For Sale: Road Hole Bunker and McIlroy House on Pissed Wet Island

Rors is selling his “dream” pad in the Moneyreagh hills  near Belfast for a £2 million asking price.  Belfast is in Northern Ireland which is situated on the island of Ireland, the wettest place on planet Earth.  Does he mean “wet dream”?

The 560 square metre house, built in 2006 and bought by McIlroy in 2009, has a custom practice ground on 14 acres with USGA rough, the road hole bunker and greens that can reach 12 on the stimp.  You could even play a spot of tennis or have some friends around for a 5 a side soccer game on the grounds, if it stopped raining long enough.

It’s believed the house is very similar to the standard of house you might find in West Palm Beach Florida where Rors now rents, expect it doesn’t piss rain all the time in Florida.

Rory gave the BBC a Tour of the house a couple of years.  Ironically it started to, you guessed it, piss rain right in the middle of the video. Click here to watch video.

Let’s face it, why the feck, given the choice of living in a beautiful mansion, in a gated community, with friends and celebrity neighbours, the Sun shining, and your parents and mates from home popping in on the Lear jet every week, would anybody choose to live on the island of Ireland? 

A word to the auctioneers. Best of luck trying to get the 2 mill.  Not a hope!

 

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Hairy “Intimidator” Three Behind Baldy “Legendinator”

All the action from the first round of the 2012 Tour Championship where BFF’s Rory and Tiger were paired together.

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What’s In The Bag Of Every Player on the 2012 Europe Ryder Cup Team

Here’s what’s in the bag of each of the 12 European Team players heading into the 2012 Ryder Cup.
There may be some small errors due to players changing up but in the main all should be correct.
Please feel free to let me know if you think any require an update. 
Enjoy!
(Note: All the clubs listed can be bought new and used online at www.golfbidder.com)

 

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What’s In The Bag Of Every Player On The 2012 USA Ryder Cup Team

  Here’s what’s in the bag of each of the 12 Team USA players heading into the 2012 Ryder Cup.
There may be some small errors due to players changing up but in the main all should be corrrect.
Please feel free to let me know if you think any require an update.  Enjoy!
(Note: All the clubs listed can be bought new and used online at www.golfbidder.com)

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Hang On, Rory McIlroy Thinks He Might Be Irish Again. Party Back On!

Rory McIlroy took a page out of the Carl Pettersson book of how to be a dual nationality golfer yesterday at his Tour Championship presser, by giving all his Irish fans a little hope.

The Irish, Northern Irish, United Kingdish, Gb-ish, Island of Ireland golfer told reporters

"It just hit home with me at how my success is welcomed by everyone. It would be terrible for me to nearly segregate myself from one of those group that supports me so much.
"It's four years away - I still have a bit of time to decide. But, I'm very, very appreciative and very grateful of the support that I get from everyone.
"It's great that I get so much support. There are not many people in my position that have to go through what I might have to go through in four years' time, but it is what it is.
"I'm a golfer first and foremost and I just want to play well on the golf course. Hopefully people enjoy that and the entertainment that that brings."

 

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Davis Love’s Course Set-Up Revealed For Medinah

Over the last week, Davis Love, Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner and Brandt Snedeker have all been down to Medinah on a scouting trip.

Although overall happy with the condition of the course, Love was dismayed at the height and thickness of the rough on first inspection.  After playing the course Love met with greenstaff and ordered them to cut it down.

Love told reporters “I told them to cut the rough. Our guys are long hitters, kind of free-wheeling players, so I didn’t want there to be rough that you had to just chip out of.”

Love also revealed that the logistics and requirements given to him by the PGA of America are overwhelming and he is looking forward to “getting down to the golf”. Love said “They send you the schedule on the iPad, and I keep scrolling and it keeps going and going and going ... 12 pages of stuff you have to do.”

Jose Maria Olazabal by contrast has only one thing to remember to do.  Shave.

 

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Last Chance To Enter The Great North Links Challenge

How To Enter The Great North Links Challenge 2012

The annual GREAT NORTH LINKS CHALLENGE which takes place from October 3-5^th sees teams of four compete in Ballyliffin, Royal Portrush and Portstewart Strand with individual and team prizes.

Entry is only €175 per person, a snip for three of the top links courses in the country. Book by calling: +353 (0)74 9376119 or email info@ballyliffingolfclub.com.

Click here to download the entry form

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McIlroy “Midgetgate” Set To Disrupt Ryder Cup Opening Ceremony

Family and friends of Jose Maria Olazabal have reported excessive beard growth as the Spaniard faces a potentially disastrous Ryder Cup headache just days before the tournament is set to begin in Medinah Chicago.

