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Reigning MENA Golf Tour amateur champion James Allan has now joined the same management stable of Jason Day and Rickie Fowler with a decision to turn professional and will make his debut at the season-opening Royal Golf Mohammedia Open by HLO scheduled for March 23-25 in Morocco. The 21-year-old English prodigy from Chelmsford flashed a glimpse of his precocious talent at the 2016 Omega Dubai Desert Classic, finishing in a tie for 45th on five-under — a creditable achievement which took his confidence ...

Scott Hend made amends to hold off a stunning late charge from home favourite Piya Swangarunporn to win the True Thailand Classic Presented by Chang. The big-hitting Hend, who let slip victory a year ago to fellow Queenslander Andrew Dodt, came into the final round at Black Mountain Golf Club six shots ahead of Swanagarunporn but was a shot behind with five holes to play as the Thai fired a brilliant course record 63 to get to 17 under. A birdie on the 14th put Hend back into a share of top spot ...

Martin Laird is the very first to admit he’s long been his hardest critic but fatherhood, including the birth next month of a second child has put tournament golf more in perspective. The US-based Scot has already savoured a professional career the envy of most on the PGA Tour with the now 33-year old having won three times on golf’s biggest stage including the 2011 Arnold Palmer Invitational and starting later this week in Orlando. However, it’s also been three years since Laird slipped into ...

No sooner had Tiger Woods been on hand for the opening of his first ‘Tiger Woods Design’ course in Texas and he visited Thompson’s Station, located some 30 miles south of Nashville in Tennessee, and site for his likely next Tiger Woods signature design course. The golf course will be laid out on 1,229 acres as part of a $115m project by Dallas-based Beacon Land Development at Two Farms at Thompson’s Station. “Tiger fell in love with the property,” said Mike Abbott, President ...

Scotland’s Russell Knox ended his Valspar Championship third round on a positive note sending a second shot 9-iron to just three feet for birdie at the last in a score of a one under par 70 to move to back to one over par. It was among three birdies in his round that also included two bogeys to leave him T30th with a round to play in the $US 6.1m event on the Copperhead Course. “It was a good positive note to end on as I didn’t think I could get my second shot so close given I was on ...

Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington says he’s excited not only returning to India for a first time in 22-years but is looking forward to celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with the new Irish Ambassador to India. Harrington is heading to India for a first occasion since losing the semi-final of the 1994 India Amateur title to Frenchman and now retired European Tour colleague, Christian Cavaer. Harrington joins India’s top world-ranked Anirban Lahiri in headlining the co-sanctioned ...

World No. 1 Jordan Spieth has set himself the target of shooting a six under par 65 over the final round in the defence of his Valspar Championship title. After an indifferent start on the Copperhead course, Spieth has gotten better with each round in posting a second day 68 and now adding a third round 67 to move back into the red for a first time this week at two under par. And after being six-over par through 19 holes early yesterday, the Texan is six under par for the ensuing 35 holes. Spieth ...