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There is no denying World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has helped boost the coffers of his management company – Horizon Sports Management Ltd. The Dublin-based sports management company set up in 2005 by Conor Ridge and Colin Morrissey and started out in a Ballsbridge basement in south Dublin. Five years earlier the Irish-born Ridge was working for an electronics giant in an office in Sydney, Australia.  However after attending the University College Dublin he obtained a master’s degree in marketing ...

Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington took full advantage of this week’s no-cut Volvo Champions event with a masterful third round 67 in the Volvo Champions in Durban. Harrington capped his third round with an eagle at the par five, 10th hole where the Dubliner hit a 3-ion from 245-yards out that landed just five feet short of the flagstick. The Dubliner ended the day in a share of fifth place on eight under par but lying seven strokes behind Scotland’s Scott Jamieson who heads the ...

Scott Jamieson is determined to silence any doubters and also on target to make a Masters debut after storming to a five-shot lead on the third day of the Volvo Champions event in Durban. The 29-year old Glaswegian snatched an eagle and five birdies in a four under par 68 to move to 15-under par in the elite 33-player field on the rain-soaked Durban Country Club course.  Jamieson was in South Africa’s third largest city only a month ago and breaking through to capture his first Tour title, the ...

Scotland’s Scott Jamieson held off the expected challenge of crowd favourite Louis Oosthuizen to storm to a five shot lead on day three of the Volvo Champions in Durban. Jamieson began the round a stroke behind the former British Open champion but ended the round with a 68 to move five shots clear of the World No. 6 ranked Oothuizen at 15-under par on a rain-softened Durban Country Club course. The 29-year old Glasgow golfer broke through a month ago in South Africa’s third largest city and now ...

Surprisingly, it’s been 13 years since my first  and then only visit to South Africa for two events in Johannesburg on the 2000 European Tour schedule. Anthony Wall captured still his only Tour victory in winning the Alfred Dunhill Championship and Sweden’s Mathias Gronberg won the South African Airways South African Open. During the fortnight I had the pleasure of meeting champion South African cricketer, Graham Pollock who then enjoyed the second hightest Test batting average behind ...

Scott Jamieson is hoping to finally get his hands on a victory trophy after muscling his way towards a double Durban success in the Volvo Champions event. Jamieson snatched nine birdies in wet and miserable conditions on the Durban Country Club course in a score of 64 to be tied in second place on 11-under par. South African Louis Oothuizen holed a 30-foot birdie putt at 18 in a round of 64 to move one clear of the 33-player field on 12-under par. The current World No. 6 actually won a car when he ...

Shane Lowry had applause in holing an eagle shot from a bunker at the par four last hole drowned out by loud music already coming from the 101st anniversary rally taking place on Saturday in the close by Kings Park Stadium in Durban. Lowry’s three under par 69 to move to five under par sees him in a six-way tie for fourth but also six shots behind Scotland’s Scott Jamieson (64) and Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee (68) in second on 11-under par. South African’s Louis Oosthuizen birdied his ...