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Graeme McDowell revealed he and his wife Kristin are expecting their first child – a girl. McDowell, who is contesting this week’s $US 6m Honda Classic, indicated Kristin presented the former US Open winner with the news earlier in the week. “We found on Tuesday it’s a girl,” said McDowell following his second round. “Obviously, we’re real excited…. “I think we’re planning to have her, if all goes well, the Monday of Boston if she decides ...

Tiger Woods sported a pair of Star Spangled looking Nike shoes for the opening round of the Honda Classic but with his putting lacking plenty of gloss after a round of 71. Woods wore a pair of custom Nike TW ’14 kicks that were submitted as part of a NIKEiD contest. Woods picked the shoes out of the thousands of different suggestions submitted. According to Nike the color scheme was inspired by a number of different events. “The designer, Dane Thompson, was inspired to incorporate patriotic ...

European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley is set to make an announcement next Thursday in Dublin on this Gleneagles vice-captains. The announcement is seemingly of such importance it will take place at 11.30am in the office of the Ireland Taoiseach (President) in Upper Merrion St, Dublin. Dublin may sound strange for the announcement but McGinley is due to attend the Irish Golf Writers annual dinner the same day at Portmarnock and, given the huge interest over there in anything to do with him at ...

Supporters of www.golfbytourmiss.com have the chance to win a 5-day season-long ticket to Leeds Castle Golf Course near Maidstone in Kent, England. Thanks to Leeds Castle Golf Course, and in conjunction with a major project to revitalize and re-establish this iconic golfing venue, we are offering the prize of a 5-day season ticket commencing from April 1st, 2014 and up to and including 31st March, 2015.  (Full terms and conditions below). All we want to know what year did Leeds Castle Course first ...

Royal & Awesome, the eye-catching Scottish golf clothing brand, has launched its new range of designs for the 2014 season – all inspired and named by fans of the range. Following a series of social-media competitions involving more than 2,000 entries, the team behind Scotland’s most talked-about styles whittled down the best designs and names and have now released the dazzling designs to retailers for pre-order. The Plaid a Blinder design is an extension to the popular existing ...

Last year Henrik Stenson created golfing history becoming the first player to win both the FedEx Cup and the European No. 1 title in the same season. Contributing to the Swede’s success was his England-born caddy Gareth ‘Lordy’ Lord. Weeks early ‘Lordy’ had been voted ‘Caddy of the Year’ during the course of the WGC – Champions in Shanghai. It was the second occasion ‘Lordy’ had be so honoured as five years earlier he was presented with ...

Lost in the euphoria of Sunday’s thrilling Accenture Match-Play Championship 25-hole final thriller was a special victory for one player competing on the Sunshine Tour. Argentinian Estanislao ‘Tanyo’ Goya weaved his way through the field at the Dimension Data Pro-Am where he carved up the back nine of Fancourt’s Montagu course in 31 to win by one shot. Victory on the Sunshine Tour ensured Goya, who is the boyfriend to Scottish pro Carly Booth, will compete in August’s $9m ...