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.… Albany, The Bahamas  It is an old expression, and it was an expression I recall double English-born World 500cc motor-bike champion Barry Sheene once used and that is ‘the people you pass on the way up, you ​​pass on the way back down’. It’s an expression one c​​ould use in all walks of life and Sheene drew on the phrase in describing a rival, who clearly was intent of caring little about those around him and focussed solely on riding his way to a championship title. Of course, ...

Top Scot Bob MacIntyre admits three weeks back home in his beloved Oban has re-energised his rookie PGA Tour season. MacIntyre also indicated he touched his clubs just twice during the period chilling out with family and friends. However, in returning to the PGA Tour for this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, and where he and partner Thomas Detry in the Mardis Gras city, MacIntyre revealed the stress he was enduring competing Stateside for a first time in his career. Prior to returning home, ...

A clearly refreshed Robert MacIntyre returned to the PGA Tour and teamed with Belgium’s Thomas Detry to superbly snare the lead early on day one of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. MacIntyre and Detry combined to grab the early clubhouse lead with a 10-under-par 62 on the host TPC Louisiana course. The duo posted a second hole eagle and then eight birdies, including four in succession from the 11th hole in the $US 8.9m event. MacIntyre, and showing plenty of spring in his step, has been back ...

Just once in their pro team careers have Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry been paired in competition. That was in the afternoon fourballs on the opening day of the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits but with the all-Ireland pair given a 4 & 3 drubbing at the hands of the American duo of Harris English and Tony Finau. McIlroy and Lowry were again teammates in last September’s Ryder Cup triumph however European captain Luke Donald chose not pair them in any of the four Fourball and Foursome ...

Rory McIlroy admits he ‘can be helpful to the process’ if voted back onto the PGA Tour’s Policy Advisory Board (PAB). As reported by GolfByTourMiss McIlroy was approached by Webb Simpson that he was stepping down from the PAB and that he has asked McIlroy if he would take his place on the board that represents the PGA Tour rank-and-file in all matters dealing with the running of the PGA Tour. The news came as a surprise given McIlroy’s decision late last year is his dramatic ...

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are exepected receive formal confirmation later today (Wednesday) of a combined $1.5m ‘thank you’ for remaining loyal to the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour Enterprises Fund will be officially reaching out to close to 200 PGA Tour members with advice that there loyality will be rewarded from the Fund’s purse of $1.5 billion and this according to a number of scources including the UK-based Daily Mirror and Telegraph. The 82-times PGA Tour winning Woods is expected ...

CEO Greg Norman was emphatic in stating LIV Golf never made any offer to Rory McIlroy seeking his signature on a LIV contract. “I’ll make the comment if you look back over that time period of that dialogue that was going, there wasn’t one comment about LIV. LIV never put an offer to him. We didn’t need to make a comment about this. This is just typical white noise that gets out there in the industry”, said  Norman ahead of this week’s LIV Adeladie tournament in ...

Rory McIlroy looks set to make a dramatic return as a member of the PGA Tour’s policy board as well as a board member of the PGA Tour Enterprises. That’s the news according to a number of news sources including SKY Sports. And a fellow US Open champion in Webb Simpson seemingly pushing for McIlrloy’s return to both boards after Simpson tenedered his resignation and calling for McIlroy be the person to take his place. It was late last year McIlroy dramatically stood down from the ...