Francesco Molinari has been forced to withdraw from this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational due to a back injury. Molinari, who fired a final-round 64 to claim a two-shot victory at Bay Hill last year, made the decision to pull out shortly before the first round, when he was scheduled to tee off at 7:54am local time alongside Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose. The defending champion admitted in his pre-tournament press
Rory McIlroy believes “streamlining” the golf season would make the sport less exhausting for fans and players alike. McIlroy described the current schedule on the PGA and European Tours as “an over-saturation in golf” and hinted that he would welcome more tournament with smaller fields. His suggestions are likely to be construed as a solution to combat the proposed Premier Golf League, which McIlroy insisted he was not going to
Tommy Fleetwood’s bid for first win in America meets watery end as final-hole calamity ends chances at Honda Classic with Sung-jae Im taking victory Tommy Fleetwood was at the top heading into the last day of the Honda Classic He was leading the English charge including Lee Westwood and Luke Donald But Fleetwood went for green at par-five 18th and found the water instead Exciting 21-year-old Korean, Sung-jae Im, came
English duo Luke Donald and Lee Westwood are firmly in contention at the halfway stage of the Honda Classic at PGA National. Leaderboard Honda Classic Donald produced a remarkable round on the Champion Course as he played the front nine in just 30 for a four-under 66 after struggling early on after starting at the 10th. That put the 42-year-old alongside 46-year-old Westwood on four under after 36 holes, with
