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Dane Thorbjorn Olesen sensationally ended a four-year victory drought, claiming a sixth Tour win, holing a curling, downhill monster 35-foot birdie putt at the last to win by a shot at 10-under. Olesen, 32, went into the last day leading by three but with three to play he was two off the lead after a round of just one birdie but also five bogeys, and then proceeded to eagle the 17th for a second day running and then birdie the last as he had also done a day earlier. Three years ago, Olesen’s ...

Rory McIlroy found calm amid chaos, wearing five items of clothing in producing the second-best round in continuing wet and miserable conditions on day three at the Wells Fargo Championship in Maryland. The defending tournament champion was two-over after two holes but then played the next seven in four-under, ahead of nine closing pars in a two-under-par 68 to jump just over 40 spots and sharing sixth place on two-under. Fellow PGA Championship winner, Keegan Bradley celebrated his 1000th PGA ...

Birthday boy Rory McIlroy may be out of his North Carolina victory comfort zone but it won’t deter him in blowing out the candles on a hopeful career first successful defence at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship in Maryland. There were the sounds of ‘Happy Birthday’ for the now 33-year-old as he teed-up in Wednesday morning’s Pro-Am ahead of this week’s event, and for a first time, in 19-year history of the Wells Fargo Championship being on the TPC Potomac course. The Euro 8.53m championship ...

A year ago, it was a river of tears flowing around the final green at The Belfry as Richard Bland ended a 478th tournament winless drought to capture the BetFred British Masters. There was an ocean of tears from those viewing coverage of one of the nicest players in golf also becoming, at age 48, the oldest first-time winner on the European Tour; only Malcolm MacKenzie, with 509, had played more tournaments before claiming his first win on the tour. Among those to greet Bland, in a Covid spectator-restricted ...

Spaniard Jon Rahm played far below his best but still managed to come out on top in capturing the Mexico Open. Rahm struggled in posting a final round two-under-par 69, winning by a shot thanks to a 17-under-par tally. Helping Rahm was a 15th club in the bag, and that was a very supportive Mexican crowd however with the year’s second major just days away, Rahm’s efforts over the four days was not the stuff of someone really on top of his game however his name now appears as winner of the first ...

Congratulations and well done! What a great double 50th anniversary tribute at the start of today’s inaugural Catalunya Championship at the famed PGA Catalunya Resort course at Girona in Spain. This year, as we have been writing, is the 50th anniversary of the DP World Tour while this also marks half-a-century since legendary Spaniard Antonio Garrido won the 1972 Spanish Open and with the now 74-year-old hitting the ceremonial tee shot earlier today. And it was a pretty decent tee shot as those ...

Reigning Open Champion Collin Morikawa has again spoken of his delight in heading to St. Andrews for a first time in July for the 150th Open Championship. Since remarkably capturing a second major last year on his Open debut last year at Royal St. George’s Morikawa has been asked often about heading to the Home of Golf, and for a first time, to defend the Claret Jug over the famed Old Course. And now after the annual pre-Open media outing, and this year at St. Andrews, the American has again ...