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Former Open Champion, Darren Clarke is looking to end his season on a high with a top-1o finish ‘Down Under’ in the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Despite 30 putts on day three of the event Clarke posted a level par 72 to remain at five under par but only three shots shy of breaking into the top-10. Unsung Aussie Daniel Popovic continues to lead the prestigous event but is under threat with a round to play by in-form fellow Australian Peter ...

Rory McIlroy’s yet-to-be confirmed mega bucks deal with Nike is off to a bumpy beginning with McIlroy’s former sponsor, Oakey filing a law suit against the World No. 1. According to a report on ESPN.com, apparel-maker Oakley, with whom McIlroy has an eyewear and performance apparel contract through to December 31st of this year, has sued McIlroy and Nike, declaring both breached existing contract with Oakley when McIlroy recently signed a new deal with Nike. McIlroy’s deal ...

Paul McGinley has been handed a huge European Team captaincy lift with the surprise appointment of Tom Watson to lead the USA Ryder Cup team at Gleneagles in 2014. Good friend and close colleague, Karl MacGinty writing in today’s edition of the Irish Independent points this out in speaking with triple Major winning Padraig Harrington. But firtsly, Harrington stresses Europe should not strive to the PGA of America’s selection with a high profile European counterpart. Instead, Harrington ...

Great White Shark Greg Norman believes current World No. 1 Rory McIlroy is more likely to break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 Major than Tiger Woods. Woods is just four Major victories short of the Golden Bear but has remained stagnant since capturing the 2008 U.S. Open virtually on one leg at Torrey Pines. However the double British Open winning Norman says he would not be suprised to see the now 23-year old McIlroy go past both Woods and Nicklaus. “I don’t think so, no,” ...

Darren Clarke is set to roar in his final event of the year after the replica dinosaur named ‘Jeff’ and at the centre of this week’s bizarre Australian PGA Championship has been silenced. Owners of the Palmer Coolum Resort course on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast located some two hours north of Brisbane have agreed to switch off the mechanical 25-foot high dinosaur located at the back of the ninth hole. Clarke has returned to the event for the second of a three-year deal he signed ...

Congratulations to BMW and their team with the BMW Championship being named PGA Tour ‘Tournament of the Year . The BMW Championship has only been a part of the PGA Tour schedule for a few years but they’ve shown some of the vintage tournaments how to run an event. And it’s the same on the European Tour with www.golfbyourmiss.com soon to annouce it’s awards for 2012 and there’s no secret the three BMW hosted tournaments are once again riding high in the awards. The award ...

Peter Senior has dismissed the controversial 61-grass Titantic II advertising signs dotted around the Coolum layout along with the 25-foot high replica dinosaur named Jeff spotting about this week’s Australian PGA Championship course. “No it doesn’t worry me, as long as the dinosaur doesn’t crap anywhere we’ll be right,” said Senior smiling Senior tried to play down his chances of securing back-to-back tournament victories at this week’s Australian PGA ...