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Martin Kaymer said he’s been revitalised after revisiting Whistling Straits and reliving memories of his stunning 2010 PGA Championship triumph. Kaymer was a guest of BMW who flew the German by ‘chopper’ to the links like course laid out on the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. It was Kaymer’s first visit back to Whistling Straits since defeating Bubba Watson in a play-off to capture a first Major Championship. “I went back to Whistling Straits the Monday after ...

Rory McIlroy says despite a slight numbness in his right shoulder, he is fit to contest this week’s Euro 2m Omega European Masters in Switzerland. Warm sunshine greeted the current World No. 6 when he joined Australia’s Andrew Dodt for a practice round Tuesday on the Crans-sur-Sierre course. It was McIlroy first full practice round since competing in the recent PGA Championship in Atlanta, and it was during the season-ending Major McIlroy injured his right wrist in playing what most ...

Paul McGinley’s handling as captain of the GB & I Vivendi Seve Trophy side later next month (SEPT) in Versailles will be pivotal in tipping the 2014 Ryder Cup Captaincy scales in his favour. That’s the view of Jose Maria Olazabal who chose McGinley to defend the Vivendi Seve Trophy after the Irishman led GB & I to a five point success in the event two years ago. While Olazabal’s choice of Jean Van Velde at Continental captain is praiseworthy, Olazabal knows selecting McGinley has wider ...

Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn struck a further blow for the over-40 year olds in fighting his way through a five man play off over five extra holes to capture the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. Bjorn, who turned 40 in February, recorded a final round 69 to finish tied on 11-under par with South African George Coetzee (67), Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal (69), England’s Mark Foster(72) and Austrian Brend Wiesberger (69). After Wiesberger dropped out, he was followed by Larrazabal and then the ...

The European Tour is set to prosper as some of the game’s best player’s drop out of the FedEx Cup playoff series. At the completion of the first FedEx Cup event, the Barclays Championship, both Louis Oosthuizen and Paul Casey are now without competition in the States. Oosthuizen, brilliant winner of last year’s Open Championship, will contest this week’s European Masters and also next fortnight’s KLM Open and an event he contested last year as  a then reigning Major Champion. Casey ...

There’s one thing Mark Foster has in common with his good friend, Lee Westwood. It’s not that Westwood has won more than 20 titles and earned more than £30m in prize money in Europe alone. Of course, there is a difference in age as the 35-year old Foster is two years younger than Westwood. Foster has just one Tour title to his credit and that was a play-off success in 2003 Dunhill Championship in South Africa. If you’re looking for a common thread between Foster and Westwood ...

European Ryder Cup captain, Jose Maria Olazabal has expressed some surprise USA Presidents Cup captain, Fred Couples has indicated Tiger Woods will be afforded a Royal Melbourne ‘wildcard’ pick. Couples has confirmed the appointment some three weeks before the official annoucement on September 26th of the picks by both he and Greg Norman, the International Team captain., Woods was wildly expected to be one of two ‘wildcard’ picks for the Presidents Cup starting on November 17th ...