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Richie Ramsay was soaring after sending a stunning eagle shot to the bottom of the cup on day two of the Soudal Open at Antwerp in Belgium. Ramsay capped his second straight round of a three-under 68 in grand style, holing his  125-yard third shot for an eagle ‘3’ at the par-5 17th while Howie birdied four of his closing seven holes in a score of 67 for both to be tied at six-under and just outside the top-10. Swede Simon Forsstrom continues to lead the field adding a 67 to his opening 64 ...

Richie Ramsay sounded as comfortable as a kid candy store, posting an opening 68 at this week’s Soudal Open on the outskirts of Antwerp in Belgium. Ramsay, and a month shy to turning 40, didn’t drop a shot to be just inside the top-20 in cool and cloudy conditions on the host Rinkven International course. ​Sweden’s Simon For​s​strom ​posted a sizzling seven-under 64 to lead the way by a shot ​but only after England’s Andrew Wilson bogeyed the last just after 8pm local time ...

Paul Casey has been afforded a ‘special invitation’ into next week’s PGA Championship at Rochester in upstate New York. The 45-year-old English-born golfer will be contesting his 20th PGA Championship since making his debut in the major in 2002 at Hazeltine. Casey secured his best finish in any of the 71 majors he has contested three years ago in finishing joint runner-up in the 2020 PGA Championship won by Collin Morikawa at Harding Park. He was then T4th a year later at Kiawah Island, and ...

Poland’s Adrian Meronk has put himself well in frame for a return visit to Rome later this year after capturing a fourth ‘national’ open title in as many years. Meronk, who turns 30 later this month, again showed his enormous class producing four rounds in the 60s to capture the 97th anniversary hosting of the DS Automobiles Italian Open on the Marco Simone course that in four months will play host to the 43rd Ryder Cup. It wasn’t easy for Meronk especially after bogeying ...

Scotland’s Craig Howie knows he needs to jump quickly into the fast lane if he’s to capture a second Challenge Tour success at the UAE Challenge  in Abu Dhabi. Howie headed into golf’s traditional ‘moving day’ leading by two but stalled with four birdies and an equal number of bogeys in a level par 72 that sent the Peebles golfer back in fourth place at nine-under, trailing five shots adrift of Spaniard Manuel Elvira on the Saadiyat Beach course. The final group are ready for day ...

As his Tartan colleagues struggled in Rome, Craig Howie showed a clean pair of heels in sharing in a new course record to grab a two-shot lead into the weekend rounds of the inaugural UAE Challenge in Abu Dhabi. Howie, 28, carrying his own clubs produced a bogey-free six-under 66 to move to nine-under on the Gary Player designed Saadiyat Beach course in the UAE capital. The Peebles golfer and now attached to the UAE’s Al Ain club is looking for a second Challenge Tour triumph after breaking through ...

It comes as no surprise that Joe LaCava, and the caddy to Tiger Woods, wants to continue caddying as Woods recovers from a recent ankle operation. As such, Woods has agreed for LaCava to work for fellow American Patrick Cantlay starting at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship. It is also a timely move for LaCava as Cantlay has recently parted ways with long-time caddy Matt Minster, who had been with Cantlay for each of his eight PGA Tour victories, from late 2017 to victory through to ...