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Padraig Harrington ended his round soon after 7pm and having to play the last few holes in rain, and it was during the rain he managed to pull off the par save of the first day at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. Next week’s Royal Birkdale 2008 defending champ was four under for his round standing on the 16th tee and with the Glasgow to Prestwick rail line all the way down the right of the hole. “We got on the 16th and it started raining, and while modern equipment is built for nice ...

Ricky Fowler offered some comforting words for struggling Rory McIlroy with the World No. 4 crashing to four over par after just four holes on day one of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Dundonald Links. McIlroy eventually carded a disappointing two over par 74 to already be trailing seven shots behind Fowler who shares second with Padraig Harrington, Aussie Andrew Dodt and the England duo of Ian Poulter and Callum Shinkwin and all five shooting 67s. Finish Mikko Ilonen leads by two ...

Dundonald Links, Scotland …  Adam Scott has singled out Jordan Speith for special praise with confirmation the American will return to Sydney later this year to defend his Emirates Australian Open title. The current World No. 3 ranked Texan will tee up at The Australian club looking to win the prestigious Stonehaven Trophy for a third occasion and if successful, join a select group of six players who have won three or more Australian Open titles. Among those is fellow Masters winners Gary ...

Dundonal Links, Scotland …  Swede Alex Noren will tee up this week on Dundonald Links looking to become the first player in the 45-year history of the Scottish Open to successfully defend the title. Twelve months ago, Noren’s two-shot victory at Castle Stuart in northern Scotland was the first of four European Tour victories in the second half of last year, and with Noren in the process becoming the first Swedish-born golfer in the history of the Tour to win four times in a single season. Noren, ...

Dundonald Links, Scotland …  Rory McIlroy joked he is beginning to sound like a “broken record” as he strives to regain his four-time Majors winning form ahead of this week’s Scottish Open and next Thursday’s starting Open Championship. As World No. 4 he tees up on the Dundonald Links course, on the Scottish west course and just to the south of Glasgow, as the highest World Ranked player in the field. However, McIlroy is coming having missed the halfway cut by four shots in hosting ...

Spanish powerhouse sensation Jon Rahm brilliantly emulated legendary fellow countrymen Seve Ballasteros in capturing the Irish Open and now he is looking to do the same at next week’s Open Championship. Rahm has moved to Number 8 on the World Rankings following his dramatic six stroke success at Portstewart. The  22-year old, and in only his first full season on both the European and PGA Tour’s, is now just three places on the rankings being fellow Spaniard and reigning Masters Champion, ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland … Jon Rahm benefitted by a new and fairer rules outlook to join the greats of Spanish golf, including the late Seve Balleseteros, in capturing the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Portstewart. The 22-year old Rahm was in a class of his own storming his way in steady rain to a six stroke success courtesy of a closing 65 for a 24-under par triumph. However, this was after Rahm was deemed not to have breached the rules in remarking his ball on the sixth green after first ...