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Open Champion Henrik Stenson leads the golf world in praising Tiger Woods return to golf last week in the Bahamas but also cautiously advises the 14-time Major winner needs to get back to playing a full schedule if he’s to again become a force in the game. After a long 15-month absence, Woods produced rounds of 73, 65, 70 and 76 to share 15th place in the eventual 17-player Hero World Challenge field. There was plenty of good over the four days from Woods but also evidence much work still needs ...

It will come as no surprise later this week when Thomas Bjorn is named as the 2018 European Ryder Cup Captain. Sweden’s Henrik Stenson was heading to London after finishing runner-up in the Hero World Challenge to meet with European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley along with three immediate captains in Jose Maria Olazabal (2012), Paul McGinley (2014) and Darren Clarke (2016) to rubber-stamp Bjorn’s appointment. Bjorn’s credentials to be appointed as a European Team captain are without question. The ...

Nassau, Bahamas – Special report by Kiran Kanwar. As we know, a “putter” can either refer to a golf club, or a person making a putt. However, there is a new use for the term – it is the name of a device that helps a putter putt – PerfectPutter. What does this device do? The simpler question is what does it not do! When Ramon Bescansa, a young professional golfer from Spain who has played on the PGA Tour, the web.com Tour and many others,  found himself focusing too much on ...

Nassau, Bahamas … From Comedian to Caddie & Beyond  – Special report by Kiran Kanwar. Humor in the classroom and in sport has been shown through research to, among other things, create a relaxed atmosphere. Surely that is what all golfers need during a stressful golf event, and who better to provide some light “comic-relief” than a player’s caddie, who has to walk wth him (and suffer his poor humor too, sometimes) for eighteen holes. When Michael Collins changed careers from ...

Nassau, Bahamas … Rory McIlroy ensured a 9-year old Irish boy an experience to remember. It was on Friday night during the running of a Ireland TV program called the “Late Late Toy Show” when Charlie Smyth was shown 0n stage playing McIlroy’s video game. Ryan Tubridy, hosting the show, quizzed the youngster why Rory is so good? “He has this thing in his blood,” said Smyth.   Tubridy then asked how’s Rory going?  Then Smyth rattled off some of McIlroy’s ...

Queenslander Andrew Dodt will take a two-shot lead into the weekend at the Australian PGA Championship after firing a brilliant 67 on day two at RACV Royal Pines Resort. The proud Ganton-born golfer signed for a 65 on Thursday before the storms arrived to take the overnight lead but was joined at the top of the leaderboard by Ashley Hall and Harold Varner III as the first round concluded on Friday morning. Hall then carded an impressive 69 to set the clubhouse target in round two but Dodt posted ...

Nassau, Bahamas Tiger Woods was Russell Knox’s boyhood hero but on the eve of the Hero Challenge Knox had yet to formally meet this week’s tournament host. Knox will tee-up in the limited 18-player £STG 2.8m event where all attention will focus on Woods who is ending a 465-day competitive absence on the ultra-exclusive Ernie Els design course at coastal Albany. Knox arrived on Monday morning local time after a 22-hour flight from Melbourne, Australia on the private jet owned by Australia’s ...