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Greensboro, NC … World No. 9 Henrik Stenson birdied four of his closing six holes and take ‘Route 66’ for a second day running in seizing a one-shot lead at 16-under par into the final round of the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. Stenson, and looking to win for a first time in four years Stateside, also posted the second-lowest 54-hole tally in the tournament’s history and three behind fellow Swede Carl Pettersson. Three players and all American – Kevin Na (65), Webb Simpson ...

Greensboro, NC … Geoff Ogilvy is quietly-confident of a T5th finish or higher at the Wyndham Championship to qualify for next week’s Northern Trust and the first event of the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series. That is the PGA Tour forecast after Ogilvy produced a second straight four-under par 66 to move into a share of 23rd place at eight-under par. Ogilvy went into the round in continuing heatwave conditions trailing nine strokes from the lead and immediately making inroads with three birdies ...

Greensboro, NC … Shane Lowry now needs to finish T6th or higher at the Wyndham Championship if he is to qualify for next week’s Northern Trust and the first event of the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series. That is the PGA Tour forecast after Lowry rode a roller-coaster of emotions over the closing stages of his third round in continuing heatwave conditions at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro. Lowry have moved to 10-under par thanks to back-to-back birdies at the 10th and 11th holes before ...

Greensboro, North Carolina … Ollie Schniederjans has muscled his way into Wyndham Championship victory contention thanks to a new Odyseey putter. The Dallas-born Schniederjans had just 27 putts on day two of the Greensboro event in shooting a sizzling seven-under par 63. Then on day three the 6 foot 1 inch Schniederjans stood tall and muscling his way TBA Schneiderjans teed-up in this week’s $US 5.8m event packing an Odyssey Touloun Design Long putter in his Callaway bag. MORE TO FOLLOW

Wade Ormsby finds himself just one round shy of a break-through European Tour victory heading to the final round of the co-sanctioned Fiji International. Adelaide’s favourite golfing son was in sizzling form on day three taking ‘Route 66’ in snatching seven birdies in ten holes from the eighth to the 17th and move to 10-under par on the stunning Natadola Bay GC, at Natadola in Fiji. Ormsby’s cause was also helped when 29-year old fellow Aussie Jason Norris walked off ...

Greensboro, NC … Shane Lowry and former Irish Open winner, Soren Kjeldsen are literally ‘feeding’ off each other. The duo and their respective caddies are sharing a house for this week’s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. And between them they are a combined 17-under par through two rounds of the $US 5.8m event. After opening on Thursday with a three under 67, Lowry donned the cook’s apron on Thursday in preparing a meal of sushi for waiting for Kjeldsen and his caddy ...

Greensboro, NC …  Geoff Ogilvy epitomises the expression – When the going gets tough, the tough get going! Ogilvy arrived in Greensboro for this week’s Wyndham Championship, and how the Americans love to say, right on the bubble for next week’s start to the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series. The 2006 U.S. Open champion is lying 125th on the points list and right on the cut-off point for those who will tee-up in the Northern Trust on Long Island. And the now 40-year old Ogilvy was not excited ...