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Ryder Cup rookie Bob MacIntyre gestured to hurl his putter into the drink after a frustrating opening round at the Cazoo French Open in Versailles. MacIntyre, and the lone Rome player in the French field, posted a no-frills level-par 71 to be well outside the top-70 heading the second round on the Le National course. The Scottish lefty got off to a good start with three birdies in his opening six holes, including holing a 21-footer for birdie at the first, but he then proceeded to give the three ...

Scottish teenage sensation Connor Graham excitedly jets out to Rome on Friday with his Junior Ryder Cup team-mates looking forward to ending a six straight and now 17-year long European losing streak to their American rivals. Graham, who turns 17 at the end of next month, wound-up his Rome preparations sharing 22nd place after receiving an invitation to contest the Tartan Tour’s St. Andrews Classic but ending in bright and extremely windy third and final round conditions on the Jubilee Course at ...

All of Scotland breathed a sigh of relief after Robert MacIntyre holed a nerve-tingling final hole par putt to make the cut right on the mark at the Omega European Masters at Crans Montana. MacIntyre’s effort in posting a second round 69 and finishing in a share of 62nd, and making the cut-off right on the mark at three-under has kept alive, albeit agonizingly, his quest to secure the last automatic spot into the European Ryder Cup team. MacIntyre had missed the cut in his prior two Swiss appearances ...

“Yes, he’s my brother but he deserves a (USA) Ryder Cup pick!” The defiant words of Chase Koepka, the younger brother of reigning PGA Championship champion Brooks Koepka. Chase is some four years younger than his also four-time major winning brother, and naturally wants to see him announced tomorrow (Tuesday) by USA captain Zach Johnson who will be in PGA of America HQ in Texas to confirm his full 12-man team ahead of next month’s Rome showdown. The LIV Golf attached Brooks had been among ...

Asian Tour Commissioner Cho Minn Thant has sung the praise in creating history by bringing two Tour events to England and Scotland. The Tour proudly hosted the International Series England last fortnight at Close House in north-eastern England and last week we saw the Asian Tour flags flying high over the Torrance course at the Fairmont Resort, and located just a few miles from the famed Old Course at St. Andrews. The Home of Golf was blessed with warm, near windless conditions, and while there was ...

Scot David Drysdale and his caddying wife, Vicky were heading home to their Borders abode giving the thumbs-up to this week’s inaugural Asian Tour St. Andrews Bay Championship in St. Andrews. Drysdale made it six pay cheques in succession from seven events in his  rookie Asian Tour season posting scores of 74, 67, 72 and a closing 69 for a six-under-par tally. The effort handed him an eventual share of 45th to be now lying 66th on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and well on track to retain full ...

... Fairmont Resort, St. Andrews  Aussie golfer Scott Hend has never been one to take a backward step in his career and this again is mirrored in his defence of the Asian Tour competing last week in England and now this week in Scotland. Of course, Hend is no stranger to playing golf in the Home of Golf nation that includes two Open Championships at St. Andrews and many Scottish Open and Alfred Dunhill Links showings. However, Hend has taken exception to the DP World Tour and it’s CEO Keith Pelley ...