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Graeme McDowell might now be suggesting ‘Beware the injured golfer’ after a second straight inspiring effort on day two of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McDowell added a one-under par 70 in tougher second round conditions, and that included steady rain in the early afternoon, to Thursday’s opening four-under par 68 to be at five-under in total and just outside the top-20 in his opening event of 2019. Indeed, McDowell is just five shots from the lead held by four players – ...

Spyglass Hill, Monterey … Martin Laird was delighted to grab the early Spyglass Hill course lead with a four-under par 68 on the opening day of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The Scot didn’t drop a shot on the course named in honour of ‘Treasure Island’ famed Scottish novelist, Robert Louis Stevenson and a former long-time visitor to the region. Indeed, there is a copy of ‘Treasure Island’ on a shelf in the Spyglass Hill Pro Shop. Laird was first out at 8am local time ...

Shane Lowry breathed a huge sigh of relief in finding the ‘side door’ with a closing round par putt on day one of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Lowry was teeing-up at nearby Spyglass Hill, and named in honour of Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson who was a regular visitor to the region. The Offlay golfer, who had teed-off first from the 10th hole at 8am local time, ended his round some five-hours and 15-minutes later with a one-under par 71. This week’s event is Lowry’s ...

Padraig Harrington’s likely USA Ryder Cup rival captain and Wisconsin-native Steve Stricker joked Padraig Harrington will be in for a tough time when he leads his European Team into competition later next year in the Badger State. Stricker is widely-tipped to be handed the USA Captaincy reins possibly later this month when the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic returns to PGA National and where the PGA of America’s HQ is located. Like Harrington, Stricker ticks all the USA captaincy boxes and more. The ...

Graeme McDowell is doubly excited to be returning to Pebble Beach twice this year. McDowell has shaken off a wrist injury that forced him out of last fortnight’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines to commence his new season further north on the spectacular Pacific Ocean Californian shoreline at Pebble Beach. It is just the third occasion McDowell has competed at Pebble Beach since brilliantly capturing the 2010 U.S. Open championship. He returned to the course in 2014 to finish T7th in the ...

Pebble Beach, California …. Top-ranked Scot Russell Knox declared ‘common sense’ has prevailed with the decision to lift the bizarre restrictions on caddies lining-up their players. After the fiasco of the past few weeks, the R & A and USGA jointly announced Rule 10.2b (4) has been ‘clarified’ after the scenario that saw China’s Haotong Li slapped with a two-stroke penalty at the Dubai Desert Classic and American Denny McCarthy also penalised at the Phoenix Open but then have the ...

Rory McIlroy again has insisted he is “positive” he will complete his career Grand Slam at the Masters ahead of ‘Take Five’ in that quest in April. Only five players have won all four of the modern Majors but then none of those four needed more than three attempts to win the final leg of the most exclusive club in the history of golf. McIlroy will return to Augusta National again looking to join Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tiger Woods as the only players to have ...