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Shane Lowry has set himself the target ‘sneaking’ a top-10 finish heading to the final round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Lowry posted a third round 69 to head to the last day sharing 27th place at four-under par and with the Offlay golfer now to tee-up at 11.10am ensuring he should get the wish of seein much of the 8.45am start to the Ireland-v-Scotland Rugby World Cup opener. The Open Champion trails 11 shots behind the leading duo of Spain’s Jon Rahm and former Masters winner, ...

Richie Ramsay embraced his ‘Project 10’ setting about to hole more putts inside 10-feet, to boost hopes of wrapping-up his 2020 European Tour card. Ramsay did just that grabbing five birdies, including his closing two holes, in a four-under par 68 to be well inside the top-20 at five-under par after two rounds of the BMW PGA at Wentworth. The Edinburgh-based Ramsay heads to day three trailing six shots behind the leading duo of former Masters champ, Danny Willett (65) and Spaniard Jon Rahm (66) ...

For a second day running there was occasions when it seemed safer for Rory McIlroy fans to roam the fairways than stay behind the BMW PGA Championship spectator ropes. Such was the nature of McIlroy’s day two score 69 in managing to deliver those fans and event organisers a huge sigh of relief to just make the one-over par cut-off mark at Wentworth. It left the World No. 2 trailing a dozen shots behind the leading duo of former Masters champ, Danny Willett (65) and Spaniard Jon Rahm (66) who lead ...

Rangers fan Scott Jamieson paid tribute to the Dutch defended Fernando Ricksen in heading the Scottish contingent on the opening day of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Jamieson had the alarm set for 4.30am to out in the very first group at 7am and produced to snatch five birdies, including birdies on the closing two holes, in a four-under par 68. It left the 35-year old Glaswegian trailing three shots adrift of England’s Matt Wallace who posted a blistering bogey-free seven-under par 65. Jamieson’s ...

Shane Lowry’s thrill in being introduced on the opening tee as the 2019 Open Champion was spoilt when he walked from the final green in posting a level par 72 on day one of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Lowry teed-up alongside now fellow Open Champions Rory McIlroy and Francesco Molinari and it was the Italian in finishing stronger than his pair of Irish-born rivals. Molinari, who had gleaned so much confidence in May last year in going head-to-head with McIlroy to set the cornerstone ...

Rory McIlroy now knows better not to disagree with his wife in revealing the part played by ‘Mrs. Mc’ earlier this year to get him to re-join the European Tour. McIlroy tees-up in today’s (THUS) commencing BMW PGA Championship and just a third ‘regular’ European Tour event this season. The current World No. 2 dropped a golfing bombshell late last year declaring he would not be re-joining the European Tour and instead, he was starting 2019 in the Hawaiian Islands for a first occasion in ...

It’s official with Rory McIlroy confirming he will contest the 2020 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. McIlroy indicated his intentions to tee-up in Ireland’s premier event ahead of this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. There has been speculation in recent week’s the current World No. 2 would return to the tournament he captured in such spectacular manner at the K. Club in 2016 but now we have confirmation from the man himself, and this after the controversy of earlier this ...