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Darren Clarke and his son, Tyrone gelled well to produce a nine-under par 63 while Padraig Harrington admitted his 15-year old son, Paddy ‘carried’ their team on the opening day of the PNC Father and Son Challenge in Orlando. The Clarke’s were five-under through eight holes and then birdied their closing two holes to be sharing sixth place and five shots adrift of ‘Team Goosen’, the pair of double US Open winning Retief and his son, Leo. The Goosen’s were six-under ...

Two years on from their team debut and Paddy Harrington reckons he and his triple Major winning father can walk off with the spoils of victory in today’s commencing (US time Saturday) PNC Father and Son Challenge in Orlando. It is the 22nd staging of the event and first contested in 1995 that brings together Major Champions and their siblings. Heading this year’s field again is 18-time Major winning Jack Nicklaus who has returned to tee-up alongside his 17-year old grandson, GT, for ...

… Sydney, Australia  Australian Matt Jones intends drawing on winning memories of four years ago in taking a three-shot lead into the final round of the Australian Open in Sydney. Jones, 39 posted a third round 68 that included five birdies and dropped only two shots to move to 13-under par on the Australian Club course where he has been a member since aged 15. American Cameron Tringale (69) is in second place on 10-under par and with sensational Japan amateur Takumi Kanaya (70), South African ...

… Sydney, Australia  For young rooke Irishman Conor Purcell it was not the choking Sydney bushfire smoke that was of concern but more a case of losing sight on the greens on day one of only his second tournament as a professional. Purcell played well tee-to-green but simply struggled on the greens on the opening round at the Australian Open at The Australian club in Sydney. The 22-year old posted a disappointing six-over par 77 to be sharing 138th place and desperately needing a low second ...

….. Sydney, Australia  Golfers are use to dealing most aspects of ‘Mother Nature’ such as lightning, rain, wind, hail, snow and blowing sand. But rarely have some of the best golfers in the world faced the problem of smoke. The bushfire smoke has blanketed Sydney for a number of days now turning the skies from a normal summer day bright blue to a pinkish red. It’s played havoc constantly irritatng people’s eyes and just making the task of being outside in the open very ...

There’s a lot to be said about home course knowledge.  Just ask Aussie golfer, Matt Jones. Jones brilliantly eagled the par-5 18th hole in holing a great 25-fooet for a four-under par 67 to be just a shot from the lead on day one of the Australian Open here in a bushfire smoke blanketed Sydney. The 39-year old earlier collected four birdies and with his only dropped shots at the first and eighth holes. It left the Sydneysider two shots adrift of the leading Asian duo of Japan’s Takum ...

Newly-crowned European No. 1 Jon Rahm is singing the praise of ‘Rookie of the Year’ Bob MacIntyre. The Spaniard and the young Scot scooped the Tour’s top-two awards at the recent close of the European Race to Dubai season in Dubai. Rahm then added to his three-tournament victory season in being honoured Tuesday with the European ‘Golfer of the Year’ title. And after posting a two-under par 70 on day one in his defence of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, the powerhouse 25-year old ...