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First there was the miracle bunker shot and then there was a wild tee shot bouncing off a cart parth before returning to that same hole to capture a second Shriners Hospital for Children’s Open in Las Vegas. Martin Laird fourth PGA Tour success already had everything in leading to the play-off but with the Scot then securing victory with a final dramatic birdie putt on the TPC Summerlin course in Las Vegas. Laird, 37 had sensationally eagled the par-5 ninth hole but after a bogey at the last ...

Ernie Els, revealed he ‘owes’ fellow former major champion Mark O’Meara, after again denying long-time arch rival Colin Montgomerie to capture the Champions Tour SAS Championship at Cary, North Carolina. Els, and who turns 51 on October 16th, holed a monster 40-foot birdie putt at the final hole in a round of a six-under par 66 for a 12-under par tally. Monty, out in the last group and three groups behind Els, failed to birdie the par-5 17th and the easiest hole on the course ahead ...

Graeme McDowell was headed back across ‘The Pond’ clearly buoyed by a closing 67 on day four of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. McDowell snatched seven birdies in a five-under tally for a six-under total around the famed ‘Burma Road’ course in Surrey. It was only the 10th occasion in 46 loops McDowell has broken 70, and with his score also an equal-lowest round in 14 BMW PGA appearances. England’s Tyrrell Hatton was in a class of his own capturing the Euro 1m first prize cheque ...

Scotland’s Martin Laird is primed to land a second Shriners Hospital for Children victory jackpot in maintaining a share of the lead heading to the final round of the $7m event on the TPC Summelin course in Las Vegas. Laird, 37 posted a third round six-under par 65 to join American Patrick Cantlay (65) atop of the board at 20-under par and two shots clear of four players tied in third place on 18-under par. Reigning US Open champion, Bryson DeChambeau, and who led the event on day one with ...

Reigning US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau has politely brushed aside Matthew Fitzpatrick’s fiery criticism of the American’s controversial new approach to the game, an approach that has everyone involved in golf talking. Fitzpatrick was probably still hot under the collar after doubling the last hole of his second round of the BMW PGA that would have handed him a two-shot lead in the Tour’s flagship event. Instead the Englishman posted a round of 65 to be tied at the top with ...

Scotland’s Martin Laird was soaring after eagling his last hole to grad an early share of the clubhouse lead with an eight-under par 63 on day two of the Shriners Hospital for Children Open in Las Vegas Laird, 37 hit a 237-yard second shot to just three-feet at the par-5 ninth hole and the last of his round for a 14-under par tally on the TPC Summerlin course. And Laird is no stranger to going low in the gambling capital of the world having won the event in 2009, and his first of three PGA ...

Scotland’s Craig Forrest continues to upstage many of Europe’s golfing big guns moving to just four shots from the front heading the weekend rounds of the BMW PGA at Wentworth. Forrest, 27 added a second round 67 to his opening 69 and moved to eight-under par on his debut in the Tour’s £Stg 6m flagship event. The Craigielaw golfer grabbed six birdies and dropped just one shot on the famed ‘Burma Road’ course to end the day sharing sixth place. Reigning Open champ, Shane Lowry continues ...