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Rory McIlroy was headed straight for the practice range despite moving into a clubhouse share of third place in sauna-like conditions on day two of the Tour Championship in Atlanta. McIlroy posted back-to-back bogeys at the start of his round and was then three-over for the day with a bogey a five before rebounding with three second half birdies in a score of a level par 70 to remain at two under par. “It’s the second day in a row I have fallen behind early and while I was able to get it back ...

The traditional driving-in ceremony for the new Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews took place on the 1st tee of the Old Course today. Keith Macintosh began his year in office with a drive at precisely 8am as a cannon fired alongside the tee. A large crowd of onlookers gathered to watch the ceremony along with a number of Past Captains of the Club. As Captain, Mr Macintosh will represent The R&A and support its work in developing golf around the world. He will attend R&A ...

East Lake, Atlanta, GA …. FedEx Cup front-runner Dustin Johnson signalled his intentions in muscling his way to a share of the lead on day one of the season-ending Tour Championship here in Atlanta. DJ, who was out in the last group of the day, finished the opening round on top and sharing the lead after a four under par 66 with countryman Kevin Chappell and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama. Matsuyama capped his round with a hat-rick of birdies early and finished with birdie on the par-5 18th ...

East Lake, Atlanta, GA … Jordan Spieth’s job as Bubba Watson’s ‘papa bear’ has failed. It took just two questions before Watson was quizzed on the Ryder Cup after the double Masters champion posted a level par 72 on the opening day of the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. Indeed the remaining nine of 10 questions directed to Bubba were about his hopes of being afforded a ‘wildcard’ pick on Sunday night. But it seems Bubba is just as much in the ...

Austrian golfing giant Bernd Wiesberger record a career equalling lowest round in signing for a 63 on the opening day of the weather-affected Porsche European Open in Germany. Wiesberger’s eight under par score handed him a two-shot lead over Italy’s Renato Paratore, on a day when three hours and 25 minutes of play was lost to fog early in the morning at Golf Resort Bad Griesbach. That meant that the entire second wave would have to return to complete their first rounds on Friday but ...

East Lake, Atlanta, GA …. Top-ranked USA Ryder Cup star Dustin Johnson hinted of a first rift in the American team declaring he does not want to be partnered with Phil Mickelson at next week’s Ryder Cup. ‘DJ’ did not hold back when asked about a likely pairing on the eve of this week’s PGA season-ending Tour Championship. “I think I can partner pretty well with pretty much anyone, except for Phil,” said Johnson. “Me and Phil don’t partner well ...

East Lake, Atlanta, GA … England’s always affable Paul Casey declared he’d ‘stash’ the $US 10m cash if he captured this week’s season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. Casey, who’s won close to $US2m in the past two PGA Tour events in finishing runner-up on both occasions, would walk away with $US1.5m in winning at East Lake along with the £10m FedEx Cup bonus prize. If so, Casey would be the first Brit to win in the 10-year history of the elite 30-player field. “I’d ...