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Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington says he’s ‘earned the stripes’ and deserves his current world ranking of No. 57 in the world. Harrington’s current World Ranking is a far cry from a career best of No. 3 in February, 2009. But since the end of last year when Harrington was ranked No. 23, the Dubliner has progressively slipped down the rankings to be outside the top-50. The affable Irishman, who is contesting this week’s Barclay’s Scottish Open for a first time since 1999, ...

Not surprisingly, Tiger Woods has withdrawn from next week’s Open Championship at Royal St. Georges at Kent in England. The 14-time Major winner advised championship organisers, the R & A, injuries to his Achilles Heal and knee still had not healed sufficently for the American to return to competition. Woods has not played competitively since withdrawing after nine holes in May’s Players Championship at Sawgrass in Flordia that meant also pulling out of last month’s U.S. Open ...

Martin Laird confirmed he will rejoin the European Tour later this year with a goal to qualifying for next year’s Ryder Cup team. The U.S. based Scot had sought to join the European Tour ahead of the 2010 Ryder Cup but could not take up membership as he would not have played the minimum of 12 events. However there will be no such concern will Laird indicating he has already spoken to the Tour about taking up ‘Affiliate Membership’ from the start of the 2012 season. It will mean missing ...

Screaming Parisian golf fans were ready to hand Thomas Levet the 2018 Ryder Cup captaincy after he captured the French Open title in Versailles. Levet, 42 was first drenched in champers and then jumped into water guarding the 18th in winning a sixth Race to Dubai success with a final round 70 to win by a shot with a seven under par tally on the National course.     The Frenchman’s victory, the first in two years, caps a great two months for French golf after the announcement France, and ...

Speculation grows Darren Clarke and Miguel Angel Jimenez will captain the respective Vivendi Trophy team sides later this year. Tour officials met with French sponsors and Ryder Cup Captain, Jose Maria Olazabal during a 100-person dinner in the Versailles Palace on Friday night. The appointment of both the GB & I and European team captain’s will be announced in the week after the Open Championship. Olazabal, as the current European Ryder Cup Captain, has the honour of selecting the two captains ...

Bubba Watson has apologised formally to French Open organisers for his terrible behaviour during the French Open in Versailles. Watson went on ‘Twitter’ to first apologise but he has also emailed French Open Director, Giles Jourdan apologising. The 32-year old American purposely went out of his way to be difficult from the time of arrival at the 2018 Ryder Cup host venue to the time he left with a pair of 74s, and a room full of European Tour caddies showed their collective dislikeness ...

Disgraced Bubba Watson could do well to take a leaf from the book of countryman, Brendan Steele. Steele is also competing in France for a first time in his career, and with the Californian producing the equal best round on day three of a four under par 67 in the third round of the French Open in Versailles.   Steele eagled the par five, 14th and then birdied two of his three closing holes to end the day sharing 13th place at two under par.   And like Watson, the 28-year old Californian, ...