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Rory McIlroy has vowed to not again suffer Open Championship stage fright two years on from driving OB off the first and smashing a woman’s mobile phone at Royal Portrush. McIlroy’s errant shot way left off the opening tee in 2019, and in front of so many expectant Irish supporters, sadly laid the foundation for a horror round of 79 that virtually ruled him out of golf’s oldest major. McIlroy admits he was simply overcome by the enormity of the moment and despite a day two 65, it was not good ...

For a second week in succession, Australian golfers have dominated the leading two tour’s with 22-year old Min Woo Lee becoming the youngest winner of the abrdn Scottish Open. Lee, born and raised in Perth, Western Australia, very calmly rolled-in a 10-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole to claim the whopping Euro 1.23m first prize cheque in the rain-affected event held on the Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh. Lee’s victory comes just a week after Victorian Lucas Herbert ...

Xander Schauffele clearly has an understanding marriage as no sooner did he tie the knot and he kissed his new wife goodbye and crossed the Atlantic for this week’s Scottish Open. Schauffele was married shortly after the U.S. Open on June 26th to college sweetheart Maya Lowe, and with the couple meeting while studying at San Diego State University. The current World No. 5 posted a wedding snap yesterday (July 5) of the happy occasion and with both clearly into dogs as evident in the tweet. My ...

Major champ Collin Morikawa not only see’s this week’s abrdn Scottish Open as the ideal warm-up for his maiden Open Championship appearance but a chance to be grouped with former Walker Cup rival, Robert MacIntyre. Morikawa is among a very strong contingent of 14 Americans, and that’s three more than the present number of Scots teeing-up in the £stg  5.75m Rolex Series event on the Renaissance course in East Lothian. The presence of reigning U.S. Open champ and World No. 1 Joh Rahm, ...

Lucas Herbert had Irish Eyes smiling in the dismal conditions and to lead from start-to-finish in superbly capturing the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open near Kilkenny. Herbert, 25, was never headed over the four rounds, and while tied for the lead with nine holes to play, the Bendigo-born golfer fought on through the rain to emerge a brilliant three-shot winner in signing for a closing four-under par 68 to win by three shots at 19-under par on the Jack Nicklaus-designed Mount Juliet course. Herbert had ...

Lucas Herbert is just one round from joining some of the greats of European Tour golf in capturing the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open near Kilkenny. The 25-year-old Bendigo-born golfer posted a two-under par 70 to now head to the final round leading by one shot at 15-under par on the Jack Nicklaus designed Mount Juliet course. American Johannes Veerman signed for a 67 to be in second place at 14-under par. Herbert has led from day one as he seeks to capture a second European Tour title after his breakthrough ...

The Scottish duo of Richie Ramsay and Grant Forrest are going to need all the luck of the Irish if they’re to secure a place into next week’s Open Championship. Ramsay grabbed a vital birdie ‘4’ at the 17th in a round of 70 while Forrest walked off with a gut-wrenching closing hole double-bogey ‘6’ in his round of 73 and drop back into a tie with Ramsay in sharing seventh place on 10-under par. Forrest was tied in third place coming down the last but found water off the tee and then ...