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Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Tournament host Rory McIlroy found easily upstaged by his guests Jon Rahm and Hideki Matsuyama on day one of the Irish Open at Portstewart. Rahm grabbed an eagle and six birdies in a seven under 65 to join the Essex duo of Ollie Fisher and Matthew Southgate in second place and just one adrift of American Daniel Im who had raced to six under through just eight holes but then managing just two further birdies in his next ten holes in a new course record 64. The ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Rory McIlroy joked he now likens himself to Beatle drummer  Ringo Starr having fallen to World No. 4 ahead of this week’s Irish Open at Portstewart. The defending champion and Irish Open host dropped to No. 3 in the world in missing the U.S. Open cut but then was bumped back to No. 4 by Jordan Spieth when the Texas brilliantly won the recent Travelers Championship. And this was after McIlroy had rebounded in suburban Cromwell with a closing 64 and using ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Rory McIlroy has singled out World No. 2 Hideki Matsuyama for special praise ahead of this week’s Irish Open at Portstewart in Northern Irealnd. Matsuyama is the highest ranked player in this Irish field and two spots higher than McIlroy, the tournament host and after McIlroy found himself bumped back to No. 3 by the Japanese star after the U.S. Open and then to No. 4 by Jordan Spieth who replaced McIlroy at No. 3 on the back of his dramatic play-off victory ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland …. Padraig Harrington insists Shane Lowry should not fall into the trap of being baited on social media. Lowry has been trying to laugh off the critics but clearly there has been many getting under his bearded exterior. “There are a lot of geniuses out there who tell you what you should and shouldn’t be doing, like people telling me I should work harder,” said Lowry. “That is the era we live in. I laugh it off. It definitely does not bother me. “I think ...

It has been four years since Martin Laird last contested The Open but he booked himself a Royal Birkdale tee time thanks to what was the disappointment of sharing third place in the rain interrupted Quicken Loans in Maryland. The Scot posted a final round 67 to just miss out on the play off  and clearly left lamenting bogeying the last when he left his second shot short of the green from where he chipped and three putted for a bogey five that left him tied with Rickie Fowler at five under par. Sadly, ...

Tommy Fleetwood celebrated his recent engagement and news he is to become a father moving to the top of the Race to Dubai in winning the HNA Open de France. Fleetwood arrived Le Golf National as one of the form players on the European Tour but with a poor record on the course that will host next year’s Ryder Cup having never made the cut or even broken par in Paris. He put that right in some style with a closing bogey-free 66 that gave him a 12 under par total and a one-shot victory over American ...

Geoff Ogilvy has boosted hopes of not only of capturing a ninth PGA Tour title but also securing a place in this year’s Open Championship. The recently turned 40-year old brilliantly turned back the clock grabbing six birdies in a five-under par 65 and muscle his way into second place on day two of the Quicken Loans on the TPC Potomac course in Maryland. It left the proud Australian trailing just two shots behind pint sized Swede David Lingmerth who leads on 10-under with a par of 65s. Ogilvy’s ...