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Rory McIlroy’s caddie Harry Diamond has returned to the States to ‘self-isolate’ ahead of rejoining the World No. 1 for the June 11th restart to the PGA Tour. Under US laws, anyone entering the States must spend a fortnight in isolating. The Belfast-based Diamond has a young family and chose to return home following the March 12th cancellation of the Players Championship. Diamond arrived back into Florida on Sunday and with McIlroy confirming the duo will be travelling to Fort ...

Tiger Woods exacted revenge of long-time rival Phil Mickelson when the reigning Masters champion teamed with Peyton Manning to win 1up over Mickelson who teamed with Tom Brady in ‘The Match: Champions for Charity on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Medalist Golf Club at Hobe Sound in Florida. In conditions more akin to playing links golf in Ireland or Scotland the four superstar sportsmen braved the awful Florida spring weather for Woods and Peyton to hold on to win 1up at the final hole at the ...

Open Champion Shane Lowry has confirmed to www.golfbytourmiss.com he will return to the PGA Tour mid next month to play the opening three events in succession and seven of nine events up to and including the first week in August. Lowry and his young family chose to remain in the States at their Ballen Isles rented house following the March 12th cancellation of the Players Championship and while it be a three-month absence from competition, their decision now seems to have been vindicated. It will ...

Lee Westwood’s hosting of the Betfred British Masters will herald a return to the European Tour. The Euro 2m event is being moved forward and will now be held from July 23rd to 26th and opposite the 3M Open on the PGA Tour and with the following week to be the hosting of the WGC – FexEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. As well, it is understood the British Masters will not be held at Close House, and as appears on the Race to Dubai schedule, but move to the Forest of Arden and where there is ...

Tiger Woods will be appointed USA Captain for the 2022 Ryder Cup in Rome. This is what many close observers believe will transpire and with American Kevin Na letting slip suggestions Woods appointment will be rubber-stamped by the PGA of America. Na, 36 dropped a huge hint in an interview with SKY Sports ahead of the Korean/American defence starting June 11th of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth. Na said: “My goal is to make the Ryder Cup team this year, and I know the following Ryder ...

PGA Tour Players Advisory Committee Chairman, Charley Hoffman believes the players will be better prepared both mentally and physically when the Tour restarts on June 11th in Fort Worth, Texas Hoffman, a four-time PGA Tour winner, was speaking to the media on a telephone conference call from his San Diego  residence earlier today. Hoffman and the Committee, that includes the likes of World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, has been in regular discussion with the Tour over the last nine weeks weighing-up all options ...

European Ryder Cup captain, Padraig Harrington has ruled out returning to the U.S. for next month’s restart to the PGA Tour. Harrington would dearly love be travelling to Fort Worth in Texas and the June 11th commencement to the Charles Schwab Challenge on the Ben Hogan famed Colonial club course. The three-time Major winner has never teed-up in Fort Worth in more than 20-years competing on the PGA Tour but that’s not an issue. Harrington, and like all Tour players, wants to get back to competing ...