Ernie Els
Els and Garcia added to star-studded Irish Open field
With precisely 100 days to go until this year’s Irish Open hosted by The Rory Foundation, two more legends of the game – four-time Major-winner Ernie Els and Ryder Cup talisman, Sergio Garcia – have become the latest superstars to add their names to what is fast becoming one of the strongest fields in the tournament’s recent history, writes the European Tour.
Garcia joins Els in Dubai snub: "They're putting a lot of pressure on us"
Tiger Woods will give the organisers full value for their money when he opens proceedings in the Turkish Airlines Open by becoming the first golfer to hit balls from Europe into Asia over Istanbul’s iconic Bosphorus Bridge. But while the 14-time grand slam title winner will then take on Europe’s finest at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course in Belek, he won’t have to beat the resting Graeme McDowell or Rory McIlroy, or the conspicuously absent Sergio Garcia or Ernie Els at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course in Belek.
Class act Rose breaks Mickelson's heart at Merion
Justin Rose put on a display of sheer class as a golfer and a sportsman to consign his early career struggles to history and capture his first major championship with a two-stroke US Open victory over eternal bridesmaid Phil Mickelson and Australian’s Jason Day at a punishing Merion last night.