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Double Major winning Jordan Spieth has come out stronger than most declaring it would be ‘ridiculous’ if Russell Knox is denied a European Ryder Cup ‘wildcard’ pick. Spieth played alongside the Scot for the opening two rounds of this week’s lucrative Barclays Championship at Bethpage Park on New York’s Long Island. While Knox had battled a mystery virus he picked-up off his wife’s niece, he dug deep to fight his way to the weekend rounds of the opening event on the FedEx Cup Play-Off ...

Each day we have been heading to the Barclays Championship we have driven past a wonderful-looking golf course named Tam O’Shanter Golf Club. Of course, living in Scotland Tam O’Shanter is a Scottish legend that was turned into a narrative poem in 1791 by legendary poet Robert Burns. In the original tale, after a long day at market Tam O’Shanter, and a farmer from Carrick stays drinking until near the witching hour (the hour between night and day). As he rides his mare home, his ...

After the pleasure of tackling the West Course at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, North Carolina I thought to myself of an opening line to a feature story on the courses. The Grandover Resort and Conference Centre, to give it’s proper name, is located just a short distance from Sedgefield Golf Club and home to the Wyndham Championship.  As it so happened the Media Car Park is located overlooking the resort. Soon after boarding the shuttle bus to the Media Centre we drove past, as we had ...

Bethpage Park, NY … Scotland’s Russell Knox is hopeful his goal of a Ryder Cup ‘wildcard’ pick has not been spoilt after revealing he turned down Darren Clarke’s suggestion to contest last week’s Wydnham Championship. It has come to light the European Ryder Cup captain along with vice-captain Ian Poulter phoned Knox suggesting he could lock-in an automatic qualifying place by teeing-up in North Carolina. There were many observers who shared Clarke’s belief given Knox was just ...

Bethpage Park, NY … Triple European Ryder Cup star Paul Casey ruled himself out of this year’s team by not joining the European Tour and instead wishing to focus more on his young family and establishing himself more on the PGA Tour. But it has not stopped the affable Englishman to join a growing chorus of support in favour of Russell Knox being handed a Hazeltine ‘wildcard’ pick. “Let’s face it, he would have been qualified had he been a member when he won the HSBC ...

Bethpage Park, NY … Martin Laird produced his equal lowest opening round all year to muscle his way to five under par and take a share of the lead on the opening day of the Barclays Championship. Laird didn’t drop a shot in his score of 66 in hot and humid conditions around the Black Course at Bethpage Park on New York’s Long Island. The Scott birdied took full advantage of the ‘easier’ front nine on the course set to host the 2019 U.S/ Open and 2024 Ryder Cup before playing in the ...

Bethpage Park, NY … Russell Knox is hoping his can shake off a mystery ‘bug’ after struggling in posting a two over par 73 on the opening day of the Barclays Championship on Long Island. Knox, who picked up the illness of his wife’s niece, was three-over par through just five holes on the ‘easier’ outward nine of the ultra-tough Bethpage Park Black course. Scotland’s top-ranked fought back with birdies at seven and 12 but ended holing a five-footer for the fourth bogey in his round. He ...