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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 ...

Nassau, Bahamas Local resident Justin Rose reckons Tiger Woods could not have picked a better location and venue to end a 465-day competition absence at this week’s Hero Challenge in the Bahamas. Woods, as host of the event, managed to twist the arm of organisers of the £STG 2.8m event and tee-up in the elite 18-player field and in what will be his first event since sharing 10th place at the 2015 Wyndham Championship. And given the way Woods has hit the ball in practice and also during yesterday’s ...

Nassau, Bahamas ….. Tiger Woods delivered the first strong indication his game is up-to-shape ahead of ending a 15-month injury related absence at this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Woods teamed with Rio Olympic Games gold medal winning Justin Rose, who has been a resident on the exclusive Albany estate for two-and-a-half years, and with both players in shorts for nine holes of this week’s host Albany Club course. Woods was clearly very relaxed and aside from an errant drive ...

If reports are correct Tiger Woods will end a 465-day competition absence this coming Thursday with a golf bag supporting Monster Energy drinks, TaylorMade driver, Nike irons and using a Bridgestone golf ball. Monster Energy is only just behind Red Bull in sales and Woods will debut his new sponsor prominently in his return this week at the Hero World Challenge on the exclusive Albany course near Nassua in the Bahamas. It will be the seventh main sponsor to appear on the bag of the 14-time major ...

For sale – the gleaming Masters trophy won by Arnold Palmer.// // In addition to the famed Augusta National members green jacket, the Masters champion receives a trophy in the shape of Augusta National’s clubhouse. The trophy is 13.5″ wide, 6.5″ tall, and weighs 20 pounds. It wasn’t given out until 1993, but the tournament decided to present the trophies retroactively to all of the event’s winners. The website – www.greenjacketauctions.com – ...

Rory McIlroy heads into 52-day competition break pleased with his season despite an indifferent defence of his DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. McIlroy posted a final round 65 for a 12-under par tally and a share ninth place but signing off his 2016 year with a second poorest result in the all eight years of the event after ending 11th in 2012. The four-time Major winner, who was looking to get back to No. 1 in the world with a repeat Dubai victory, ended his ninth season in the pro-ranks five ...