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Hillside … Two years ago it was American Jordan Spieth lighting-up the neighbouring Royal Birkdale and now around 250-yards from the 18th green where the Americn was handed the Claret Jug, England’s Matthew Jordan has posted a new course record 63 on day one of the British Masters. Jordan matched his age of 23 in posting just 23 putts to lead the field by two shots with his nine-under par total. Playing just his 12th event as a professional, Jordan defied wet and chilly conditions at ...

Hillside …..In an historic European Tour first 10 members of the European Disabled Golf Association (EDGA) will tee-off ahead of the field on the final two days of this July’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at The Renaissance. The 10 male golfers, to be selected from the World Rankings for Disabled Golfers and many with sub-zero handicaps, will play from same championship tees as the all European Tour pros who make the weekend cut. Eight players will then head to Dubai for ...

• Qualification will start at the 2019 BMW PGA Championship and end at the 2020 BMW PGA Championship • The first four qualifiers will come from the European Points list, the next five from the World Points list • European Captain Padraig Harrington will have three wildcard picks • Points will be weighed by 1.5 towards the end of the qualification period • No qualification points will be available anywhere in the world opposite Rolex Series events. The European Tour today confirmed the qualification ...

Mikko Korhonen secured a second European Tour title of his career at the 25th anniversary edition of the Volvo China Open, the Finn overcoming Frenchman Benjamin Hebert on the first play-off hole after a thrilling finale at Genzon Golf Club. In an intriguing final day tussle, last week’s Trophée Hassan II champion Jorge Campillo, overnight leader Benjamin Hebert and Korhonen – all playing together – shared a three-way lead stepping onto the 17th tee, but the 38 year old from Helsinki ...

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 ...