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World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has apologised for unknowingly leaving spike marks on the greens during his second round of the Barclays Singapore Open. There had been an incident involving McIlroy early into his rain-affected round on Friday when a referee enquired of McIlroy and two playing partners who were wearing metal spikes. At least two of McIlroy’s rivals playing in the groups behind had complained of spike marks with Dane Anders Hansen finding a spike mark on his line of putt on the 12thgreen ...

Graeme McDowell heads ‘Down Under’ tomorrow looking to win on the one major golfing continent he’s yet to taste success – Australia. McDowell will join fellow victorious Ryder Cup team mate and defending champion, Ian Poulter teeing up in next Thursday’s commencing Australian Masters and being staged on the acclaimed Kingston Heath course in Melbourne. Melbourne’s the golf capital of Australia and Kingston Heath is among the best of the famed ‘Sandbelt’ courses. It will be McDowell’s ...

Paul Lawrie has slammed Buckingham Palace and American fans in his official autobiography – An Open Book. Strangely, it’s the second book with the same title to be launched this month by an Open Champion as Darren Clarke is also about to go on the book-signing trail. However the 1999 Open winning Lawrie has used the book to reveal the hurt he continues to experience over a lack of recognition following his dramatic victory at Carnoustie. Indeed, Lawrie went as far to state he wished he’d ...

Paul Casey has given the thumbs up to the new Nike driver World No. 1 Rory McIlroy will take into competition in the New Year. Casey joined all five Nike staff players in unveiling the crimson-coloured SV Covert driver on day one of the storm affected Barclays Singapore Open on Sentosa Island. Joining Casey using the club for a very first time was fellow Ryder Cup star Francesco Molinari along with Spain’s Pablo Martin, England’s Simon Dyson and Glasgow’s Scott Jamieson. McIlroy had been observed ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy battled a virus to card a one under par 70 to be officially five strokes from the lead at the close of the storm-affected Barclays Singapore Open. McIlroy joined half the field in returning to the course on the ninth hole at 7.30am this morning to resume their round that had been delayed at 3.15pm Thursday due to storms. The 23-year old then played the 10 holes in one under par. “It went okay with the weather we have here at this time of the year, you have to expect ...

The Sultanate of Oman will make its debut on the European Challenge Tour when the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic is staged for the first time at Almouj Golf, The Wave Muscat, from October 24th until October 27th, 2013. Promoted by National Bank of Oman, the tournament will be the first Challenge Tour event of its kind not only in the Sultanate of Oman but also in the GCC and will offer a total prize-money of US$300,000.   With its place on the 2013 calendar (confirmed as the last event ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy finds himself now commanding so much attention away from the golf course. Of course, attracting the most interest at present is the intense media hype surrounding his move from Titleist to Nike. But then McIlroy has also been in the news for other reasons than just switching management companies. Firstly, legendary Arnold Palmer joked he would break McIlroy’s arm if he didn’t make his debut in competing at Arnie’s event at Bay Hill. Well, McIlroy was asked about this ...