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Australia’s Adam Scott confessed he was ‘stirring the pot’ in shipping one of his long-handled putters to the St. Andrews-based rules body, the R & A. Scott became the first Australian to capture the Masters and in the process used a long-handled putter then anchored against his body. However, from January 1st this year golf’s two ruling authorities, the R & A (Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews) and the USGA (United States Golf Association) banned the anchoring of any ...

Defending Honda Classic champion Padraig Harrington unsuccessfully tried to entice a hydraulic camera tower to locate his ball during the opening round at PGA National. Harrington’s tee shot disappeared into a tree down the 10th fairway and while he was given a pair of binoculars to try and locate his ball the search eventually proved unsuccessful. “It was a nice tee shot but a little punishing and I am sure it will happen again to another player this week, so the odds of it happening ...

Scotland’s Russell Knox clipped the claws of the ‘Bear Trap’ with two birdies on route to a level par 70 on day one of the Honda Classic in Florida. Knox had put a ball in the water in taking a double bogey at the 14th to fall to two over par on the PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens. However the Scot then holed a 14-foot birdie par at 15, and the first of the three holes making up the famed ‘Bear Trap’ and then landed his tee shot to just four feet for birdie at 17. It left Knox, ...

Spain’s Sergio Garcia feared being taken by an alligator in playing a shot from a hazard and on route to a share of the lead on the opening day of the Honda Classic in Florida. Garcia took off his shoes and socks after hooking his tee shot into a hazard left of the fairway on the sixth hole on the PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens. He eventually took a bogey ‘5’ but more importantly the Spaniard also avoided being bitten ahead of birding the last and a round of a five under ...

Shane Lowry stormed straight into contention finishing birdie, eagle and singling out his maiden Honda Classic round of 67 among his top-15 career best. Lowry had raced to three-under par through six holes in bright but very windy conditions but was back to level with just as many bogeys in a four-hole stretch from the seventh on the PGA National course. He then birdied 13 but bogeyed 14 before unleashing the fireworks at the closing two holes, firstly holing an 18-foot birdie putt at the par three, ...

Victorious European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has been appointed an Executive Fellow to the London Business School’s Leadership Institute. In his role as Executive Fellow, McGinley will take part in tutorials with degree students, speaking opportunities at key Institute events and will share his learning and experiences on leadership and building teams with business leaders. Paul has a degree in International Business and before becoming a golf professional spent time working at the European ...

For a first time in his PGA Tour career Graeme McDowell will be playing all four events on the ‘Florida Swing’. However the Northern Irishman, who resides on the Lake Nona Resort Estate two hours north in Orlando, will tee up in this week’s Honda Classic with Texas on his mind. McDowell is currently ranked 75th in the world and 11 places shy of qualifying for the March 3rd commencing WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship in the Texas capital of Austin. But then as McDowell rightly ...