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Rory McIlroy declared his third Wells Fargo Championship triumph to be a ‘huge boost’ heading into next week’s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island. McIlroy, and with his wife and eight-month old daughter watching on, ended an 18-month winless drought at his much-loved Quail Hollow course in suburban Charlotte. McIlroy had broken through to win on the PGA Tour in 2010 at Quail Hollow and he won again in 2015 but there was something very special about Sunday’s victory despite ...

History beckons for Rory McIlroy heading to the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow. In his present 27-tournament winning career the recently-turned 32-year-old is yet to win the same tournament on three occasions. He gets that chance later today (Sunday) in suburban Charlotte after posting a third round 68 to finish sharing second place with fellow US Open winner Gary Woodland (70) at seven-under par. American Keith Mitchell signed for a bogey-free five-under par 66 to lead ...

In fairness, Bryson DeChambeau was not the only golfer taken by surprise when the Wells Fargo Championship halfway cut fell at two-over par. Among those also who ended their second rounds at two-over par was Open Champion Shane Lowry but then the Royal Portrush winning hero was out in the afternoon half of the draw in posting scores of 71 and 73 that saw the Irishman two shots shy of the then projected cut of level par. Unlike DeChambeau, Lowry was not about to leave Charlotte in a hurry. You see ...

In fairness, Bryson DeChambeau was not the only golfer taken by surprise when the Wells Fargo Championship halfway cut fell at two-over par. Among those also who ended their second rounds at two-over par was Open Champion Shane Lowry but then the Royal Portrush winning hero was out in the afternoon half of the draw in posting scores of 71 and 73 that saw the Irishman two shots shy of the then projected cut of level par. Unlike DeChambeau, Lowry was not about to leave Charlotte in a hurry. You see ...

Scotland’s Calum Hill is quietly confident of a double delight with victory in the Canary Islands Championship in Tenerife. Hill, 26, birdied the closing hole for a third day running in a round of 66 to move to 17-under par to be in third place and just three shots off the lead on the spectacular clifftop Costa Ajele course. In-form South African Garrick Higgo, and winner of the last fortnight’s Tour event on Gran Canaria, snatched two eagles and also birdied his closing four holes in a seven-under ...

Affable Irisman Paul Dunne made a mockery of last week’s disappointing Tenerife Open efforts to produce his lowest European Tour score in two-and-a-half years on day one of the Canary Islands Championship at Tenerife. Dunne, 28, grabbed eight birdies in a six-under par 65 to share sixth place heading to the second round of the event on the Costa Adeje course. It placed the Greystones golfer just four shots behind Italian Francesco Laporta who signed for a nine-under par 63 to lead the field by ...

Richie Ramsay and Calum Hill each tapped-in for closing hole birdies to share the leading Scottish honours with rounds of six-under par 65s for a share of sixth place on day one of the Canary Islands Championship at Tenerife. Ramsay, 37, didn’t drop a shot in an equal low in 29 rounds this season on the Costa Adeje resort course that is playing host to a Tour event for a second week running. Hill, 26, began with a hat-trick of birdies in six birdies and while dropping a shot on 11, he capped his ...