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TPC Boston,  MA … Rory McIlroy revealed he’s found a way better tackle the likes of  a rejuvenated 14-time Major winning Tiger Woods and red-hot current World No. 3 Justin Thomas. McIlroy posted a level par 71 on day one of the Dell Technologies Championship in Boston and then praised his switch from a TaylorMade TP5x to a TP5 golf ball. And while McIlroy didn’t set the TPC Boston course on fire as he did in winning the event in 2012 and then in 2016, there was enough good in his game ...

TPC Boston, MA .. It was an innocent question on the eve of the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship at TPC Boston. Rory McIlroy was asked simply:  “When you hear the name Thomas Bjorn what immediately comes to mind?” Of course, Bjorn in the 2018 European Ryder Cup captain and looking to regain the cup and continue Europe’s dominance of having never lost the Ryder Cup in 25 years on European soil. McIlroy’s answer to the question was pure McIlroy. Firstly, the scene is the ...

TPC Boston, MA… Rory McIlroy revealed he and coach, Michael Bannon delved back 15-years to videos of McIlroy as a then 16-year old at the Bangor Golf Club in suburban Belfast to bring victory in the three remaining events of the FedEx Cup ‘Play-Off’ series. McIlroy reckon he’s got over 1,000 videos since he first swang a golf club soon after he began to walk. But after going so close to a second success this year in finishing joint runner-up at Carnoustie and sixth a fortnight ...

TPC Boston, MA …. Russell Knox has promised Scotland will have their two strongest World Ranked golfers flying the Tartan colours in this year’s ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf in Australia. Knox took some criticism two years ago in selecting good friend, Duncan Stewart and then ranked No. 324 in the world and this despite the duo combing well to shoot a final round 65 and share eighth place. But there will be no arguments this year with the World No. 57 ranked Knox, and as Scotland’s highest ...

TPC Boston, MA … Tiger Woods will look to end his on-course putting woes packing a TaylorMade ‘Juno’ prototype putter not yet on the market into his ‘Monster Energy’ bag heading into this week’s Dell Technologies Championship near Boston. Woods is currently ranked the 26th best putter on the Tour averaging 28.52 putts for each of the 54 rounds he has contested this year. But in breaking down the stats to look at a player’s round-by-round statistics Woods ...

TPC Boston, MA … Rory McIlroy returns to competition this week buoyed by thoughts of a third Boston victory party and eager to help steer Europe to success later next month in Versailles. McIlroy emerged onto the TPC Boston practice range just after 3pm local time Tuesday in sweltering sauna-like conditions ahead of Friday’s start to the Euro 7.7m final Dell Technologies Championship just to south of Boston. McIlroy tees-up, and after skipping last week’s Northern Trust, having dropped ...

TPC Boston, MA …. Double Major winning Zach Johnson has described as a ‘coincidence’ a tweet that may suggest he will be travelling with the USA Team to next month’s Ryder Cup. Johnson, and a veteran of five Ryder Cups, tweeted a picture Tuesday of the bag handed to him as a gift by one of his sponsors. In the bag was a white 2018 USA Team Ryder Cup cap. The picture of the cap in Johnson’s bag immediately had Twitter followers, including rival European Team captain, Thomas Bjorn, ...