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Shane Lowry labelled it a career ‘milestone’ in ending a miserable run of outs to be assured of contesting all four rounds for a first time in six showings at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando. Lowry battled the bright but inceasingly windy conditions, grabbing an eagle and two birdies in a round of a two-under 70 to move well inside the top-25 at two-under in the up-graded $US 20m event at the Bay Hill club. The Offaly golfer was tied with 2018 champ Rory McIlroy, who bounced back from ...

Scot Russell Knox has elected not to contest this week’s $US 20m Arnold Palmer Invitational and instead is taking the week off to give himself a better chance of banking next week’s $US 25m Players Championship title. Knox, 37, is staring at four missed cuts in succession and should not play all four rounds of Arnie’s event, following a disappointing run over his  last three events in sitting out the weekend rounds in the Phoenix Open, the Genesis Invitational and last week’s Honda Classic. This ...

I was reading an article recently about the legacy Arnold Palmer left in terms of an autograph. Since turning pro in 1954, Palmer’s signature and his autograph were the same, and it remained like this all his life. Palmer’s autograph was like a benchmark for all autographs, so much so, he used to say that if you’re going to give a fan an autograph, make sure they can read your signature. There are also many times, as former PGA Tour star Peter Jacobsen will attest, that Palmer used ...

Scot Euan Walker is in reach of a DP World Tour career high top-10 heading to the final round of the Hero Indian Open in New Delhi. Walker, 27, produced four birdies, none better than at the 54-hole in a bogey-free 68 on the host DGF course to share 12th place and trailing just a shot adrift of 10th place, and also only three behind Dutchman Joost Luiten (68) lying fourth at eight-under. The German duo of Yannick Paul (71), at 11-under, along with his 42-year-old compatriot Marcel Siem (67) just ...

Double Aussie Open champion Matt Jones admits he can’t wait to travel with his all-Australian LIV Golf team to international golf-starved Adelaide. Jones joins the all-Aussie four-man ‘Rippers GC’ side featuring Open Champion Cam Smith as captain along with Marc Leishman and Jed Morgan in this week’s first event at the Mayakoba resort in Mexico of the 14-event 2023 LIV Golf  Series. The series will head to Adelaide for the fourth event, and the third of nine countries, and to be staged from ...

After admitting he’s failed his last five mental tests, top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre heads into this week’s Hero Indian Open with five weeks remaining if he’s to head to the biggest test of Augusta National. MacIntyre, 26, is currently ranked a lowly No. 91st on the World Rankings and needing to be inside the leading 50 at the close of play anywhere in the world as on Sunday March 26th. At that date, anyone inside the top-50 on the rankings and not yet exempt, will be afforded an invitation ...

One of the fondest memories in attending the Honda Classic has been the joy to sit in the company of tournament host, Jack Nicklaus. It’s always been customary at each Honda Classic, as it is at the Memorial in Ohio, for Nicklaus to give his time to the visiting media in hosting a media conference at some time convenient during the course of either tournament. It is a little more formal at the Memorial but at the Honda Classic it’s much more relaxed. The Honda Classic is also Nicklaus’ ...