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For a second week running Aussie Scott Hend has put himself to win for a first time on European soil. A week ago it took a stroke of brilliance by Swede Alex Noren to deny Hend at the first extra play-off hole at the European Masters in Switzeland. Now Hend is again one round away in capturing what would not only be his first success on the European continent but a third triumph this season. The big-hitting Queenslander began the KLM Open third round three shots from the lead but then stormed his ...

Crooked Stick, Carmel, IN …. Scotland’s top-ranked Russell Knox has had his left wrist strapped for the past two days of the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick in Indianapolis. The bandaging is on whilst on the range and on the Pete Dye designed course and with Knox pointing out it helps with a cyst he has on top of hand. However Knox is not overly concerned and sought to brush off any long-term worry after a steady second round 69 for a share of 19th place at four under heading to the ...

For a second week in succession Australia’s Scott Hend is flying high near the top of a European Tour leader board and just three shots from the front seat at the KLM Open. Hend had bravely lost out in a play-off at last week’s Omega European Masters and denied a third victory this season when Swede Alex Noren holed an outrageous 20-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole high in the Swiss Alps. But then the big Queeslander has not given up hope of what would be a first win on European ...

Tiger Woods is scheduled to appear at the Turkish Airlines Open as the sporting icon plans his return to action. The 14-time major winner and former world number one has played a key role in the Turkish Golf Federation’s ambitious plans to grow the sport in the country and attract more and more tourists to its beautiful courses. Tiger played in the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final in 2012 and finished third in the country’s inaugural European Tour Tournament, the Turkish Airlines Open, the ...

In Harm’s Way was one of the more incredible books I have read. It tells the true story of the USS Indianapolis and the fate of the men who were on board the night of July 30th, 1945. That night the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated three hundred men were killed upon impact; close to nine hundred sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they struggled to stay alive, battered by a savage sea and fighting off sharks, hypothermia, ...

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.