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Reigning Australian Amateur champion, Connor Syme has stormed into the final 16 of this year’s British Amateur Championship with a comprehensive 4 & 2 success over Spain’s Xabier Gorospe in squally conditions at Royal Porthcawl in Wales. The Scottish-born Syme won three consecutive holes from the 11th to take a firm grip of the match. “I didn’t quite play my best golf today but I ground it out quite well,” he said. “I got up and down when I needed to and holed a few key ...

The memories of his 2007 U.S. Open triumph have come flooding back for Argentina’s affable Angel Cabrera. Cabrera became only the second Argentinean to win a Major when he won at Oakmont nine years ago this week. He had finished the tournament at 5-over par and denying, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by one stroke. Cabrera went into day three leading at even par, and after finishing the first round at 1-under, and shooting 1-over on the second day, he struggled during the third round, finishing ...

As many of the world’s top PGA TOUR players prepare to showcase their skills at the 2016 Quicken Loans National, the tournament will serve as the backdrop for a day-long event designed to inspire professional women during the PGA TOUR Executive Women’s Day – Monday June 20th. The women will gather in the famed Congressional Country Club clubhouse in Bethesda with up to 150 Washington, D.C.-area businesswomen will participate in the event, which will include keynote speaker presentations, panel ...

JOHANNESBURG, June 14 — Siphiwe Siphayi blistered the back nine on Tuesday en route to a sparkling eight-under 64 that earned him a one-shot advantage heading into the final round of the MENA Golf Tour’s Jo’burg City Masters which is co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Big Easy Tour. Starting the day a good seven shots off the pace, Siphayi hit the hot streak after making the turn at two-under, rattling off six birdies, including four in a row on from the 12th to reach six-under for the tournament. Overnight ...

116th U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP – FACT SHEET SITE INFORMATION usopen.com June 16-19, 2016 Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club #USOpen; Twitter: @usopengolf; Facebook: U.S. Open Championship; Instagram: @usopengolf PAR AND YARDAGE Oakmont Country Club will be set up at 7,219 yards and will play to a par of 35-35—70. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions. Oakmont Country Club Hole By Hole Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 35 Yardage 482 340 426 609 382 194 479 288/ 477 3,677 252 Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 Yardage 462/ 379 632/ 183 358 500 231 313 484 3,542 440 667 ARCHITECT                           Designed ...

As predicted on this website last week, Ian Poulter has been named a fourth 2016 European Team Ryder Cup Vice-Captain. The 40 year old Englishman will bring not only a wealth of experience to Darren Clarke’s back-room team, having played five times for Europe in the biennial contest, he will also bring the famous passion and commitment that has made him one of the most fearsome competitors in the tournament’s 89 year history. In his five outings – 2004 at Oakland Hills, 2008 at Valhalla, 2010 ...

Ireland’s Conor O’Rourke became only the second Irishman winner in capturing the prestigious St. Andrews Links Trophy at the Home of Golf. A par at the infamous 17th Road Hole, where O’Rourke’s second shot came to rest just inches from the bitumen pathway at the back of the hole, was good enough to win the trophy by a shot with a final round victory for a one shot success at 12-under par. O’Rourke, 24 hails from Naas near Dublin and now joins Rathmore’s Alan ...