Irish Golfer

McIlroy, who won the Wells Fargo Championship, will be in competition for the Jack Nicklaus Award with world number one Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele. https://lnkd.in/eieZrAVH #rorymcilroy #scottiescheffler #xanderschauffele

Thirteen days ago, Bryson DeChambeau published a 40-second video to his social channels. The reigning U.S. Open champion was standing in his driveway in shorts, a T-shirt and a Crushers (his LIV team) hat turned backward. By his feet was a hitting mat pinned down by dumb bells. Behind him, two stories of floor-to-ceiling glass that is the façade of his gleaming Dallas-area home. Out of the picture, on the far side of the house: an artificial green in DeChambeau’s backyard. A hole cut a few paces off the front edge of that green was the target for the shotmaking challenge DeChambeau was about to explain to his audience. “This is Day 1 of trying to make a hole-in-one over my house,” he says in the video. “And because it’s Day 1, I only get one ball.” The implication: If DeChambeau did not hole that shot — it looks to be approximately 100 yards — he’d come back on Day 2 for two more attempts, and on Day 3 for three more swipes, and so on. Alas, DeChambeau did not jar that first try, though he did come close, his ball landing a couple of feet in front of the hole before stopping about 18 inches past it. His stunt would live to see another day. And another. And another. And well, as of Sunday, DeChambeau still has not made an ace. He is now 0-for-91, albeit with more than a handful of shots that looked destined to drop before stopping just short of the hole or veering just right or left of it. If DeChambeau’s swing has failed him, though, the internet has not. His now 13-part series has cumulatively driven more than 50 million views on Instagram, with millions of more eyes finding the videos on TikTok, YouTube and X. Among those following along is the comedian Bert Kreischer, who on Day 10 wrote in the comments, “Im way too invested – I’m now rooting for you to not get a hole in one so this doesn’t stop.” Added another commenter, “Day 10 of asking you to hit it straight into a window.” That’s an unlikely result; DeChambeau is far too skilled. But the mere prospect of a bladed shot undoubtedly is part of the videos’ allure. So, too, are all the agonizingly close misses. According to the National Hole in One Registry, the odds of a professional golfer making a hole-in-one are roughly 3,000 to 1. But that stat isn’t particularly useful in this instance given DeChambeau is hitting the same shot over and over and from a distance much shorter than the length of most par-3s that pro golfers are accustomed to playing. Golf stats whiz Lou Stagner, who said he is “hooked” on DeChambeau’s quest, estimated on X that DeChambeau’s odds of holing out on any given driveway swing are about 1 in 175. Assuming those odds, Stagner computed that DeChambeau’s chances of making an ace by Day 10 were 27 percent; by Day 15, 49.7 percent; and by Day 30, 93 percent. Predictably, bookies also have set lines. On Thursday, Oddschecker handicapped the chances of DeChambeau holing a shot before Thanksgiving at -150, or 60 percent, and the odds of him breaking a window at +1…

I'm sure the players aren't complaining. After all, who in their right mind would when they are only four good rounds away from a life-changing payday, but in sport, the fruits should adequately match the achievements. https://lnkd.in/eSdF3GDx #cmegrouptourchampionship #jeenothitikul #lpga #nellykorda

The event has been held since 2018, but this year, for the first time, organisers incorporated a charitable aspect as a way to give back to the Irish community. https://lnkd.in/ehqmVW7A #pakistanigolfersireland

When traditions like these were invented, only the wealthy played golf. They wore three-piece suits and monocles and made their way to and from the club on Penny Farthing bikes https://lnkd.in/e5JzE_jE #holeinone

After a rollercoaster week — and season — Dahmen tied for 35th at the RSM Classic and claimed that 124th spot in the FedEx Cup standings. His Tour card for next year is secured. https://lnkd.in/e66cx4CN #joeldahmen #rsmclassic

Walsh arrives in Spain ranked 19th in the LET Order of Merit after registering four top-10 finishes in 21 starts while she is also through to the Final Stage of LPGA Tour Q-School in December.

Forty-eight tournaments across 47 weeks brought the 2024 PGA Tour calendar to its official conclusion Sunday, the RSM Classic as the last-ditch effort for pros to qualify for the top 125 in the FedEx Cup Fall and retain full playing privileges on the Tour in 2025.  https://lnkd.in/egkSPt4A #francescomolinari #jimmywalker

"Two goals for the fall was try to win an event and to lock up that Top 60. It's such a big deal and we saw that this year, the numbers really played out you need to be in at least some of those elevated events." https://lnkd.in/ezdFhGQg #rsmclassic #seamuspower

“Pretty sad when you’re at –4 in the season-ending event, which could easily be the last CME of your career, and you won’t even finish on 18 because they decide to double tee on the final day due to TV coverage window,” she wrote on Instagram. https://lnkd.in/ePhm24fZ #cmegrouptourchampionship #lexithompson #lpgatour