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Three Major winners in Adam Scott, Jason Day and Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell along with past Australian Masters winner Rod Pampling have brilliantly leant their support to the Port Plate and being staged in the Port Macquarie region on the New South Wales mid-north coast of Sydney. The premier amateur event, teeing-up this weekend on the challening Kew, Bonville and Port Macquaries courses, features a field of just 32 handicappers and brilliantly helps raise funds for kids with autism. The Port ...

Russell Knox was probably delighted Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn was not on hand to watch the Scot stumble his way to a horror 74 on day one of the British Msters at Close House – https://closehouse.com/british-masters/ Bjorn, and the European Ryder Cup captan, was due to partner Knox and Graeme McDowell in the first two rounds but was a late withdrawal due to injury. While McDowell, and seeking a return to the European Team, impressed with a four under 67, Knox’s effort on the undulating ...

Rory McIlroy insists Tiger Woods can be proud of his achivements should the 14-time Major winner not to return to competitive golf. Woods indicated on Wednesday ahead of the Presidents Cup that faced the realiy, and due to multiple back surgeries, of ‘not knowing what the future holds’. McIlroy, who had grown-up idolising Woods, was asked his reaction to Woods remarks following a first round of a three-under par 67 on day one of the British Masters at Close House in Newcastle. “Only he knows ...

The very first time the Presidents Cup travelled outside of the States and that was in 1998 to the famed Royal Melbourne course. I had been present at Manassas in Virginia in 1996 when half the media contingent reporting on the then second Presidents Cup left the tournament on Friday night and headed north-east to Illinois after Tiger Woods, and competing in just his third event as a pro, shot a second round 64 on route to a sharing 5th place at the Quads City Classic. Woods eventually single-handedly ...

Seeing Tiger Woods enthusistically interact with his Presidents Cup captain, Steve Stricker and fellow USA vice-captains in front of the assembled media at the selection of the opening foursome matches was a side of the 14-time Major winner we have not seen before. Usually, and as it very much the case with both Ryder Cup sides, everything such as pairings and singles teeing-off order is always done behind closed doors. However, the manner Woods was involved working with Stricker, Fred Couples, ...

Six months after slumping to his poorest World Ranking in 17-years, and then soon after  losing his PGA Tour card, Ian Poulter says ‘all the ‘moving parts in my life have been simplified’ as the rejuvenated Brit nears breaking back into the game’s elite top-50. Poulter will contest this week’s British Masters currently ranked No. 55 in the world and in sharp contrast to March when he dropped outside the top-200 in the world and his poorest ranking since a maiden pro season ...

As he first hinted late last month in Boston, Rory McIlroy has formally revealed the pressure he was under from the European Tour to add this week’s British Masters to his injury-reduced schedule this season. It was just 10 days ago McIlroy surprised many in confirming he would contest just a second British Masters in his career and also 10 years to the month after the fanfare of turning professional in the same event in 2007. In doing so, McIlroy required an invitation to tee-up on the host Close ...