Lowry unwilling to slam PGA Tour bosses over Rahm’s LIV Golf defection — "I'm not going to sit here and criticise the guys in charge of the game”
Shane Lowry admits he wasn't surprised to see Jon Rahm defect to LIV Golf, but he refuses to follow Viktor Hovland's tack and slam the PGA TOUR leadership for "arrogance" in their handling of the civil war with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
US market research company says 52pc of "serious golfers" surveyed are against ball rollback proposal
An American market research group specialist in golf carried out a survey of 1,250 “serious golfers on the proposed rollback of the golf ball for elite players and revealed that 52 per cent do not like the proposed local rule.
Governing bodies propose model local rule for golf balls in elite competitions
The R&A and USGA have proposed a Model Local Rule (MLR) that gives competition organisers the option to require use of golf balls that are tested under modified launch conditions to address the impacts of hitting distance in golf.
Pádraig Harrington: "Bryson gains massively if they draw back the equipment"
Shane Lowry of Ireland plays his shot from the 14th tee during the first round of THE PLAYERS Championship on THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on March 11, 2021 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
McIlroy favours bifurcation but says Distance Insights Report "huge waste of time and money" and "reeks of self-importance"
Rory McIlroy last night launched a withering attack on golf’s governing bodies when he branded the new Distance Insights Report “a huge waste of time and a huge waste of money.”
US Amateur: Solid Dunne refuses to budge at Olympia Fields; reaches quarters and looks dangerous
Paul Dunne is making a habit of creating history and if he wins against the confident young American Bryson DeChambeau in today’s quarter-finals of the US Amateur Championship he will become the first Irishman to reach the last four since Joe Carr at Pebble Beach 54 years ago.
Dunne accepts "special exemption" for US Amateur
FAR HILLS, N.J. (Aug. 3, 2015) – The United States Golf Association announced today that Paul Dunne, 22, of Ireland has accepted a special exemption into the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club. The 115th U.S. Amateur will be contested Aug. 17-23, writes the USGA.
