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Shane Lowry brushed off being elbowed in the face to maintain his lofty position near the top of the British Masters leader board at Woburn. The World No. 21 added a two under par 69 to move to seven under par and trailing just two shots behind the leading duo of reigning Irish Open champion Soren Kjeldsen (68) and England’s 21-year old Matthew Fitzpatrick (69). Lowry was sporting a small bruise on this temple and the legacy of joyful celebrations on Thursday night ...

With triple Major winning Padraig Harrington it’s always work in progress. Despite capturing the Pro-Am with legendary jockey A P McCoy by his side Harrington revealed after his British Masters first round five under par 66 he struggled somewhat dealing with a variance in his set-up that involves changing his hip position at address. “I was a bit uncomfortable with the new set-up but I worked my way through it and hopefully I can be a lot more comfortable over the next three days,” he ...

Former World No. 1 Luke Donald is still clearly dealing with being ‘sacked’ by his former long-time caddy despite a bright four under par 67 on day one of the British Masters at Woburn. Donald is competing on the Bedfordshire course for a first time and managed five birdied to be trailing three shots adrift adrift of Sheffield’s Matthew Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, 21 birdied his closing two holes in a seven-under par 64 to break clear of four players tied in ...

Shane Lowry insisted a frank overnight conversation with his long-time coach was key to the tournament’s highest-ranked player shooting a five under par 66 on the opening day of the British Masters at Woburn. The current World No. 21 didn’t drop a shot to end the day two strokes behind England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick who birdied his closing two holes in a round of 64 and break clear of four players sharing second place on six under par. Lowry shares sixth place with fellow Irishman Padraig ...

Craig Lee reckons he’s golf’s ‘Humpty Dumpty’ ahead of teeing up in this week’s British Masters and the eighth of ten events in succession as the Scot strives to secure his Tour card. Lee arrived at Woburn for the first British Masters on the Tour in seven years lying 122nd on the Race to Dubai money list and 11 places shy of retaining full Tour membership for a fourth year running, and with the 106th place S S P Chowrasia to come out of the final standings. In monetary terms the Stirling golfer is Stg 24,720 short of 111th place that translates to a top-30 finish this week. “This is going to be my eighth week on the spin now and that’s a lot of golf especially when you get to my ...

For a second week in succession Paul Dunne has a recent amateur career high to draw on in his goal as a rookie professional to secure his European Tour card. Last week at the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland it was memories of his superb showing in sharing the lead after three rounds of the Open Championship. This week at the British Masters, and the first time the event is back on the schedule since 2008, Dunne can draw upon his efforts in June by finishing the leading qualifier over 36-holes for The Open with rounds of 70 ...

RIYADH, Oct 7 — Gabriel Canizares played out the drama to the last shot, winning the American Express Dirab Championship in a playoff against Craig Hinton for his maiden success on the MENA Golf Tour here on Wednesday. Canizares, the overnight co-leader with England’s Luke Joy, needed a birdie at the last to edge the Englishman, but settled for a par en route to a closing 70 to extend the play as the two finished tied on 11-under in regulation. Both players parred the first extra hole — ...