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Austin, TX … Masters champion Sergio Garcia was full of praise for his rival and avoiding being left red-faced in srcambling to a 1-up victory on the final hole against Indian sensation Shubhankar Sharma on day one of the WGC – Dell Technologies Match-Play Championship. Sharma and Garcia were all-square coming down the last and in the penultimate match of 32 matches on the opening day of the $US 10m event being staged on the Austin Country Club course. The 21-year old Sharma pulled his final ...

Austin, TX … Three days after ending an 18-month winless drought and Rory McIlroy was handed a shock 2 & 1 defeat at the hands American Peter Uihlein on day one of the WGC – Dell Technologies Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas. McIlroy was never in his match against the current World No. 63 American who was 4up after just nine holes on the Austin County Club course. The American went to 5up at the 10th before a late McIlroy fightback and with the four-time Major champ birding 14, ...

Austin, TX … Jordan Spieth tees-up in this week’s $10m WGC – Dell Technologies Match-Play Championship still looking for a first taste of success this season. This in contrast to both Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson and with all three currently the only ‘active’ players in with a chance of joining the most exclusive club in all of golf. McIlroy ended an 18-month winless drought with his sensational victory last Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational while Mickelson, ...

Orlando, FL … Rory McIlroy celebrated both St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland capturing the 6-Nations title with a lowest PGA Tour score this season and be in contention for victory in Arnold Palmer Invitational victory promise. The World No. 13 had the luck of the Irish with two birdies over his closing three holes in signing for a five-under par 67 to muscle his way to third place at 10-under par and just two shots from the lead on the famed Bay Hill course in suburban Orlando. Fellow Open ...

Orlando, FL … Tiger Woods revealed he’s now under ‘home’ pressure from his two children to capture either a ninth Arnold Palmer Invitational trophy and/or a fifth Augusta National members green jacket to end a five-year winless drought Woods posted two outward half bogeys and two inward nine birdies in a level par 72 to remain at four under par but now seven shots behind the leading 36-hole duo of Henrik Stenson (69) and Bryson DeChambeau (66) on 11-under. And with Woods ...

Orlando, FL … Eight-time former Arnold Palmer Invitational champion Tiger Woods walked off with a four-under par 68 to learn he has been installed as favourite early next month to capture a fifth Masters green jacket. After a 12th hole double-bogey, Woods birdied three of his closing six holes, and including holing a monster 71-foot birdie putt at his 16th hole and muscle his way for a then clubhouse share of second place. Tiger Woods was ‘F-bombing’ after a mid-round double-bogey before ...

Orlando, FL … For a second week running Tiger Woods has put himself in frame to end a near five-year winless drought with what would be an incredible ninth Arnold Palmer Invitational success. Woods managed six birdies and a closing hole saving par in a round of a four-under par 68. His only hiccup in now 67 rounds of the Bay Hill course was a double bogey at the 12th hole where Woods ball went out-of-bounds by a mere five inches. But to pick out a highlight it would be the 71-foot putt Woods ...