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Orlando, FL … Padraig Harrington was standing on the final fairway with just a wedge in his hand and looking to finish at three-under par on day one and in a first appearance in three years at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando. Harrington had just 136-yards to the pin but proceeded to land his second shot left into a greenside bunker and with his ball lying like a ‘fried egg’ but on the downslope of the bunker. He surveyed his third shot including walking across ...

Orlando, Florida … A last hole double-bogey spoilt Rory McIlroy’s hope of a lowest PGA Tour round this year with the World No. 13 signing for a three-under par 69 on day one of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. McIlroy enjoyed a share of the lead in the $8.9m event in birding three holes in succession from the sixth hole and then birdiing the 10th on the famed Bay Hill course in suburban Orlando. But sticking out like a sore thumb on his scorecard was a ‘6’ at the last that ...

Orlando, FL … Henrik Stenson, 41 struck yet another low for the over-40 year old golfing brigade posting an eight-under par 64 to lead the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational by a shot at the Bay Hill course in suburan Orlando. The little-known American pair of Aaron Wise and Talor Gooch share second on seven-under and with Tiger Woods looming ominous in signing for a 68. Stenson’s effort of nine birdies and just the one bogey was his lowest Bay Hill round by two shots in ...

Orlando, FL … Scotland’s Martin Laird has again ruled himself out of Ryder Cup selection in electing not to join the European Tour. Laird, and a three-time PGA Tour winner including having captured this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2011, has never pulled on the European Team colours in either the Ryder Cup, the EurAsia Cup or made himself eligible for the now defunct Seve Trophy. He did though represent Scotland in the 2011 and 2013 World Cup. In his now 14-years in the pro-ranks Laird has ...

Orlando, FL …. Rory McIlroy is confident history will repeat itself and he’ll come back a winner. McIlroy tees up in this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational having missed the cut in last week’s Valspar Championship and this after also missing the cut last month in the AT & T Pebble Beach Open. The Arnold Palmer, and with McIlroy competing for a fourth straight year, is the seventh of eight events the current World No. 13 is contesting ahead of the 5th April commencing Masters. McIlroy ...

Orlando, FL …. No sooner had Tiger Woods been confirmed as the 2019 USA Presidents Cup captain and Rickie Fowler warmed to the thought of Woods, and if he should qualify for the team, becoming only the second playing captain of an American Presidents Cup side. As predicated yesterday by www.golfbytourmiss.com Woods and Ernie Els were confirmed as rival President Cup captains at a news conference held here at the Bay Hill course in Orlando. Fowler, who you would expect to qualify for the ...

Orlando, FL …. Tiger Woods, and just a fortnight after not ruling himself out of qualifying for this year’s Ryder Cup in being appointed a Versailles vice-captain, has now raised hopes of being a playing captain in next year’s Presidents Cup in Melbourne, Australia. Woods, who will be just shy of his 44th birthday ahead of a first US team captaincy role,  admitted it has come sooner than he thought but insists it was a ‘natural progression’ following confirmation in Orlando ...