Power heads to New Orleans with glass half full after Korn Ferry top-10
Seamus Power will head for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans this week with good feelings about his game despite fading to tied ninth following a closing 74 in the Korn Ferry Tour’s MGM Resorts Championship at Paiute in Las Vegas.
Scheduling reality kicks in for Harrington — tough phone calls ahead
On Monday Pádraig Harrington was on such a high following his Honda Classic comeback win that he insisted he'd honour his commitments and take up four sponsors invitations in a row before playing in the Masters. Now he's not so sure.
$43m man Harrington saved by 50 footer
Pádraig Harrington had every reason to smile at TPC Louisiana on Saturday night, not because he's rated Ireland's richest sportsman with an estimated worth of €43m (€9m more than Rory McIlroy) in the latest "guesstimates" by "The Sunday Times Rich List", but because he holed from nearly 50 feet for birdie on his last hole to make the 54-hole cut in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Lowry off his greens in New Orleans
Shane Lowry had 36 putts in New Orleans, mainly because he was putting from 30 feet all day. Pictured at last week’s Spanish Open by Eoin Clarke www.golffile.ieInvitations to swanky parties are great if your dress suit has come back from the cleaners. But Shane Lowry’s black tie game has generally been missing when it comes to his PGA Tour appearances this year.Donald regains world No 1 spot; Dufner wins
The game of musical chairs that is the battle for the number one spot in the Official World Golf Ranking continued in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans when Luke Donald finished third to return to the summit of the game for the third time in his career.Luke Donald clinched an impressive third place finish in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans to overtake Rory McIlroy and go to world No 1 for the third time in less than a year.