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Phil Mickelson arrived in Akron, Ohio and this week’s WGC – Bridgestone Inviational with his favourite new friend – the famed Claret Jug. The new Open Champion is competing for a first time since his stunning come-from-behind success at Muirfield to capture a fifth Major Championship. After letting slip victory in the US Open at Merion, Mickelson came from five shots back, and teeing off in the sixth last group, to win golf”s oldest major by three on the famed East Lothian ...

Graeme McDowell today celebrates his 34th birthday playing a practice on the Firestone Country Club course ahead of this week’s $US 8.75m WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. McDowell has already won three times this year and along with American Phil Mickelson is the only player to have won both sides of the Atlantic in season 2013. In fact, McDowell has won once on the PGA Tour and twice on the European Tour with wins in the Volvo World Match-Play Championship and French Open. And ...

Australia’s Daniel Popovic ready for his biggest career challenge. Since winning the Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola, Daniel Popovic’s sole focus has been preparing for this week’s $US 8.75m  World Golf Championship Bridgestone Invitational. Earning a place in the field thanks to his fairytale win on the PGA Tour of Australasia, Popovic is now ready to take advantage of the biggest opportunity of his short career. “This is my biggest tournament to date 10 ...

The arrival of a new baby has forced Hunter Mahan out of this week’s $8.75m WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. “I have elected to officially withdraw myself from the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational so that I can take the opportunity to spend this precious first week at home with Zoe,” Mahan said in a statement. “I would like to thank the PGA TOUR for supporting my decision not to play this week.” Last week, Mahan was leading by two ...

Having just spent a week playing golf on Spain’s Costa del Sol I can vouch first hand at the worth of hiring a set of golf clubs from ClubstoHire.com The thought of having to pay greedy airlines a fee to check-in golf clubs has long been a turnoff and particularly when travelling to destinations on the European Tour where you would like to be able to squeeze in a game of golf but in the end the thought of an extra luggage charge leads invariably to leaving the clubs at home. So I got in contact ...

Former USA Ryder Cup captain, Hal Sutton believes Tiger Woods is asked to do too much when it comes to helping deliver the Stars and Stripes team victory in the biannual event. The hapless Sutton led the USA side to its worst-ever Ryder Cup defeat in 2004 when thumped 18 1/2 points to 9 1/2 points by Europe’s Bernhard Langer side in 2004 at Oakland Hills in suburban Detroit. Sutton was criticised heavily by pairing Woods and Phil Mickelson together but with the duo failing to gel by losing ...

The field for this year’s 2013 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational has been confirmed. Seventy-three players from 19 countries including 49 of the top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking. Three players who qualified but are not playing are Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Spieth and Peter Senior. Players who are not qualified can get into the field by either winning the RBC Canadian Open or moving into the top 50 in the OWGR on Monday, July 29. The list of players along with how they qualified ...