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Double Masters winning Bubba Watson has opened his own candy store – Bubba’s Sweet Spot, which opened late last week in Pensacola, Fla. While the recent deadly floods in West Virginia saw the cancellation of the Greenbrier Classic, Watson spent the time not only working on his game but opening his candy store.. “I left [The Greenbrier] because the courses weren’t open. So I left to go back to my house in Florida. I’ve been there. Opened up a candy shop while I was ...

Reigning Irish Open champ Rory McIlroy could not hide his delight in news next year’s event will be staged a fortnight out from the Open Championship. After some miserable weather the past few years, McIlroy’s backing of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open has pulled plenty of strings so much so the event will be held from July 6th to 9th, 2017 at Portstewart Golf Club and just minutes away from Royal Portrush. It will be the third time in six years that Ireland’s national Open has been held in ...

Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Club is paying a fitting tribute on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme that began in 1916. The club located on the Moray Firth, and boasting a history of golf dating back to 1793, has commissioned a special 16th hole flag that will stay in place for the remainder of 2016. Congratulations to Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club Secretary, Mike MacDonald and the club on a stirring mark of respect.

World Number One Jason Day will launch his defence of the PGA Championship alongside American Phil Mickelson and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy when play gets under way later this week at Baltsurol Golf Club in New Jersey. Day, who claimed his first Major Championship at Whistling Straits 12 months ago, will tee off alongside Mickelson and the man who triumphed the last time the PGA was held at Baltsurol. Masters champ Danny Willett will play the first two rounds of the 98th PGA in the company ...

Crail, Scotland …. Sweden’s Jesper Parnevik is targeting a third consecutive Swedish victory on Scottish soil after opening with a two under par round of 70 in The Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex. Alex Noren secured his fifth European Tour title with victory at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, then compatriot Henrik Stenson won his first Major the following week at The 145th Open Championship. Now, playing in his second Senior Open, Parnevik made a solid start ...

South Korean golfing superstar Inbee Park is staring at a race against time to be fit for next month’s Olympic Games after electing not to defend her Ricoh Women’s British Open title next week at Woburn. Park has been forced to withdraw from next week’s Major as she continues her recovery from a left thumb injury. “With extreme disappointment I must announce that I will be withdrawing from this year’s Ricoh Women’s British Open at Woburn,” she said in a statement. “This ...

It is easy to describe a golf course as a ‘hidden’ gem. The Escondido Golf & Lake Club lying about a 45-minute drive from Austin, Texas is not only a hidden golfing gem but also ‘hidden’ in name given the word ‘Escondido’ is Spanish for ‘hidden’ or ‘hidden treasure’. Indeed, the course is located at Horse Shoe Bay and overlooking the waters of Lyndon B. Johnson Lake on the Colorado River that runs also through the heart of the Texas ...