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Atlanta, GA … Former long-time arch rival Phil Mickelson has led the praise for Tiger Woods in ending a half-decade winless drought to capture the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. Mickelson completed close to three hours before Woods strolled to a ?? shot victory for a ?? -under par victory tally on the East Lake course. “He’s played such good golf all year that is just not surprising and it’s just a matter of time before he does win,” he said. “Tiger’s played ...

Atlanta, GA … Final-Round Notes – Sunday, September 23, 2018 Weather: Partly cloudy with a high of 90. Wind SE at 5-10 mph. Final-Round Leaderboard Tiger Woods                        65-68-65-71—269 (-11) Billy Horschel                     71-65-69-66—271 (-9) Dustin Johnson                  69-70-67-67—273 (-7) Hideki Matsuyama            72-66-71-65—274 (-6) Webb Simpson                  69-70-68-67—274 ...

Atlanta, GA … An emotional Tiger Woods delivered his USA Team an Eiffel Tower-high boost brilliantly ending a half-decade winless drought to capture by two shots the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. Woods traditional last round red shirt looked the brightest it’s been with a first victory anywhere in 1,876 days and with victory virtually gift-wrapped him by his rivals after posting a closing day 71 for an 11-under par tally on the East Lake course. Among those failing to mount ...

USA Ryder Cup captain, Jim Furyk leads his star-studded team into next week’s much-anticipated Ryder Cup confident of security arrangements in place in ‘terrorism-alert’ France but not so sure on his opening speech and player gifts. This year’s staging of the biennial competition between the best golfers from Europe and the U.S. will see the largest security force ever in place not only for a golf tournament but for a sporting event since the 2016 Rio Olympics, and with reports of ...

Atlanta, GA … Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy could not have been more pleased for long-time good friend Oliver Fisher in becoming the first player in the history of the European Tour to finally break the sub-60 barrier by shooting a 59 on day two of the Portugal Masters at Villamoura. It was only last fortnight McIlroy went close to joining some eight players on the PGA Tour to have shot better than 60 in signing for a 62 on the opening day of the BMW Championship in Philadelphia. McIlroy ...

Atlanta, GA …. Rory McIlroy revealed he intends joining the PGA Tour’s Players Advisory Committee (PAC) to get better involved with the decisions being made on Tour. The 16-player committee is the PGA Tour equivalent of the European Tour’s Tournament Advisory Committee, and directly advises Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan and the Ponte Vedre-based Board of Directors. “I had a couple conversations with Jay (Monahan – PGA Tour Commissioner) and I’m not on the PAC,” McIlroy said. “I’m ...

Atlanta, GA …. Rory McIlroy has overwhelming crowd favourite Tiger Woods and fellow joint third round leader World No. 1 Justin Rose in his victory sights after two birdies in his closing four holes boosted hopes of success in the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. McIlroy posted a day two 68 to grab the then clubhouse lead at five-under par minutes before Rose birdied 18 in a score of 67 to move to the lead at seven-under and then later joined by Woods who also birdied the final hole ...