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A special report by Kevin Kennedy, Senior Writer at www.ussportsmachine.com Pro sports are a young person’s game. As we age, the little injuries build up, our metabolism slows down, and our bodies just aren’t as capable. It’s a sad fact of life that gets magnified immensely at the pro level, where victory and defeat can be decided by mere inches, and the continuous strain on their bodies ages athletes faster than the rest of us. Professional golf isn’t quite as rough. There’s ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy ends 2016 revealing he has a ‘pea head’. And this is after one of the more bizarre Twitter questions put to the Northern Irishman was answered by McIlroy and more than two months since he competed hat-less at the Hazeltine Ryder Cup. McIlroy fan Eddie Rowell, based in Stanstead, England, tweeted McIlroy: Eddie Rowell @eddie1972r   “@McIlroyRory Hi Rory was just wandering why you didn’t wear a cap whilst playing in the Ryder Cup ...

It’s official as Sweden’s Alex Noren will make a maiden Masters appearance next April. Augusta National today released a list of 86 players who, at this stage, will tee-up in the 2017 Masters. Noren qualified as being inside the top-50 on the World Rankings and was one of a dozen players to earn a place in the year’s first Major via the World Rankings. Just short of 12 months ago, Noren headed into the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship ranked No. 97 in the world but ends 2016 as World ...

Thongchai Jaidee boosted hopes of securing the nine World Rankings points he needs to secure a 2017 Masters invitation with victory in the Asian Tour’s Boochu Ruanghkit Championship. Fellow Thai Jaturon Duangphaichoom snatched the limelight when he signed for a solid six-under-par 65 to grab the halfway lead by one shot at the season-ending event that concludes on Christmas Day. Jaidee is currently ranked No. 52 in the world and if he secured victory the nine ranking points would lift him to ...

World No. 8 Patrick Reed and World No. 9 Alex Noren are the first players to announce they will be heading to Lake Karrinyup Country Club to compete in the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth. Reed and Noren will headline a superstar field to contest the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth from 16-19 February, when the European Tour and ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia come together to sanction the combined stroke play and match play tournament. Reed hinted late this year of his desire to contest the Australian ...

Tiger Woods announced today that he has committed to play in the 2017 Genesis Open, February 13-19, at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Woods, whose TGR Live is the host of the Genesis Open, which benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation, made the announcement following his return in early December at the Hero World Challenge after more than 15 months away from competitive golf. “I’m very excited to come back to Riviera and compete in the Genesis Open. This is where it all started ...

European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley has unveiled the full 2016/17 European Tour schedule at a luncheon the Tour hosted earlier today in London. Standout events include the seven Rolex Series events, which will feature $7 million minimum purses: the BMW PGA Championship (May 25-28), Dubai Duty Free Irish Open (July 6-9), Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open (July 13-16), Italian Open (Oct. 12-15), Turkish Airlines Open (Nov. 2-5), Nedbank Golf Challenge (Nov. 9-12) and DP World Tour Championship (Nov. ...