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Marc Warren might consider offering a small ‘thank you’ of sorts to George Coetzee after the hapless South African gifted Warren second place in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. Coetzee was sharing second place with the Scot in the Victoria course clubhouse on 16-under par when he found water left off the tee at the final hole in taking a horror triple-bogey ‘7’ and tumble to a share of seventh. So, instead of sharing second Warren’s full second-place prize-money, and a cheque for ...

Scot Marc Warren has brilliantly boosted hopes of retaining his Tour card for next season by muscling his way to a share of second and into contention at the Portugal Masters. Warren produced a flawless display of five birdies and then capped his round with a 17th hole eagle in a sizzling seven-under par 64 in ideal scoring conditions of the Victoria course at Vilamoura. Warren, 36 heads to the weekend rounds sharing second place with Dane Lucas Bjerregaard (65) and with 29-year old Italian Nino ...

Atlanta, GA … When Rory McIlroy was seen recently walking during his Dell Technologies Pro-Am outing in the company of PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan we now have an insight what they may have been chatting about. Monahan’s father was among McIroy’s amateur partners that day at TPC Boston and Monahan’s son was naturally a very interested spectator. For the most part of 17 holes, as the Commissioner left the group once they had putted out on 17, Monahan and McIlroy were in constant ...

Atlanta, GA … Rory McIlroy is only 28 years of age and still has some of his best years ahead of him as one of the game’s best professional golfers. However, the time will come one day when McIlroy will wind down his career and when he does he would love to delve into golf course design. McIlroy has managed to build a strong relationship with legendary Jack Nicklaus and helped by the fact he is a member of the Bears Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. And it has been in chatting ...

Atlanta, GA … Presidents Cup Captain, Nick Price insists Marc Leishman’s brilliant BMW Championship will prove a huge boost for his International Team. Leishman had singled out Price’s input to his Chicago victory when returning to competition at this week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta and remarking how the Zimbabwean-born Price has been like a mentor to him in recent years. Price was not on hand at Conway Farms but he was among the first to text his congratulations to the Warrnambool-born ...

Defending champ Padraig Harrington again had plenty of Irish encouragement in a flawless four-under 67 on day one of the Portugal Masters. Harrington returned to the Victoria course clearly with a spring in his step and 12 months after ending an eight-year European Tour winless drought on the sun-splashed Algarve. The current World No. 158 looked refreshed after an ‘economy class’ share of 55th a week ago in the KLM Open. Harrington started his round from the 10th and picked-up three birdies ...

Atlanta, GA … European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’ certainty Jon Rahm has set his sights on becoming only the second Spaniard after the late, great Seve Ballesteros to capture the European Tour No. 1 crown. Ballesteros won the then named ‘European Tour Order of Merit’ title on six occasions (1976 – 78, 1986, 1988 and 1991). And in the intervening 26-years no Spainard, including double Masters winning Jose Maria Olazabal or current Masters champion Sergio Garcia, ...