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Third seed Rory McIlroy is staring at a semi-final showdown with World No. 1 and defending champ Scottie Scheffler should both players win their earlier series of matches in Wednesday’s start to the final hosting of the WGC – Dell Match-Play in Austin, Texas. McIlroy has been initially drawn to play fellow PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley, the 20th seed ahead of facing Danny McCarthy the No. 48 seed and a third American and No. 52 seeded Scott Stallings. It will be Stallings who McIlroy ...

Scot Ewen Ferguson now has his golf game pointed where he wants, securing a best finish in six months and in the toughest week of the year at SDC Championship at Eastern Cape in South Africa. Ferguson, 27, posted back-to-back closing two rounds of 68 for a 10-under tally, grabbing a five-way share of third place at the close of the inaugural co-sanctioned event at St. Francis Links. Southport’s Matthew Baldwin celebrated his 200th Tour event storming his way to maiden Tour success by seven shots ...

Ewen Ferguson admits it’s ‘good fun’ battling the continuing windy conditions as he heads to a hopeful best finish of the season in the​ SDC Championship at Eastern Cape in South Africa. After strong winds forced a halt to play near lunch on Friday, darkness on day three ​again affected the inaugural co-sanctioned event on golf’s ‘moving day’. Ferguson, 26, ​had just birdied the sixth hole of his second round on Friday and returned for a 7am Saturday restart, eventually ...

Tom McKibbin was doubly pleased not only posting a sizzling inward score of 29 but to also be in the comfort of the clubhouse on the second day of a wind-delayed SDC Championship at Eastern Cape in South Africa. Strong winds coming in off the close-by Indian Ocean buffeted the host St. Francis course forcing officials to halt play early afternoon in the inaugural Sunshine and DP World Tour event. However with no let-up, play was eventually called close to 5pm local time, leaving half the field of ...

In what must have been a tough decision, Paul McGinley has announced he is stepping down as a member of European Tour Board, citing a conflict of interest given his high-profile role with SKY Sports Golf. McGinley, 56, is one of the best analysts in golf and his decision is understandable, and at a time as men’s professional golf faces continued unprecedented conflict and controversy. The emergence of LIV Golf and more recently, the announced Strategic Alliance between the DP World Tour and the ...

Scotland’s Connor Syme admitted he felt right at home battling the breezy conditions posting a four-under 68 on the opening day of the inaugural co-sanctioned SDC Championship at Eastern Cape in South Africa. Syme, 27, posted seven birdies to be lying third and just a shot behind the leading duo of Frenchman David Ravetto and Norwegian Kristian Krogh Johannessen, and one of just a few players not to drop a shot in the tough conditions. The host St. Francis Links course is located at the southern ...

Host Masters champion Scottie Scheffler reckons, and apart from loosing of belts, there will be no tension as his now fellow Augusta winners munch away on sliders, steak and cookies at next month’s champions dinner. As is customary, the reigning Masters winner gets to choose the menu and boy has Scheffler gone for a quintessential American array of favourites including cheeseburger sliders, Texas ribeye steak, blackened redfish, tortilla soup, firecracker shrimp, and a warm chocolate chip ...