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Aussie Marc Leishman sounded an ominous warning in declaring he will now draw on a record of winning by large margins after storming his way to a five-shot lead on day three of the BMW Championship. Leishman added a three-under par 68 to move to an impressive 19-under par in suburban Chicago. The Victorian-born World No. 22 remained in command atop of the board for a third day running in managing five birdies including an important ‘4’ at the last and dropping just two shots on the Conway Farms ...

In a wonderful outpouring of generosity Australia’s Jason Day not only earned the prize of a $100,000 scholarship donation but he presented the Evans Scholarship Foundation with the gleaming new BMW sedan he won on day two of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms. Day used a 6-iron at the par three, 17th hole to clinch the keys to a gleaming new BMW 760i that was parked behind him on the tee. The former World No. 1, who captured the 2015 BMW Championship, also earned a BMW Hole-in-One Scholarship, ...

Marc Leishman and Jason Day emerged from a fog delay at the start of the day to send the Aussie flag into first and second position on day one of the PGA Tour’s season-penultimate BMW Championship in Chicago. Leishman, and third a fortnight ago in Boston, revealed he harboured thoughts of posting a 59 before eventually storming to a three three-shot clubhouse lead with his nine-under par 62 on the Conway Farms layout. However that lead was cut to two when Day and the Ameicans Jamie Lovemark ...

Darren Clarke was full of praise for the ‘Tiger Woods’ of India after ending a miserable 13-month run of outs make the cut in the MENA Tour’s Dubai Creek Open. Clarke added a two-under par 69 to his opening 68 to be in a share of sixth place at the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club course in the UAE. It is the first time since the 2016 Open Championship where Clarke shared 30th place that the Ulsterman will get to play a full tournament though in this case all three days in Dubai. Clarke ...

A year after losing out in play-off and Scott Hend has immediately put himself back into contention on day one of the European Masters in Switzerland. The big-hitting Queenslander used his length off the tee to grab seven birdies, including three in succession early in his round and then birdie two of his closing three holes, in a sizzling six-under 64 on the Alpine Crans-sue-Sierre course. The effort, and one shot less than his opening round in 2016, put Hend into a share of the lead with Spain’s ...

Miguel Angel Jimenez already enjoys the tag of being ‘The Oldest Winner’ twice on the European Tour and now he has set out to surpass the record for a firt time and by more than three years. Jimenez along with England’s Tyrrell Hatton and Aussie Scott Hend head the opening round of the European Masters with six-under 64s on the Alpine Crans-sur-Sierre course. The Spaniard has taken a break from the US Champions Tour to return to the Crans-sur-Sierre course when he won by three strokes ...

England’s Lee Slattery has given new definition to not missing his tee time but also being present for the birth of his second child. Slattery, who had finished a gallant runner-up last week in the Czech Masters, is contesting this week’s European Masters high up in the Swiss Alps but with his wife, Faye back in Britain and about to go into labour. However, instead of rushing back home to be wife the 39-year old Slattery got onto ‘FaceTime’ to see his wife give birth late on Tuesday ...