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Russell Knox insisted ‘Please don’t tell my caddy’ after revealing he switched the shafts in his clubs ahead of teeing-up in making his first appearance at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. Scotland’s top-ranked player is strangely making his debut in the $5m event that was first contested in 2001 and won by fellow Scot Paul Lawrie. Knox was drawn to play the famed Old Course at St. Andrews and asked ahead of the pro-am of the three host courses which course ...

Rory McIlroy has seemingly ruled out capturing golf’s ‘double crown’ and that is winning both the PGA Tour FedEx Cup and European Tour Race to Dubai titles in the same season. Twice before in his now 12-year pro career McIlroy has won the double and that was in 2012 and then in 2014. McIlroy collected a third FedEx Cup No. 1 title with his victory late August at the Tour Championship but he currently trails well back in 24th place on the Race to Dubai and well adrift of fellow Irishman ...

Lee Westwood was singing the praise of his caddy and girlfriend, Helen Storey after the former European No. 1 aced his penultimate hole at Carnoustie on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Westwood was playing the short par-3 eighth hole as his 17th and was considering a 7-iron when encouraged by his caddy to go with a 6-iron. And then much the delight of the now 46-year old Westwood, his shot hit the green just short of the flag and then took two bounces before disappearning into the ...

Graeme McDowell has returned to competition this week in Scotand still getting over the horror in learning his Bahamas holiday home had been blown off the map by Hurricane Dorian. McDowell along with fellow Ulster golfer, Darren Clarke and South African Thomas Aitken each had their homes totally destroyed at the Abaco resort located on Great Abaco island where the hurricane struck on 1st September. McDowell’s disbelief in trying to fathom the loss of life and the total destruction forced him to ...

Graeme McDowell has revealed how close he and his young family came to disaster in avoiding being at their Bahamas holiday abode that was virtually blown off the map by Hurricane Dorian. The McDowell’s along with fellow Ulster golfer Darren Clarke and South African Thomas Aitken own residences on the exclusive Abaco Golf Club estate on the island of Grand Abaco. Hurricane Dorian struck the Abaco islands on 1st September with maximum sustained winds of 295kph, and is now regarded as the ...

For too long Russell Knox has parked himself on the couch watching TV coverage of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Not this year and with Scotland’s leading golfer making his debut appearance in the pro-amateur event starting Thursday on three courses in the east of Scotland. And while Knox has not previously contested the $5m event, he’s no stranger to the Old Course, Kingsbarns Links and Carnoustie. He said: “It has always been one of those tournaments that when it comes around each ...

Shane Lowry has seen his Race to Dubai lead cut to just 27 points at the close of the BMW PGA Championship. Lowry posted a best-of-the-week final round 66 for a then share of ninth place but at the close of the flagship event the Open Champion officially shared 11th place behind England’s Danny Willett who won a seventh European Tour title by three shots at 20-under par. Spain’s Jon Rahm, who had been tied with Willett after both the second and third rounds, found the water guarding the green ...