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Rory McIlroy superbly kept alive a winning 30th birthday celebration and a third tournament victory toast muscling his way to within two shots of the lead heading to the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow. McIlroy grabbed four birdies, including back-to-back birdies at 14 and 15, to move to nine-under par and now within overtaking reach of the leading American trio of Jason Dufner, Joel Dahmen and Max Homa who share the lead on 11-under par. Homa and Dahmen posted one-under-par ...

In golf, a bogey is always disappointing but in Seamus Power’s case his very gutsy 18th hole bogey on the second day of the Wells Fargo Championship was a gem. For all intention purposes, Power was staring at ending his round for a second day running with a double-bogey ‘6’ on the Quail Hollow course in suburban Charlotte. The West Waterford golfer was four-under par for his round heading to the ninth and tied at six-under par in total with fellow Irishman Rory McIlroy, who himself had ended ...

Paul Lawrie was surprised with a Champions Tour ‘Welcome’ cake on his first tee and responded by kick-starting his debut in the over-50s brigade with a 15-foot birdie putt at the Insperity Invitational in Houston, Texas. The former Open Champion had played three shots at the par-5 13th or the fourth of his round when the siren sounded to halt play. Lawrie was among 60 players to have managed to get onto the Woodlands course and with some 18 others not managing to tee-off. The early starters ...

Nuria Iturrios from Spain joined a rare band of back-to-back Ladies European Tour winners by claiming the inaugural OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic, the world’s first ever professional day-night golf tournament, just five days after winning the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. Iturrios secured her third LET title with rounds of 68, 67 and 71 for a total of 10-under-par 206 on the renowned Faldo Course at Emirates Golf Club, where course designer Sir Nick Faldo made floodlights an integral part of the ...

Rory McIlroy looks ripe to plant a third victory cherry atop of his 30th birthday cake in storming his way to a share of the lead on day one of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in North Carolina. It was very much ‘business as usual’ for McIlroy who brought the Charlotte back-nine to its knees in a round of a stunning five-under par 66 before being joined by American Joel Dahmen atop of the board in the $7.9m event. “It’s just a fun golf course and it really suits my eye, ...

Rory McIlroy admits he and wife, Erica had tears streaming down their faces watching highlights of Tiger Woods coming ‘the full circle’ in capturing a fifth Masters and 15th Major title. McIlroy sadly finished his own Augusta victory quest on the ninth green as Woods brought the sports world to their collective feet on the very close-by 18th in capturing to many disbelievers, the unthinkable. The McIlroy’s were back home in the comfort of their palatial Bears Club abode in Florida when they ...

Rory McIlroy already has created Wells Fargo Championship history in winning two of the Charlotte events and he tees-up later this week looking to capture a third. The event was first contested in 2003 as the Wachovia Championship and in 2009 and 2010 it was without a sponsor and known simply as the Quail Hollow Championship. The 2010 championship remains very special to McIlroy as it was his first of now 15 PGA Tour successes and with the Ulsterman producing a blistering final day ...