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Tiger Woods declared it’s time to move on and stop talking about Sergio Garcia’s racially insenstive remarks during a European Tour awards dinner in London ahead of the BMW PGA Championship. Woods was approached soon after the Pro-Am ahead of his defence of the Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial in Ohio and asked if he had spoken to Garcia given Wood’s manager, Mark Steinberg said Woods would rather speak to Garcia face-to-face than over the phone. “It’s already done with,” declared ...

US Open qualifier  Chris Doak has an extra special reason to entice his long-time coach, Bob Torrance to travel with him next week to the Merion club in Pennsylvania. It had been reading reports of Ben Hogan’s 1950 US Open triumph at Merion and then witnessing the Texan three years later capture The Open at Carnoustie that inspired the now 80-year old Torrance to become a golf coach, In fact, after writing to Hogan soon after his Open Championship triumph Torrance and his wife, June travelled ...

Graeme McDowell is back in the States and gearing up for next fortnight’s US Open after spending the weekend in Portrush. It was an earlier-than-expected visit to Northern Ireland after McDowell again missed the cut in the BMW PGA Championship. His fiancée, Kristin had been present at Wentworth on day two of the flagship but as McDowell mentioned, she lasted just six holes following her future husband given the Artic-like conditions. ‘G Mac’ spent the weekend with family and Kristin ...

World No. 1 Tiger Woods will return to Turkey later this year to compete in the European Tour’s inaugural Turkish Airlines Open to be staged from November 7th to 10th at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course in Balek. Woods will join 77-players in the third event in a new four-tournament ‘Final Series’ conclusion to The Race to Dubai. Organisers had announced late last year when Woods competed in the Turkish Airlines World Golf Challenge that the 2013 Turkish Airlines Open would carry ...

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy was among the first to congratulate history-making Matteo Manassero after becoming the youngest-ever winner of the BMW PGA Championship. Manassero, at 20 years and 37 days, became the youngest-ever Wentworth winner in defeating England’s and 2010 champion, Simon Khan with a par at the fourth extra play-off hole. Manassero (69), Khan (66) and Scotland’s Marc Warren (69) had ended regulation play tied at 10-under par but with Warren bowing out at the first extra hole. Among ...

Matteo Manassero revealed a dramatic weight-loss program as pivotal in his record-setting BMW PGA Championship success. Manassero, 20 became the youngest-ever winner of the European Tour’s flagship event defeating England’s and former event winner, Simon Khan with a par at the fourth extra play-off hole. But after letting slip victory at Wentworth two years ago, the Verona-born golfer shed seven kilograms over the off season to lift a fourth Race to Dubai victory. “In that period off in which ...

Among the first to congratulate new BMW PGA Champion was the visiting Sydney pair of Tom Berry and Ben Stinson. Tom and Ben spent the weekend at Wentworth and enjoying some wonderful golf on the famed Burma Road course in leafy Surrey. They were then invited into the Media Centre to witness first hand Manassero speaking about his four-hole play-off victory, and also becoming the youngest-ever winner in the 58-year history of the BMW PGA.