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It was somewhat surprising when Rory McIlroy’s name did not appear on the list of players scheduled to face the golfing media ahead of this week’s Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina. McIlroy is a three-time former winner of the tournament, and along with the season-ending Tour Championship it’s the only two PGA Tour event he has also won on three occasions. Though the golfer, who turns 34 tomorrow (Thursday), obviously had his reasons ...

Spainard Pablo Larrazabal brilliantly emerged from a jam-packed final day leaderboard to make it eight DP World Tour victories in eight different countries with his triumph at the inaugural Korea Championship near Seoul. Larrazbal, who turns 40 on May 15th, broke clear from of some six players who shared the lead with nine holes to play in posting a closing round five-under 67 to win by a two shots at 12-under on the Jack Nicklaus Club course at Incheon. The Barcelona golfer began the final day needing ...

There can be no better form heading into the defence of a tournament than winning the week prior. That’s just what Scot Robert MacIntyre will be hoping with a round to play in the weather-affected inaugural Korean Championship. The Oban lefty warmed to the cold conditions with a last hole birdie in a third round 69 to move into the clubhouse lead moments before the siren sounded to halt play due to fading light, and this after bad weather had delayed the start of play on the Jack Nicklaus ...

The Home of Golf nation is assured of at least one Scot inside the ropes at this year’s Ryder Cup in Rome. Stephen Gallacher will not qualify nor will he be on Luke Donald’s back-room team but after his debut behind the microphone earlier this year at the Hero Cup, the Scot’s revealed SKY Sports Golf want the Bathgate pro to be part of their on-course commentary team in Rome. Indeed, SKY was so impressed with Gallacher in his debut role last January in Abu Dhabi for the Hero Cup, they’ve ...

  ‘How A Short Par-3 Near The End Of A Golf Course, Research Reveals Can Bring Hope To A Broken Round’ with thanks to Stephen Smith, The Fairway Physician Strokeplay golf is tough. It is incredibly easy for the wheels to come off early and then it is going to be a long day. The golfer has nothing left to play for but pride, but will their golf course design allow them to enjoy it? Will it give them hope? PSYenz, a specialist division of Sport Psychology Ltd has been researching the ...

Paul McGinley has slammed those critics all too quickly to pass judgement on Rory McIlroy following his bitter disappointment at the Masters, and a decision then to withdraw from the following week’s RBC Heritage. As we know, the four-time Major winning McIlroy only needs to win at Augusta National to join the most elite club in all of golf but after missing the Augusta cut it means waiting another 12 months for that hopeful maiden Masters triumph. McGinley, and long-time close friend and confidant ...

It wasn’t pretty but Talor Gooch held on to capture a maiden LIV Golf title with his victory on The Grange course in Adelaide. Gooch, 31, went into third and final round leading by a massive 10-shots but the pressure seemed to get to the American who found himself at three-over with still eight holes to play. However to his credit, the Oklahoma-born Gooch held signing for a closing round score of a one-over 73 for a 19-under three-shot victory total on the host The Grange course in the South Australian ...