Scramble is a team format in golf we each player hits from the tee and the team decides which ball to take for them all to play their next shot. There are variations on the theme but essentially after each shot three of the players pick up their ball and move to play their next shot from the best position. This continues until they hole out.
Amongst others, Billy has caddied for Gordon Brand Jnr, Seve Ballesteros, Darren Clarke, Thomas Bjorn, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and is currently caddie for Matt Fitzpatrick. He even caddied for Tiger Woods at the 2015 Presidents Cup. Steve Williams was unavailable as his wife was due to have a baby.
According to Sarazen’s daughter, when the plane took off Sarazen noted the flaps on the wings come down and he envisaged a flange he could add to a club to help it slide through the sand.
The European team for the 2023 Ryder Cup was Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Nicolai Højgaard, Ludvig Åberg, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton and Robert MacIntyre.
The players in the USA Ryder Cup team for 2023 were Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Max Homa, Xander Schauffele, Sam Burns, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.
The 2005 movie ‘The Greatest Game Ever Played’ is about a 20 year old amateur’s victory over his idol in the 1913 US Open. Spoiler alert! Francis Ouimet beat Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in a playoff!
Top of the list names include Rahm, Schauffele, Mickelson, Leishman, Francesco Molinari, Danny Willett, Thomas Detry, Min Woo Lee, Carlota Ciganda, Sandra Gal, and Georgia Hall.
The answer is no. Although most professional golfers do wear gloves some of them who don’t were/are: Ben Hogan, Fred Couples, Arron Oberholser, Lucas Glover, and Jonathan Byrd (on occasion).
Jack Nicklaus was given his nickname by Australian sportswriter Don Lawrence who wrote an article about Jack Nicklaus arriving in Australia in 1961. The headline was: “Golden Bear from U.S. to Arrive Today”.
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