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TPC Boston, MA …. Scotland’s Russell Knox ended his round near 7pm local time brilliantly sharing second place on day one of the Dell Technologies Championship near Boston. Knox capped his round in holing his 109-yard second shot for an eagle ‘2’ at the par-4 15th. The reigning Irish Open champion had birdied 13 and then also birdied 16 and the 18th holes. “It was great.  I think I was just plodding away and playing okay.  And made kind of a mess of the 12th hole from the middle ...

TPC Boston, MA … Defending TPC Boston champion, Justin Thomas is concerned there is ‘enough in the tank’ ahead of the American making his Ryder Cup later next month in France. Thomas was confirmed for a first USA team cap in finishing third among the leading eight automatic qualifiers following his recent defence of the PGA Championship. Thomas, 25 was never out of the top eight on the points table since late last year in capturing the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges event and went about cementing ...

TPC Boston … The golf world will learn next Tuesday whether Woods will be afforded a Jim Furyk USA Team ‘captain’s’ pick and with not many better against Woods earning what would be an eighth USA team cap. Also expected to be handed a Versailles cap is 24-year old Bryson DeChambea and with Woods expressing his delight should he be drawn in the Ryder Cup with a play 18-years his junior. “Well, I don’t remember the first time I met him, but we’ve played a number of practice ...

TPC Boston, MA … Tiger Woods insists the only way he can rekindle the dominance of his 14-Majors winning career is to keep putting him ‘in the mix’. Woods arrived into Boston late Wednesday night ahead of teeing-up tomorrow (Friday) in the opening round of the $US 9m Dell Technologies Championship. It is the first time he has competed at TPC Boston, and just to the south of the city, since a bottom of the board result in 2013 and with his best finish a share of second in 2007 behind Phil ...

TPC Boston, MA …. There’s a calmness in Cameron Smith as he heads into the remaining three events of the PGA Tour’s lucrative FedEx Cup Play-Offs. This is after the quietly-spoken Australian last week made one of the biggest noises of his career in securing third place in the Northern Trust in New Jersey. It was the 25-year old’s equal-highest result in 93 PGA Tour events since making his Tour debut with a share of fifth in the 2014/15 season CIMB Classic in Malaysia. Seven months later ...

TPC Boston, MA …. When three-time Tour winner Bryson DeChambeau visits the media centre to speak to the golfing media it is never a dull conversation. Take Wednesday’s conference ahead of this week’s Dell Technologies Championship at TPC  Boston in Norton. Last week’s brilliant Northern Trust winner first revealed he attended Yankee Stadium on Monday night and was invited to throw the opening pitch in the Yankees game against the visiting White Sox. DeChambeau was aksed if ...

Paramus, NJ .. New Northern Trust winner Bryson DeChambeau declared he is now on a ‘double mission’ after his impressive four-shot success in New Jersey. DeChambeau, 24 was never headed capturing a second PGA Tour victory this year and the third of his short pro career courtesy of a two-under par 69 for an 18-under par total on the Ridgewood County Club course. The American headed into the last round of the opening event of the FedEx Cup ‘Play-Off Series’ enjoying a four-stroke lead and stretched ...