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Hillside …. There is no questioning Michael Hoey’s determination to get back full-time on the European Tour after a gutsy 68 on day one of the Betfred British Masters at Hillside. Hoey was five-under par playing the last only to drop a first shot of the round in overcast and very cold conditions on the long-time Open Championship Final Qualifying venue. The Belfast golfer heads into day two still very well-placed and trailing just five shots behind England’s Matthew Jordan who matched age ...

Hillside … Richie Ramsay feared the worst when he floored a spectator with an errant drive during the opening round of the Betfred British Masters at Hillside. The Scot, who ended his round with a super six-under par 66 to be just three from the lead, hit the middle-aged male spectator just above his right eye with his drive down the left side of the fourth fairway in wet and very cold conditions all day on the long-time Open Championship Final Qualifying venueGOL Ramsay, who was playing the ...

Rory McIlroy has given the European Tour a big lift with confirmation he has re-joined the Tour. The decision, coming just days before the May 1st automatic cut-off date for membership, means McIlroy will now be fully eligible to contest July’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club as the current World No. 4 hinted earlier this year. A European Tour official confirmed McIlroy paid the annual membership fee just prior to the end of April. Confirmation comes also ...

Hillside …. For the Mt. Juliet-attached Gavin Moynihan the Irish Open will always hold a special place in his career. Not that it is his ‘own’ national open but it was in the 1993 the then 19-year old made his European Tour debut contesting the 2013 Irish Open at Carton House. Moynihan has since been priviledged to contest every Irish Open since and benefitting from a sponsor’s invitations. And with the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open now a matter of weeks away, Moynihan ...

Hillside …. Scotland’s Richie Ramsay’s giving himself four years to age 40 and unless his golf improves the three-time Tour winning Scot is threatening he could quit the game. Ramsay, 36 struggled last year producing his poorest season of 114th on the European Tour money list since making his pro debut a fortnight after contesting the 2007 Open at Carnoustie. Since then the Scot has contested 277 events and banking £6.1m in prize-money. But the former U.S. Amateur champ, who won last ...

Hillside ….  Paul Dunne, and after eight tournaments on four different continents this new season, is hoping familiarity will breed a second Betfred British Masters this week at Hillside in England. Dunne broke through in brilliant manner two years ago capturing a maiden Tour title by denying Rory McIlroy in the then Lee Westwood-hosted British Mastesr at Close House. This week, local Southport hero Tommy Fleetwood is hosting the Euro 3.5m event at the Hillside course and lying adjacent to ...

Rory McIlroy spoilt a double 30th birthday and third victory celebration starring in yet another Sunday horror show at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte. There was no cork-popping champers, no birthday cheers though plenty of calls for pain-killers with McIlroy posting yet another awful-watching display in a final round 73 to share eighth place at se.ven under. A one-hour suspension to play at 5.10pm (Local time) momentarily halted the hurt with Mcllroy finding a greenside ...