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Sweden’s Henrik Stenson is ready to take delivery of the FedEx Cup and staying four clear of his rivals and playing the round with just 13 clubs. Stenson broke a 4-w00d on the practice range, the second-ranked player in the FedExCup standings made three birdies on the opening four holes at East Lake to quickly seize control and shot 4-under 66 to build a four-shot lead over No. 3 Adam Scott in the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola. For all his birdies, the best move he made all week was deciding ...

Francesco Molinari put himself in a great position to repeat his emotional 2006 victory on home soil as the Italian grabbed a share of the halfway lead alongside Felipe Aguilar and Simon Thornton at the 70° Open d’Italia Lindt. The Turin native, whose halved match with Tiger Woods ensured Europe won the Ryder Cup outright in the ‘Miracle at Medinah’, carded a second round of 67 at Golf Club Torino to join Chile’s Aguilar and Ireland’s Thornton on nine under par. The 30 ...

It’s been a long time since the name David Higgins was so close the top of the leader board but the Waterville golfer has put himself in position for that long overdue for Tour title after two days of the Italian Open in Turin. Higgins birdied three of his last six holes to move to eight under par and just one behind hometown hero and former champion, Francesco Molinari plus Chile’s Felipe Aguilar and Higgins’ fellow Irishman Simon Thornton. The 40 year old Higgins, whose only ...

Miguel Angel Jimenez was critical after some unsavory scenes near the end of the KLM Open at Zandvoort. The Dutch crowd went wild with delight when Joost Luiten became the first home grown player in 10 years to capture the premier Dutch event. Luiten claimed his third Tour victory and his second this year when he pared the first extra play-off hole after moments earlier Jimenez’s par putt lipped-out. However Jimenez clearly was not happy when the crowd who were cheering when the pony-tailed ...

Dutchman Joost Luiten ended a decade-long home victory drought in capturing the KLM Open in a play-off at Zandvoort. Luiten, 27 also captured a third Tour victory and his second this season after both he and Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez ended regulation play tied on 12-under par in the bright but windy conditions. Luiten then two-putted for par the first extra hole to deny Jimenez a second KLM Open title victory and 19 years after his first, and with the Spaniard’s par putt seconds earlier lipping ...

There are at least a half-a-dozen to ten tournaments I have attended where the winner is not presented with a trophy but also fitted with a victory jacket. A stunning gold coloured silk jacket is fitted to the winner each year of the Volvo China Open and the new Australian Masters champion is presented with a ‘Golden Wattle’ coloured jacket. On the PGA Tour winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Wells Fargo Championship, RBC Heritage and the Byron Nelson Championship are presented ...

Golf’s newest Mr. 59 in Jim Furyk posted a score 10 shots worse than his historic second round but was still right he wanted to be going into the final round of the BMW Championship in suburban Chicago. One day after the 2010 FedExCup champion had a 12-under 59 to become the sixth player in PGA TOUR history to shoot golf’s magic number, he did enough right on the back nine at Conway Farms for a 69 and a one-shot lead over Steve Stricker. Furyk wasn’t expecting another low round ...