stars papping themselves. With this one picture, and 9 emojis, Rory McIlroy has declared to the world he's playing next week's PGA at Whistling Straits, or at the very least attempting to.
Here are the starting times for Day One of the Bridgestone Invitational.
With the Aussies all out for 60 in the first innings at Trentbridge in the fouth Ashes test, we thought it was a good time to tell you about Adam Lyth’s new golf bats.
German sports group Adidas made an announcement this morning that it has engaged an investment bank regarding the possible sale of its golf brands.
George Coetzee achieves a lifetime ambition by finally getting an audience with his favourite Golf head cover sock puppet, Valderrama. And when they met it was muydaahh....
So the world's worst thieves have struck a golf club in Wales. Taking a leaf out of the Home Alone robbers playbook, 1,000 range balls have been stolen from a ball dispenser at Southerndown Golf Club in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
We love our fairway woods to look simple. We don’t want any distractions at address, nor features we deem unnecessary. We want a serious golf club for getting the job done, good from the fairway and strong off the tee. This new Callaway could easily be our next three wood.
Tommy's Honour – The Movie Sir Sean Connery’s son Jason is about to start shooting a major new movie about the Godfather of Golf - Old Tom Morris, at the world-famous home of the sport. Peter Mullan, one of Scotland’s leading actors, has been confirmed to play Old Tom, who helped set up The Open Championship and went on to win it four times.
Given the length and par combination, it doesn’t take much of a genius to work out there are some long par 4’s round the South Course at Firestone, and length off the tee is certainly important. That said, when scrolling through the database, the archives actually point to more of a rounded stats player as well as the good old “bomber” type.
So after all the speculation yesterday, Rory has posted a video of himself working out. The video is very clear in showing him put weight on the ankle and ankle ligament he busted. If you ask us, he looks ready to go next week at the PGA Championships. He must be itching to show Jordan Spieth who's boss at Whistling Straits.
Rory McIlroy now not set to play practice round at Whistling Straits ahead of next week’s PGA Championship.
What would you do if you found a kangaroo fighting a flagstick on your practice green? Probably what this guy does, laugh and film it. The kangaroo struggles to beat the inanimate flag poles, but we reckon he wins on a points decision.
