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World No. 6 Justin Thomas is excited at making his debut in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open on July 11-14, 2019. The 26 year old American now fellow Major winners Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson and his American Ryder Cup team mate Matt Kuchar, the current rankings leader on the US PGA Tour, teeing up on the famed Renaissance course near Gullane in Scotland. It’s back to where it all began for Thomas, who made his first start as a professional in Scotland at the Alfred Dunhill ...

Scottish lefty Robert MacIntyre could now purchase his mum a kitchen-making business after he grabbed the biggest pay-cheque of his career to now be Europe’s leading ‘Race to Dubai’ Scot in finishing a gallant runner-up in the Made in Denmark. The 22-year old West Highlander can stand tall taking Austrian giant Bern Wiesberger all the way to the 72nd hole before Wiesberger claimed a fifth Tour title in posting a closing 66 to win by a shot with a 14-under tally in bitterly cold ...

Darren Clarke has been honoured with the Walter Hagen Ambassador of the Game award in a ceremony at the Country Club of Rochester, and the venue for today’s concluding 2019 PGA Championship. The Walter Hagen Ambassador of the Game Award recognizes individuals who contribute to the growth of the game, and in this case Clarke is contributing to that effort by introducing the game and its virtues to juniors through his foundation.  The Award’s namesake, Walter Hagen, is the Country Club of ...

Despite being battered and bruised by Bethpage Park, Graeme McDowell returns in a month Pebble Beach for the 2019 US Open buoyed by his four-round showing in the PGA Championship. McDowell ended his first Major of the year with four birdies but also a similar number of bogeys for a final day 70 and top-40 finish on the ultra-tough Bethpage Park course on New York’s Long Island. ‘G Mac’ had birdied three of his opening five holes before the Black course jumped-up to bite him on the inward half. “My ...

Rory McIlroy had good reason to sound his pride in finally managing to break par on the last day of the PGA Championship at Bethpage Park. McIlroy grabbed three birdies and one less bogey in a one-under par 69 for a then clubhouse share 13th place at one-over par on the brutal Black course on New York’s Long Island. It is McIlroy’s best PGA finish in five years since capturing his last of four Majors with victory in the same event in 2014 at Valhalla in Kentucky. McIlroy continued to show his ...

Should Brooks Koepka capture this year’s PGA Championship the American will achieve something that neither Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan or Walter Hagen managed in their own illusrtrious careers. If Koepka does win on the Black Course at Bethpage Park he would not only capture a second straight PGA Championship but it means the 29-year old would have won back-to-back US Open titles (2017-18), as well. Tiger won back-to-back PGA titles in 2006 and 2007 and while he also ...

Rickie Fowler heads into the final round of the PGA Championship now looking to next month’s US Open for a hopeful breakthrough maiden Major Championship. Fowler with earlier scores of a pair of 69s added a third round 71 to be at one-under par after three days on the Black Course at Bethpage Park. The American’s third day was a mix of two birdies and three bogeys. This week’s PGA is Fowler’s 38th apperance in a Major with his best finishes being back-to-back T2nds in the ...