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USA captain, Tom Watson will seek to heal any rift with Tiger Woods ahead of next year’s Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. Watson has not spoken at length with Woods since the eight-time Major winning Kansas-born golfer was very outspoken at the 2010 Dubai Desert Classic following revelations months earlier of Woods’ extra-marital affairs and saying Woods ‘messed up’ and that he ‘had to take ownership’ and ‘get his personal life back in order’. “I really have not sat down with Tiger ...

Ireland’s David Higgins is now just Euro 3,940 shy of securing automatic Tour membership for 2014 after his super share of second place finish in the Italian Open in Turin. The Waterville golfer collected his biggest cheque for some time of Euro 130,280 in finishing just one shot behind Frenchman Julien Quesne who took out the title with a final day 67. A brilliant back nine of 31 saw Quesne claim his second European Tour title after he had posted a joint course record 64 to capture last year’s ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson has wrapped-up the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series in brilliant manner in winning the Tour Championship to collect a whopping $11.4m in prizemoney. Stenson led from start to finish in Atlanta in posting a final round 68 to win by three shots with a 13-under par victory on the East Lake course. The Swede raced to the top of the 2014 European Ryder Cup points table and in the process collecting his second Play Off Series victory in three weeks. Stenson also became the first ...

Marcus Fraser will be looking to end a 22-year Australian winning drought with victory in the Italian Open in Turin. The last Australian to win the Italian Open was Craig Parry in 1992 and now Fraser is primed to also tap into the continuing Adam Scott post-Masters by taking a one lead into the last day. However Fraser will be wary as he has victorious 2012 Ryder Cup stars Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari hot on his heels in Turin. Fraser carded a third round of 68 to finish 11 under par ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson is now just one round away from from the biggest prize payout in his career. The affable Swede posted a third round one under par 69 to retain his  four shot lead with a round to play in the final event of the PGA Tour season – the Tour Championship in Atlanta. Stenson appeared to have both to Tour Championship and FedEx Cup wrapped up when he got up-and-down from a bunker on the par-5 ninth for a tap-in birdie to reach 14 under and a whopping nine shots clear ...

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 ...