It was quite a moment and quite a shot, one Robert MacIntyre will surely remember forever, no matter what the 26-year-old Scot goes on to achieve in his career.
Ping is readying the final release in its Ping Slam collection, the PLD Limited Anser, commemorating Seve Ballesteros’ 1988 triumph at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
It’s one thing to have confidence in your teenage son’s abilities as a golfer. It’s another thing entirely to plant your flag when he’s just 15 years old and bet on him winning a major championship some day.
Asked how he felt about being identified as a possible team captain in the LIV Golf League, Rory McIlroy left no one in any doubt as to his feelings about the Saudi-backed circuit that has so disrupted the world of professional golf during the past couple of years.