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No guessing what the first topic of conversation will be when the Irish duo of Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell are joined by Sweden’s Henrik Stenson for the opening two rounds of this week’s Valspar Championship in Florida. It will be a first-round for Stenson as the 2023 European Ryder Cup captain and, if all goes well over the ensuing 18-months, the two Irish will be joining Stenson later next year in Rome. Lowry will look to be making a first Ryder Cup appearance on home European soil, ...

For Henrik Stenson, it’s been a bizarre four months, the likes never experienced before on the European Tour in the choosing of the 2023 European Ryder Cup captain. Stenson’s appointment to lead Europe into competition in Rome did come as a surprise to many given his strong connection since near the inception of talk of a breakaway Saudi-backed Premier Golf League. Though in now congratulating Stenson, the soon-to-be 46-year-old Swede ticks the European captaincy box when it comes to age, ...

Scotland’s Russell Knox singled the support of PGA Tour legends Fred Funk and Len Mattice as pivotal to producing his best finish at the Players Championship in Florida. Knox, 36, signed for a final 70 for a share of sixth and 28 places higher than his prior best of T34th on his Players debut in 2014. Cam Smith, sporting his ‘Mullet’ hairstyle, became the sixth Aussie to win the Players but only after a bizarre last hole where, and when leading by two shots, he chipped his second shot from ...

… by Fatiha Betscher  2022 Players Championship -Final-Round Notes – Monday, March 14, 2022  Weather: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. High of 67 Wind E 10-20 mph. Final Leaderboard                  Cameron Smith                       69-71-69-66—275 (-13) Anirban Lahiri                          67-73-67-69—276 (-12) Paul Casey                              70-69-69-69—277 (-11) Kevin Kisner   ...

Australia’s ‘Southern Cross’ flag was proudly flying atop of the mast for the sixth time after Cameron Smith’s anxious but stunning final round for victory at the Players Championship at Ponte Vedra, Florida. Smith, 28, posted 10 sensational birdies and none better than his effort at the infamous par-3 17th but then horribly found the water at the last, and after chipping-out from trees down the right side of the fairway before salvaging a par and win by a shot with a closing ...

Russell Knox admitted it was a first in his pro career having taken three days from the end of his first round to complete his second round mid-Sunday at the severely weather-affected Players Championship in Florida. Knox had been out first from the 10th tee on Thursday morning in posting a one-under-par 71 and before thunderstorms and then strong, cold winds played havoc for the next two-and-a-half days in the Tour’s flagship event at TPC Sawgrass at Ponte Vedra. The Scot, who lives close by ...

Seamus Power boosted his goal of making his Masters debut early next month after superbly fighting his way into the closing two rounds of the weather-delayed Players Championship. The current World No. 50 admitted he was ‘proud’ of his efforts in eventually posting a pair of 71s for a two-under-par day on the third day of the Tour’s flagship event at TPC Sawgrass, and with his efforts more than likely to see him move back up the World Rankings. Once again you could be mistaken it ...