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While top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre continues to struggle after three rounds in getting a strong footing on the Swiss slopes his automatic selection in the 2023 Ryder Cup now looks assured. MacIntyre had not made the cut in two prior showings at the host Omega European Masters course and while he made the cut right on the three-under-par mark on Friday, it’s golf course that the Oban lefty clearly does not feels comfortable. Indeed, if it were not for the event being the final Ryder Cup ...

All of Scotland breathed a sigh of relief after Robert MacIntyre holed a nerve-tingling final hole par putt to make the cut right on the mark at the Omega European Masters at Crans Montana. MacIntyre’s effort in posting a second round 69 and finishing in a share of 62nd, and making the cut-off right on the mark at three-under has kept alive, albeit agonizingly, his quest to secure the last automatic spot into the European Ryder Cup team. MacIntyre had missed the cut in his prior two Swiss appearances ...

Ryder Cup selection rival Yannick Paul has timely thrown down the gauntlet at the feet of Scot Robert MacIntyre on day one of the Omega European Masters. German-born Paul, playing alongside MacIntyre, eagled the 15th hole in an impressive six-under 64 to be just one shot off the lead in the final Ryder Cup qualifying event. MacIntyre, currently holding down the third and last automatic Rome qualifying place, again struggled on the alpine Crans-sur-Sierre course with five birdies but also three bogeys ...

“Yes, he’s my brother but he deserves a (USA) Ryder Cup pick!” The defiant words of Chase Koepka, the younger brother of reigning PGA Championship champion Brooks Koepka. Chase is some four years younger than his also four-time major winning brother, and naturally wants to see him announced tomorrow (Tuesday) by USA captain Zach Johnson who will be in PGA of America HQ in Texas to confirm his full 12-man team ahead of next month’s Rome showdown. The LIV Golf attached Brooks had been among ...

Asian Tour Commissioner Cho Minn Thant has sung the praise in creating history by bringing two Tour events to England and Scotland. The Tour proudly hosted the International Series England last fortnight at Close House in north-eastern England and last week we saw the Asian Tour flags flying high over the Torrance course at the Fairmont Resort, and located just a few miles from the famed Old Course at St. Andrews. The Home of Golf was blessed with warm, near windless conditions, and while there was ...

VIKTOR HOVLAND’S FANTASTIC FEDEX CUP TRIUMPH Final-Round Notes – Sunday, August 27, 2023  Weather: Mostly sunny with a high of 96 degrees and winds SSE at 4-8 mph. The final round was suspended at 1:57 p.m. ET due to inclement weather and resumed at 3:50 p.m. ET, a delay of 1 hour and 53 minutes. Final Leaderboard Position Player Start Scores Total 1 Viktor Hovland -8 68-64-66-63 (-19) -27 2 Xander Schauffele -3 67-64-68-62 (-19) -22 3 Wyndham Clark -4 68-67-68-65 (-12) -16 4 Rory ...

Bern Wiesberger and his fellow European-born LIV golfers may have been ostracised from being picked for this year’s Ryder Cup but it has not dampened his support for Luke Donald and his European Team to win back the golden trophy later next month in Rome. Weisberger posted a closing round of 66 to share eighth place in the inaugural Asian Tour hosted St. Andrews Bay Championship at the Fairmont Resort on the outskirts of the Home of Golf. It was his first visit to St. Andrews since last year’s ...