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Shane Lowry put the pedal to the metal muscling his way to within a shot of the lead with a 67 on the opening day of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Lowry was caught in traffic to be just one-under after 11 holes but then completing the closing seven in four-under on the famed ‘Burma Road’ West Course. It left the Open Champion in a group of four just a shot behind the leading trio of  England’s Tyrrell Hatton, South African Justin Harding and Spaniard Adri Arnaus posting six-under ...

Francesco Molinari is one of the last global golf stars to return to competition in teeing-up at this week’s Shriners Hospital for Children Open in Las Vegas. The last time the brilliant 2018 Open winner was inside the ropes at a championship venue was for the opening round of the then cancelled Players Championship. Since then much has been written about the Italian and with players such as good friend, Tommy Fleetwood being asked at last week’s ASI Scottish Open his view as to whether ...

Shane Lowry is determined to celebrate his 10th anniversary BMW PGA Championship appearance with victory at Tour HQ. Lowry is among seven major champions, including fellow Irish Padraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell, teeing-up on the famed ‘Burma Road’ West Course at Wentworth in Surrey. The Euro 6.1m Rolex Series event had been due to be staged a month ago but was put back to this week and under a continuing ‘no spectator’ policy. Lowry made his Wentworth debut in 2010 as then reigning ...

We all know Patrick Reed is about as red-white-and-blue as it comes but he’s expressed a strong determination to become the first American-born in nearly 50- years to be crowned European Tour No. 1 ahead of teeing-up in this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Reed, and the strong focus of European spectator attention at the Ryder Cup, is teeing-up for a second straight year in the Tour’s flagship event that has been pushed back one month due to continuing COVID-19 concerns. It’s ...

American Collin Morikawa possibly could create a historic European Tour first later this year should he capture the Race To Dubai (R2D) No. 1 title. Morikawa, 23 is currently lying second on the R2D ranking and just a slender 28 points behind fellow countryman Patrick Reed. However, Reed has the opportunity to extend his lead having chosen to cross ‘The Pond’ to tee-up in this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. The brilliant 2020 PGA Championship winning Morikawa became an ...

What has Aussie Wade Ormsby now got in common with Ireland’s Shane Lowry? The answer lies with news the Hong Kong Open is being postponed to well into next year. Near on a year ago, the Hong Kong Open was forced to move its tournament from November, 2019 to January 2020 due to the pro-democrat protests that rocked the island.  The Asian Tour event had due to be again co-sanctioned with the European Tour but for some reason the rescheduling of the event in January went ahead without European ...

Invaluable! This was Aaron Rai’s response when asked how valuable was the experience of finishing runner-up in last week’s Dubai Duty Free to capturing the ASI Scottish Open. Rai, 25 secured a first Rolex Series victory event and a second European Tour title of his career after both he and fellow Englishman found themselves in play-off on the Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh. Rai was on the practice range following a final round 64 for an 11-under par tally when Fleetwood brilliantly ...