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Jon Rahm’s desire to be partnered by a fellow Spaniard later this year in Rome has been dealt a bitter blow with news compatriot Adrian Otaegui has been banned for a month from competing on the DP World Tour till the start of July. Otaegui is the second highest-placed Spaniard on the European Tour points table, currently lying sixth behind Rahm who tops the table. Otaegui, 30, has won four times on the DP World Tour including last November’s Andalucia Masters and herein lies part the reason the ...

In an highly-explosive and recently released book, former Golf Channel announcer Lisa Cornwell has slammed the misogynistic practices at the dedicated golf-only channel. Though Cornwell has saved her harshest words for Brandel Chamblee, who she admits clearly wanted her sacked from the day she began working at The Golf Channel. Indeed, Cornwell devotes an entire chapter in her book to Chamblee, the one-time PGA Tour winner who has got up the nose of many, including more-recently Phil Mickelson, and ...

Despite feeling under the weather, Irish rookie Tom McKibbin brilliantly took to the overtaking lane to share second place heading to the weekend of the Porsche European Open in Hamburg. McKibbin, 20, and contesting just his 26th DP World Tour event, superbly birdied the last in a round of a four-under 69 for a five-under-par tally and just a stroke behind German and overwhelming crowd favourite Max Kieffer, who remains in the lead in also signing for a day two 71 to move to six-under. McKibbin ...

Scotland’s David Law superbly muscled his way in position to end a more than four-year winless drought heading to the weekend rounds of the Porsche Open in Hamburg. Law, 32, jumped straight into the overtaking lane posting six birdies and a ninth hole eagle in an outward half of just 30 on route to a seven-under 66, moving into three-way tie for second place with England’s Jordan Smith (71) and Holywood rookie Tom McKibbon (69) at five-under on the ultra-tough Green Eagle host course. German ...

Rome rival Ryder Cup captains Luke Donald and Zack Johnson are among a host of PGA Tour stars teeing-up Monday at 10 sites (Nine in the US & one in Canada) seeking to qualify for the June 15-18 US Open at the Los Angeles (Calif.) Country Club’s North Course. The 10 qualifying sites where players will compete over 36-holes include: ►Lambton Golf & Country Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ►Hillcrest Country Club, Los Angeles Calif. ►Pine Tree Golf Club, Boynton Beach, Fla. ►Hawks Ridge ...

A horror closing hole triple-bogey robbed Rory McIlroy a share of second on the opening day of the Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. The World No. 4 was left to again wonder in posting an unlucky ‘7’ to drop from three-under and post a level par 72 to tumble back to a distant tie for 32nd on the host Muirfield course. It had been a great start for McIlroy, looking set to make it four scores of 69s in succession and this after three 69s in a row from round two to four at last month’s ...

Double Tour winning Scot Ewen Ferguson took delight in taming Germany’s version of the ‘Green Monster’ to be already well-placed after the opening day of the Porsche European Open. Ferguson, 26, grabbed five birdies with the best a 10-footer at the par-4 12th hole in a two-under par 71 on the brutal par-73 Green Eagle course in suburban Hamburg. The duo of local hero Max Kieffer and Swede Simon Forsstrom shared the lead by a shot with four-under 69s. The host course is one of the toughest ...