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While top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre continues to struggle after three rounds in getting a strong footing on the Swiss slopes his automatic selection in the 2023 Ryder Cup now looks assured. MacIntyre had not made the cut in two prior showings at the host Omega European Masters course and while he made the cut right on the three-under-par mark on Friday, it’s golf course that the Oban lefty clearly does not feels comfortable. Indeed, if it were not for the event being the final Ryder Cup ...

Ryder Cup selection rival Yannick Paul has timely thrown down the gauntlet at the feet of Scot Robert MacIntyre on day one of the Omega European Masters. German-born Paul, playing alongside MacIntyre, eagled the 15th hole in an impressive six-under 64 to be just one shot off the lead in the final Ryder Cup qualifying event. MacIntyre, currently holding down the third and last automatic Rome qualifying place, again struggled on the alpine Crans-sur-Sierre course with five birdies but also three bogeys ...

VIKTOR HOVLAND’S FANTASTIC FEDEX CUP TRIUMPH Final-Round Notes – Sunday, August 27, 2023  Weather: Mostly sunny with a high of 96 degrees and winds SSE at 4-8 mph. The final round was suspended at 1:57 p.m. ET due to inclement weather and resumed at 3:50 p.m. ET, a delay of 1 hour and 53 minutes. Final Leaderboard Position Player Start Scores Total 1 Viktor Hovland -8 68-64-66-63 (-19) -27 2 Xander Schauffele -3 67-64-68-62 (-19) -22 3 Wyndham Clark -4 68-67-68-65 (-12) -16 4 Rory ...

Bern Wiesberger and his fellow European-born LIV golfers may have been ostracised from being picked for this year’s Ryder Cup but it has not dampened his support for Luke Donald and his European Team to win back the golden trophy later next month in Rome. Weisberger posted a closing round of 66 to share eighth place in the inaugural Asian Tour hosted St. Andrews Bay Championship at the Fairmont Resort on the outskirts of the Home of Golf. It was his first visit to St. Andrews since last year’s ...

…. Fairmont Resort, St. Andrews It took an Asian Tour record of 10 extra play-off holes for Spaniad Eugenio Chacarra to capture a first Asian Tour win over Aussie Matt Jones in an historic first Tour event at the Home of Golf. Chacarra and Jones ended regulation play tied at 19-under-par with Jones posting a closing 69 and Chacarra a 67 on the Torrance course at the Fairmont Resort. The duo headed back to the uphill par-5 18th and proceeded to birdie the hole on six occasions before moving ...

  Top Scot Robert MacIntyre heads to this week’s Tour stop in Switzerland quietly confident of climbing to the dizzy heights of automatic Ryder Cup selection. MacIntyre retained his third place on the Rome selection points table following a superb fourth place finish at the Czech Masters. The Oban lefty produced a brilliant final round 66, his third six-under tally of the week to eventually share fourth place on 17-under par in Prague. The result is MacIntyre’s sixth top-10 of the ...

… Fairmont Resort, St. Andrews American Turk Pettit is looking to celebrate a first visit to the Home of Golf with victory in the maiden St. Andrews Bay Championship at St. Andrews Pettit, 24, hit all but one green in regulation in producing a bogey-free eight-under-par 62 to move into a one-shot lead at 17-under-par on the host Torrance designed layout at the Fairmont Resort. Pettit hails from Choudrant, Louisiana is now staring at creating golfing history in being the first player to win ...