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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, ...

The Tartan duo of Connor Syme and Richie Ramsay share the leading Scottish honours heading to the weekend rounds of the Omega European Masters in Switzerland. Syme, 29, added a second round 66 to move into a tie for 10th place at six-under before being joined by 2012 event winner Ramsay who was three-over through 11 holes but then birdied four of his closing seven. England’s Matt Wallace stormed to the summit with a sizzling 62 and moved four shots clear of the field at 14-under on the host Crans-sur-Sierre ...

Former Swiss champ Richie Ramsay muscled his way to near the top of the leaderboard with a sizzling 65 in mixed weather conditions on day one of the Omega European Masters. Ramsay, 41, birdied four holes in succession mid-round and then holded a testing four-footer at the last in a five-under-par effort on the host Crans-sur-Sierre course at Crans Montana. It handed the proud Scot, and winner of the event in 2012, a share of seventh place and just two shots adrift of England’s Alex Fitzpatrict, ...

Triple major winning Jordan Spieth is hopeful he will be fit enough to return to competition later this year following surgery on his troublesome left wrist. The 31-year-old Texan went under the knife last week on his wrist and taking to his social media accound confirming:  “I had a procedure on my left wrist last week, as I had mentioned was the plan. “The operation went smoothly and I’m grateful for the exceptional medical team and support of Annie and my family. Focused on ...

Champion England-born Matt Fitzpatrick was not hiding his fury after suffering a crack in his driver near mid-round on the final day of the BMW Championship on the host Castle Pines course in Denver, Colorado. After playing his tee-shot at the par-5 eighth hole, Fitzpatrick sought permission to replace his driver that was clearly sportng a crack on the face of the driver. However the soon-to-be 30-year-old was angered when advised by rules officials that under USGA’s Model Local Rule G-9, ...

Little wonder Lydia Ko says she’s on cloud nine capturing two of the most prestigious titles in women’s pro golf Fifteen days ago she captured the 2024 Olympic Games gold medal on the outskirts of Versailles and now the champion New Zealand golfer has brought the Land of the Long White Cloud to a standstill on an early Monday morning (NZ time) in birdieing the 72nd hold on the famed Old Course at St. Andrews to capture the AIG Women’s Open, The efffort is the 27-year-old’s ...

Belgium’s Thomas Pieters and Canadian Richard T. Lee may share the lead after day one of the Asian Tour’s International Series England but it’s senior double majory-winning Richard Bland who already largely lurks on the host Foxhills, in Surry. Pieters and Lee posted seven-under 64s while Blank along with Bland plus three others including  Chinese Taipei’s Chan Shih-chang and Korea’ s Seungtaek Lee, and Atiruj Winaicharoenchai from Thailand are well in frame with 66s on the ...

So much has been written about Rory McIlroy’s now 11-year long major championship victory drought. It was August 2014 in the near darkness of the Valhalla Golf Club in suburban Louisville, Kentucky when McIlroy last lit-up the major championship winning arena in capturing back-to-back majors. While McIlroy continues to strive for glory in the ancient club-and-ball game at the highest level, he continues to win around the globe as evident as he’s tasted success 17 times on the PGA Tour, ...