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Adam Scott had fellow Aussie reigning Wimbledon champ Ashleigh Barty for added moral support as he looks to become only the third Australian in 66-years to capture the European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship. Scott superbly birdied his closing two holes for a second day running in signing for a three-under par 69 for a 10-under-par tally to be lying fourth heading to the weekend rounds on the West Course at Wentworth. Thailand’s Kiradech Aphirbarnrat, who has shared the lead on day one, ...

Graeme McDowell would seem to be questioning the qualifying process given so many ‘question marks’ and too many ‘variables’ are hanging over the final make-up of the European Ryder Cup Team. McDowell returned from a two-month injury absence to post a second round 69 and book himself a tee-time for the closing two rounds of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. ‘G Mac’ is one of four Padraig Harrington vice-captains but with just two rounds remaining of qualifying he’s like ...

Adam Scott showed his enormous fondness for European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship in muscling his way to third place on day one at Wentworth. It had been 15-years since Scott teed-up in leafy Surrey and he found the famed ‘Burma Road’ course again to his liking with eight birdies in a seven-under par. If left the champion Australian just a shot behind the leading duo of Thailand’s Kiradech Aphribarnrat and South African Christian Bezuidenhout who posted eight-under par 64s. Aphribarnrat ...

To say much has happened in Adam Scott’s professional life in the 15-years since he last competed in the European Tour’s flagship event at Wentworth is a gross understatement. Scott was aged 25 when he teed-up in 2006 in the then BMW Championship at Wentworth though missing the halfway cut over the famed ‘Burma Road’ West Course. Scott had made his Wentworth debut five years earlier with just the one pro victory on his golfing CV and that was in denying Rose, and his now long-time good friend, ...

It had been a 68-year wait from 1951 to 2019 for golf’s oldest major to return to Royal Portrush hosted the Open Championship now we have official confirmation the Northern Ireland links gem is on the Open rota and in 2025 will host the 153th Open The news, and revealed by www.golfbytourmiss.com five days ago was confirmed this morning a press conference hosted by the R & A at the Royal Portrush club. Martin Slumbers, CEO of the R and A, confirmed the news saying: “I’ve often ...

European Ryder Cup Captain Padraig Harrington could not contain his praise in handing Leona Maguire a tremendous tribute declaring the winning Solheim Cup hero to be now one of ‘Ireland’s greatest golfer’s’. Harrington was speaking publicly for the first time since the incredible events of Monday night Irish time when Maguire, and in her debut Solheim Cup, helped steer the Europeans to a stunning 15-13 triumph at Toledo, Ohio. Maguire, 26, created European Solheim Cup history in being undefeated ...

‘Momentum and Inspiration’ The two extra clubs European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington says his own team will now take, and following the European Solheim Cup’s stunning success, with them later this month to Wisconsin. Like most serious golf observers, Harrington found himself glued to the TV watching coverage unfold from the Solheim Cup in Toledo, Ohio. Catronia Matthew’s European Team led from start-to-finish to become only the second team to win on U.S. soil in humbling ...