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…….. Accordia Golf Narashino CC,  Chiba Tiger Woods birdied his closing two holes to move two shots clear of his rivals with a second straight round of 64 on day two of very rain-affected inaugural ZoZo Championship here in Japan. Woods moved to 12-under par and with reigning U.S. Open champion, Gary Woodland very much impressing for a place in Woods’ USA Presidents Cup later this year in adding a 66 to his opening 64 and be in second place at 10-under par. Former PGA Championship ...

…….. Accordia Golf Narashino CC,  Chiba Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and their Z0Zo Championship colleagues will now tee-up Saturday in the weather-affected event without the support of spectators. The PGA Tour released a statement late Friday here in Japan advising of the following: PGA Tour Statement – ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP Due to the amount of rain which Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club received on Friday, Round 2 of the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP is now scheduled to run ...

… Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, Japan  Fifteen-time Major winning Tiger Woods sensationally roared into the lead remarkably turning around three opening bogeys to then complete his closing 14 holes in a remarkable nine-under par and snatch the lead with a 64 on day one of the inaugural ZoZo Championship in Japan. His score of 64 was Woods’ lowest round since a last day score of 64 to finish second to Brooks Koepka in the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive in Kentucky. Woods was ...

Portugal’s West Cliffs Golf Links has not only made a big splash in the golf world but it’s now making waves among some of the world’s greatest ever surfers to its ever-expanding global fan club. Surfing legends including 11-time world men’s champion Kelly Slater, Australian ace Stephanie Gilmore – who has won the ladies’ world title seven times – and former women’s world number one Lakey Peterson were among the stars that jumped at the chance to swap the beach for the fairways ...

… Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, Japan  World No. 2 Rory McIlroy confirmed he will contest only one regular European Tour in 2020 ahead of the 149th Open Championship. That event will be the May 28th to 31st 2020 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and more than likely to be held at Mt. Juliet. It means also, and for a second year running, McIlroy will skip the European Tour’s ‘Middle East Swing’ and travel to Hawaii in January for the 2020 PGA Tour’s winners-only Sentry ...

England amateur Josh Hill has created Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) history in becoming the youngest-ever to win an official OWGR event in capturing the Al Ain Open by Arena on the MENA Tour.  Hill is aged 15 years, 6 months and 27 days with his amazing victory on the Al Ain Golf and Equestrian course in the UAE. That is nearly two months younger than Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa was in setting the OWGR in 2007 when aged 15 years and two months in capturing the Japan Tour’s Munsingwear ...

… Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, Japan  Forget Brooks Koepka or Rory McIlroy as it’s been Justin Thomas who has been one of the best-performed players in recent weeks on the PGA Tour. Thomas had slipped to 10th in the World Rankings mid-August at the Northern Trust but since then the now 26-year old has been one of the best performed on the Tour. Indeed, Thomas has won twice in capturing the BMW Championship and last week’s second victory at the CJ Cup in South Korea, and ...