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  Report by Trevor Peake, Hoylake … US win eight of the ten singles to run away with the Walker Cup​. JOHN AUGENSTEIN claimed the winning point when he beat Great Britain and Ireland’s Thomas Plumb 4 & 3 to clinch the 47th Walker Cup for the United States of America over the Hoylake links at Royal Liverpool. USA won eight of the ten afternoon singles and the match 15 1/2 – 10 1/2 to retain the famous old trophy they regained at Los Angeles Country Club two years ago having ...

Christmas will come early for members of the MENA Tour by Arena after rich rewards in the form of playing opportunities on various established Tours and tournaments were lined up for those performing well in the Autumn Schedule. The region’s only recognized golf tour, which offers Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points for every tournament, will resume with the $100,000 Journey to Jordan-2 at the stunning Ayla Golf Club in Aqaba, Jordan, from September 29. While the overall professional Journey ...

Trevor Peake at Royal Liverpool … ENGLAND’S Alex Fitzpatrick and Conor Gough both claimed two points as Great Britain and Ireland took a 7-5 lead over the United States of America after the opening day of the 47th Walker Cup at the sun kissed Hoylake links of Royal Liverpool.​ Fitzpatrick won his morning foursomes with Conor Purcell while Gough won with Harry Hall then they both won their singles in the afternoon.​ Brandon Wu got two points for USA winning his foursomes with Alex ...

Oban lefty Bob MacIntyre is confident of regrouping and drive away with a maiden Tour victory at the Porsche European Open in Hamburg. MacIntyre, 23 headed into the ‘moving day’ third round leading by four shots but the rookie Scot went from a Tour career low of 65 on Friday to post a horror two-over par 74 and find himself tied with local hero Bern Ritthammer (70) on nine-under par. MacIntyre dropped shots at the second, third and 10th holes before a run of seven straight pars that had him tied ...

Special report by Trevor Peake, Hoylake ….. TWO years ago this weekend Robert MacIntyre was a member of the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team on the end of a 19-7 drubbing by the United States at the Los Angeles Country Club in California.​ The 23-year-old Scot didn’t play in the first morning foursome but then was the only winner in the afternoon singles beating Cameron Champ 6&4 for the biggest win of the day, although GB&I trailed 8-4 overnight.​ On day two MacIntyre, ...

Oban lefty Bob MacIntyre brilliantly took to the overtaking lane heading to the weekend rounds with his lowest main Tour career round of 65 on day two of the Porsche European Open in Hamburg. MacIntyre, 23 muscled his way from two shots off the lead teeing-up on day two and storm his way to a superb four-shot leading advantage thanks to a rousing bogey-free round of seven birdies for an 11-under par total. The young Scot leads German Bernd Ritthammer (66) who is at seven-under par. MacIntyre, and ...

Sadly, the PGA Tour’s own entry rules could now rob Tiger Woods, and the lone player to put the Tour on the ultra-lucrative pedestal it now so richly enjoys, from defending next week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta. Woods bogeyed his closing two holes in a second straight one-under par 71 for a two-under par tally after two rounds at the BMW Championship at Medinah in suburban Chicago. The effort, and with still two rounds to play, is predicted to see Woods slip six places to 44th on the FedEx ...