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Torrey Pines, California … Shane Lowry’s good news start to his new season continues with confirmation he will contest next fortnight’s AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The reigning Abu Dhabi HSBC champion will tee-up in the event starting February 7th and on the famed Pacific Ocean washed course that in June will also host the U.S. Open. It will be Lowry’s first full PGA Tour event since the bitter disappointment of losing his Tour after a pair of 69s to be cut from last August’s Wyndham ...

Torrey Pines, California …. Russell Knox brilliantly cut a mid-round swath through the field thanks to an eagle and six birdies in a score of 67 on day one of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Knox, and contesting a third event of the new season, was two-over early in his round following bogeys at one and four before the top-ranked Scot landed a 3-wood to 10-feet at the par-5 fifth hole for his first eagle of 2019 and with the best of the half-a-dozen birdies from the sixth to the ...

Torrey Pines, California ….  New European Ryder Cup captain, Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia have never really enjoyed a ‘best mates’ relationship. Twice in their careers, Harrington denied the feisty Spaniard Majors glory, first in 2007 at Carnoustie and then a year later in the 2008 PGA Championship. Then as a reminder of their uneasiness Harrington​, and commentating at the 2017 Masters for SKY Sports,​was asked ahead of the final round about the heart wanting Garcia ...

Torrey Pines, California …. The former coach to Tiger Woods admits he will be keeping a keen eye from afar on Stephen Gallacher’s showing in this week’s 30th anniversary Dubai Desert Classic. The double Dubai winner is among six Scots, and including 1996 champion, Colin Montgomerie, teeing-up on the famed Emirates Course. Gallacher took the bold move prior to Christmas to travel from Scotland to Orlando and spent three days with renowend coach, Sean Foley. The Canadian-born Foley has worked ...

Torrey Pines, California … Rory McIlroy tees-up for a first time in his career at the Farmers Insurance Open declaring give him time and he’ll figure out how to add to current four Majors victory haul. McIlroy has also returned to the Torrey Pines course also for a first occasion since he was a 10-year old when he attended the opening ceremony for the Junior World Championship but with the event itself taking place in nearby San Diego. The now World No. 8 recalls managing an ace on a ...

Tiger Woods returns to competition this week a last-up winner on the PGA Tour having replaced the trepidation and uncertainty of a year ago with an eagerness in capturing an eighth Farmers Insurance Open. Woods got his first look at the host Torrey Pines course in some twelve months when he played a nine-hole practice round in the company of Jordan Spieth. Spieth quizzed Woods during their round as to how long he had been visiting the stunning clifftop course overlooking the Pacific Ocean to the ...

Torrey Pines …. Tiger Woods returns to competition this week itching to jump back into the deep end after spending plenty of time in the off-season diving off the Bahamas. Woods tees-up in the Farmers Insurance Open on the Torrey Pines course near San Diego and in an event he’s won seven times while the clifftop course overlooking the Pacific Ocean also is the venue for his last Major in capturing the 2008 U.S. Open. After the uncertainity of this time 12 months ago Woods also tees-up as ...