During a week off to “write speeches and figure out logistics” the Ryder Cup Captain noticed the glaring height difference between star European player Rory McIlroy and his tennis playing giraffe girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki.

“This could be highly embarrassing for us in the Team parade at the opening ceremony”, said Olazabal, “It’s all about a show of strength.  Us bringing out a dwarf McIlory could hand the Americans a huge advantage even before we start.  Caroline must be two feet taller than Rory, it’s like that film Twins with Schwarzenegger and deVito.”

The European Tour are meeting this morning with Olazabal to consider remedial action to bridge the height gap before the crucial parade.  It’s believed the options are

Option 1. Adding a hair attachment to boost the size of McIlroy’s afro.  Top hairdressers believe an extra 3/4 of a foot can be added to Rory’s mop before it becomes unstable in the wind.  This technique is called Double Wiggage.

Option 2. Adding very special lifts to McIlory’s shoes.  These risers were developed for Tom Cruise for his role in the film Mission Impossible and are known in the movie industry colloquially as “Stilts”.

Option 3. Cutting Caroline Wozniacki’s legs off just above the ankle.  This would leave the former number one with stubs instead of feet and most certainly end her tennis career.  Experts believe this, however to be the most popular option and the one least likely to impact on McIlroy’s all important Ryder Cup performance.

More as it emerges, or gets cut off, as the case may be.

 

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2012 The Tour Championship Free Golf Betting Preview and Tips

• East Lake GC • Atlanta,GA, Yards: 7,154
• Field: Top 30 FedExCup Pts. Standings •
• Purse: $8,000,000 •Winning Share: $1,440,000
• odds from ppower

The Course

East Lake Golf Club was designed by Tom Bendelow and redesigned by Donald Ross. As well as being home to the Tour Championship since 2004 East Lake is also well known as Bobby Jones' home course. A measure of the difficulty can immediately be seen by looking at the card; the par-3 18^th can play 235 yards from the back.
Players hitting fairways off the tee have a huge advantage here. The rough is always tough.
After Tiger Woods got it to 23under in 2007, Rees Jones was employed to convert the greens from Bentgrass to Bermuda. That moved brought the course from statistically the easiest par 70 on the PGA Tour that year to one of the toughest since. Since 2008, the four round score hasn't been lower than 9-under 271.

Phil Mickelson 12/1

With Tiger and Rory pretty much unbackable at 4/1 with most bookies there’s much better value for Phil Mickelson each way from 12/1. That’s not to say Leftie can’t win this week. He shot a final round of 65 in 2009 at East Lake on his way to winning and has two other top 10’s since 2008 besides. Phil will be fancying a tilt at the big money this week after his fourth in the Deutsche Bank and tied second at the BMW.

Adam Scott 18/1

I think Adam Scott left this tournament after him last year with a third round of 74. In the end he only lost out by two shots and will rue that Saturday performance. An in-form Scott can win at East Lake, a feat he accomplished back in 2006. Eleven out of his twelve rounds in the Deutsche Bank and BMW have been in the sixties, good enough for two top sevens and an each way shout this week.

Jim Furyk 22/1

With only 30 players in the field this week, it’s hard to get really long odds and at first glance you might think Jim Furyk’s odds are pretty mean. However when you look at his Atlanta record, you’ll see they’re not. A win, a second and two more top seven finishes in the last six stagings is a pretty awesome record around here. That win came in 2010 edging out Luke Donald (he also won the Fed Ex Cup). He’s had his fair share of bad luck recently but Furyk loves these tough tracks.

Sergio Garcia 25/1

With his win at the Wyndham, third in the Barclays and 24^th at the BMW Sergio has clocked up an impressive 33 under par total for the three events. El Nino has always been a man for tougher tracks with his ball striking ability and he came close here in 2008, losing in a playoff to Camilo Villegas.

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Hey Big Jiyai, Yucky Mucky Lotta Dolla!

A doff of the cap goes to Jiyai Shin who braved, let’s face it, “mental” conditions to win the Women's British Open at Royal Liverpool.

Apparently Captain Sig Hansen and the crew of The Northwestern from Deadliest Catch sent a letter of congratulations to Shin following her win saying “conditions on the golf course made the Bering Sea look like a duck pond”.

Pic: Jiyai Shin immediately after the win

Shin turned a three-shot lead after 54 holes into a nine shot win after everybody else basically gave up and went home.

 

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Video: Will Ferrell On The Winona Ryder Cup

My favourite actor and golf fan Will Ferrell gives his take on the meaning of the Winona Ryder Cup to him.

Click here or on the pic below to link to the video

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