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In his 1883 memoir of his days as a steamboat pilot legendary author, Mark Twain described the town of Helena, Arkansas as “one of the prettiest situations on the Mississippi”. The port town of Helena, Arkansas was founded 50-years earlier on the mighty Mississippi River and with Helena growing from the agricultural wealth of the Delta region. The Civil War found it’s way to town with the 1863 Battle of Helena and an attempt by the Confederate Army to relieve pressure on the besieged ...

Rory McIlroy brought the curtain down on his first winless season in nine years vowing to return from a near three-month golfing sabbatical again a major force in world golf. McIlroy ended a frustrating and disappointing year near the furthest most point of the Old Course at St. Andrew with a round of 72 for a disappointing four-under par tally  and a distant share of 63rd place in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. It is the first occasion since 2009 that McIlroy has contested a season without ...

Rory McIlroy clearly cannot wait for his frustrating and first winless season in nine years to end. And, in what will be a sad reflection of his year, McIlroy will putt-out in his final event of the year at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship not on the 18th hole of the Old Course where he brilliantly earned his Tour in the same event a decade ago. No, McIlroy, and due to only just making the third day cut-off right on the four-under par mark, will end a forgettable 2017 on the ninth hole of the ...

International Team vice-captain Tony Johnstone has now joined a chorus hitting out at the ‘yobbish’ behaviour of U.S. fans and also the unsportmanslike words and manners of U.S. players Daniel Berger and Phil Mickelson during last week’s Presidents Cup. Johnstone remarks spring from Aussie-born Marc Leishman’s wife, Audrey who bravely spoke out at the actions of dozens of the clearly beer-fuelled Liberty National spectators. However, Johnstone has gone further calling for ...

Audrey Leishman, and the wife of Australia’s Marc Leishman, has slammed her fellow countrymen for their unruly behaviour at last week’s Presidents Cup in New Jersey. In an artcile by good friend and colleague ESPNs Bob Harig, the mother of three young children spoke#n first of her disappointment with the unsportsmanlike comments of American golfer, Daniel Berger on the eve of the third day’s play. But she then singled out the unruly manners of the fans, and many who she noticed ...

Paul Dunne shook off a huge demon in winning last week and now is primed to shake off another in grabbing a share of the lead on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. The brilliant winner of last week’s British Masters eagled the ninth hole and picked-up four birdies in bright but cold and windy conditions on the Old Course at St. Andrews and one of three host venues in the $US 5m pro/amateur event. The Irishman joined Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts who fought back from a ...

Rory McIlroy revealed he’s set his sights heading into the New Year looking to become the greatest European and also the winningest International golfer in the history of the game. The four-time Major winner is determined to surpass not only Nick Faldo’s European Tour victory record but the record of nine Majors won by South African Gary Player. However, in looking ahead to 2018 McIlroy revealed two huge goals aside from becoming only the sixth player to capture the Grand Slam. “The Grand Slam ...