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Sergio Garcia lit-up the final round grabbing an eagle and five birdies to capture the second LIVGolf Hong Kong on the host Hong Kong course in suburban Fanling. Garcia, who turned 45 earlier this year, also clinched a 38th pro career success thanks to an impressive closing 63 for an 18-under tally. The Masters champion just got better with every Hong Kong round posting a Friday opening 65, a 64 on day two and now one fewer on the day when it all counts and totalling one eagle, 18 birdies and two ...

When is the last time Phil Mickelson won a tournament? The now 54-year-old, who won a first PGA Tour title as an amateur in January 1991, has captured 45 Tour events and a further dozen around the globe. It’s been nearly four years since the golfer affectionately known as ‘Lefty’ last won an ‘Under-50s’ tournament and that in capturing a sixth Major Championship with a second PGA Championship in 2021 at Kiawah Island. Later that year in October 2021, Mickelson won for ...

Second-Round Notes – Friday, March 7, 2025  Weather: Sunny with a high of 67. Wind WNW 14-18 mph with gusts of 25 mph. Cut: 50 professionals and one amateur at 4-over 148 from a field of 71 professionals and one amateur (low 50 players and ties and any additional players within 10 strokes of the 36-hole lead) Second-Round Leaderboard Pos. Player R1 R2 Total 1 Shane Lowry 69 67 136 (-8) 2 Wyndham Clark 67 71 138 (-6) T3 Corey Conners 69 70 139 (-5) T3 Collin Morikawa 71 68 139 (-5) T5 Russell ...

Shane Lowry has put himself in position ot capture a first PGA Tour event since July 2019 when he endeared himself to all of Ireland in capturing the Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Now after a second round 67 he will take a two-shot lead at eight-under-par into the weekend round of the $20m Arnold Palmer Invitational. Lowry’s round included six birdies and just the one bogey over the host Bay Hill course in surburan Orlando and it will see him tee-up around lunchtime with American Wyndham ...

Make that 58 in a row! Reigning PGA Championship winner and 152nd Open Champion Xander Schauffele has made it a remarkable 58 halfway cuts in succession at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in suburban Orlando. It’s a effort that goes back to 15th May, 2022 when Schauffele finished T5th, that included a stunning final round 61, at the AT & T Byrson Nelson in Texas. The 31-year-old Schauffele is competing in Arnie’s event for a first time this year since January’s The ...

American Wyndham Clark, and who led the opening round of the $US 20m Arnold Palmer Invitational, played a tee shot at the third hole in round two that had the ‘expert’ guessing. Clark hit a drive that flew 306 yards on the 437-yard dogleg third where his ball hit the fairway, popped-up in the air, and came to rest what it was thought to be in his own pitch mark. However the host TV broadcasters were soon wondering if the Wyndham’s ball had actually landed in some other players pitch-mark. So, ...

Connor Syme is delighted to have bounced back from last week’s Durban disappointment in missing the cut in the rain-shortened South African Open and put himself in contention for a maiden Tour victory at the Joburg Open Syme superbly added a five-under second round 65 to Thursday’s opening 66 to move to nine-under and tied for third heading to the weekend rounds in the co-sanctioned event being played on a wet Houghton course. Heavy overnight rain saturated the course located to the north ...