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Crooked Stick, Carmel, IN …. Scotland’s Russell Knox has ruled out contesting October’s Safeway Open even though he longs for the day to play alongside Tiger Woods. While Woods has announced he will hopefully return to competition at Napa in California the first event of the PGA Tour’s 2016/17 wraparound schedule is simply not on Knox’s agenda. However the current No. 7 on the FedEx Cup points list did join the chorus celebrating Tiger’s impending return. “It’s ...

Tiger Woods got top marks when the 14-time major champion made an appearance at Limestone Creek Elementary School in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday to join his daughter Sam for Career Day in Mrs. Todd’s third-grade class. Principal Maria Lloyd and the school’s official account tweeted out pictures of Woods speaking with the class, presumably about his illustrious golf career. And the news got better a day later for Woods announcing he was hopeful of returning to competition in October.

Rory McIlroy confessed he’s looking forward to a return of the buzz and aura Tiger Woods generates following news the 14-time Major champ is set to return to competition. Woods announced he was hopeful of teeing up on October 13th in the event at Napa, California and the opening tournament of the 2016/17 PGA Tour wraparound schedule. Woods has not competed since sharing 10th place in last year’s Wyndham Championship and in what will be an absence of 14 months. During his time on the side-line ...

Teenage prodigy Rayhan Thomas is poised to create MENA Tour history in becoming the first amateur to win an event with a round to play in the Dubai Creek Open. Starting the day one shot off the pace, Thomas, who is ranked 526th in the world, backed up his opening six-under 65 with a 67 to join overnight leader Jake Shepherd atop the leaderboard on 10 under 132. On a day when hot and humid conditions took its toll on one's energy levels and stamina, Shepherd moved to 11-under after the ...

  What are your feelings right now?   PAUL CASEY:  Well, that was tough, wasn’t it?  Obviously frustrated.  Rory has played ‑‑ what did Rory shoot?   65.   PAUL CASEY:  Wow, yeah, very impressive.  Yeah, that’s a mighty round of golf.  You know, I struggled a little bit from the get‑go and it’s hard to regain rhythm and make your birdies if you hadn’t started out that way, so I found it incredibly difficult.  I battled well, did a lot of things ...

Rising star Rayhan Thomas shot a sparkling six-under 65 to better his own amateur course record as he sits one behind early pace-setter Jake Shepherd of England after round one of the MENA Golf Tour’s Dubai Creek Open on Monday. In a rich vein of form following his recent victory at the Scottish Boys’ Open Stroke Play, Thomas reeled off seven birdies against a lone bogey to beat his previous best of a 66 he shot in this very event last year when he finished runner-up to Shepherd Shepherd countered ...

Rory McIlroy will look to ride Hurricane Hermine to victory in the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston. McIlroy ended his third round in dramatic style with his 4-iron second shot lipping out for albatross ‘2’ and with the eventual eagle handing him a round of five under par 66 and a then share of the clubhouse lead at nine under par tally on the TPC Boston course. “That shot into the last was worth the wait as I have to back off my shot as the wind was gusting a bit and ...