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American Sean Crocker led from start-to-finish to celebrate capturing a maiden pro career title with his one-shot victory at the Hero Open near St. Andrews. Crocker, who turns 29 in exactly a month, posted a gutsy final round four-under-par 68 and hold on by a shot to win with a 22-under victory tally on the Torrance Course at the Fairmont Resort. The win for Crocker comes also in his 107th DP World Tour event and is his very first taste of success in the pro ranks for the golfer, who grew-up in ...

American Sean Crocker admits he would love ‘something shiny’ as he remains on target capture not only a maiden DP World Tour win at the Hero Open but a first pro career success at the Fairmont Resort on the outskirts of St. Andrews. Crocker, and a month shy of his 26th birthday, has enjoyed three second-place results in his prior 106 DP World Tour starts, and now takes a two-shot lead into day four of the Euro 1.75m event The Zimbabwe-born Crocker, who used to play Test cricket before ...

Luke Donald’s name is strongly emerging to be confirmed next week as the replacement 2023 European Ryder Cup captain following the shock sacking of Swede Henrik Stenson. Donald’s name had been seriously in the Rome captaincy mix late last year when GolfByTourMiss was talking exclusively during the course of the Hero World Challenge with potential replacements for Irishman Padraig Harrington. The US-based Donald has the distinction of playing in four straight victorious European Teams ...

Fore please! Doctor Jose Maria Olazabal now driving. This could be the introduction facing the double Augusta winner next April at the Masters. It sounds all right and proper for the winner of two Masters green jackets and that is what Augusta and European Ryder Cup captaincy hero is now to be addressed following the award of an honorary doctorate at the University of St. Andrews ahead of last week’s 150th Open. Joining Olazabal were fellow major winners in Lee Trevino, Sir Bob Charles, Sandy ...

… The Old Course, St. Andrews Three-time Open Champion Tiger Woods has raised serious doubts if he will be fully fit to tee-up in this week’s 150th hosting of the Open Championship. Woods was joined by good friend Justin Thomas playing 17 holes of the famed Old Course earlier today, starting from the 2nd tee that is close to the practice range, and the range located at the New and Jubilee courses clubhouse that is used each year for the Dunhill Links Championship. Woods was walking very ...

… The Renaissance Club, East Lothian In an historic first in this 75th anniversary season of the DP World Tour, and England golfer Jordan Smith has won not one but two spanking new electric cars for an ace on day two of the Genesis Scottish Open. Smith, 29, aced the 203-yard, par-3 17th hole at the host Renaissance Club winning himself a Genesis Electrified GV70, a stylish and sophisticated luxury mid-size SUV. The Englishman’s tee shot, in the bright and very windy conditions, hit the ...

.… The Renaissance Club, East Lothian “The game’s best will murder the Old Course!” We hear the same golfing fears each time golf’s oldest major heads to the famed Old Course at St. Andrews. More recently, there was concern a beefed-up Bryson DeChambeau would tear the 150th Open Championship venue apart but then came Covid while DeChambeau has since struggled with injury. We recall Rory McIlroy bringing the Old Course to its knees with an opening 63 in the 2010 Open Championship, an ...