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Scotland’s Duncan Stewart eased the disappointment of missing the cut in winning the keys to gleaming BMW for an ace in his second round at the rain-affected Hero India Open. The Grantown on Spey golfer was among some 60 players who had to return to the New Delhi course Saturday to complete their second round. And Stewart, who had teamed with Russell Knox in last year’s World Cup of Golf, did that in style pulling out a 6-iron and then landing his 178-yard tee shot just short of the flag ...

Palm Harbor, FL … Geoff Ogilvy has recently been appointed to the Players Advisory Board at the PGA Tour and now as a member of the Board he was privileged to see before the official announcement the proposals announced recently by the R & A and USGA to the Rules of Golf. The changes to rules, and if proposed, will come into effect on 1st January, 2019. And Ogilvy, who captured the 2006 US Open and also tasted success in 11 other tournaments including winning the 2008 Australian PGA and ...

Palm Harbor, FL … Russell Knox’s wretched run continues missing a halfway cut for a third time in his past four events at the Valspar Championship north of Tampa, Florida. Knox bogeyed three of his opening six holes but then also bogeyed the closing two holes of the trio that make-up ‘The Snake Pit’ in a round of 74 for a two over par tally on the Copperhead course. The top-ranked Scot ended his round near lunch sharing 88th place and two shots shy of the projected even par cut-off mark ...

Palm Harbor, FL … Graeme McDowell holed a brilliant 30-foot par from off the green at the final hole of the three-hole famed ‘Snake Pit’ before then covering his head with both arms in embarrassment to make the cut in the Valspar Championship in Florida. After a shock first round 75 that included three double bogeys, McDowell dug deep on day two birding his three opening holes ahead of three-putting for bogey the par three 17th on the Copperhead course. ‘G Mac’ then needed a ...

Palm Harbor, Florida  … Ian Poulter has superbly drawn on the caddy to two former women World No. 1s to put himself into contention after two rounds of the Valspar Championship at Palm Harbor on Florida’s west coast. Poulter bounced back from a one-over par 72 first round to add a second day four-under par 67 and a three under par tally in continuing glorious conditions on the Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort. The Englishman’s only disappointment on day two of the £STG 5.17m ...

Scotland’s pioneering golf course architects, including Old Tom Morris and designed of the Balcomie Links at Crail Golfing Society, and the lasting impact they have had on the game across the world have been celebrated at this week’s ‘Design Masters: The Scottish International Golf Course Architects Conference’. Events began with a tour of the University of the Highlands and Islands’ campus in Dornoch which runs a BA (Hons) Golf Management course, the first honours degree of its ...

Palm Harbor, FL … Russell Knox and his caddy were headed straight for the Copperhead driving range after posting a one under par 70 on the opening day of the Valspar Championship here at Palm Harbor, Florida. Knox brilliantly split both opening fairways on route to back-to-back birdies to be two-under par after just two holes but it then came unstuck for Scotland’s leading golfer completing the next 10 holes in two over par after bogeys at his ninth and 11th holes. At his ninth, or the ...