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Londoner Anthony Wall created European Tour history in defeating Swede Alex Noren in the Aberdeen Asset Management Paul Lawrie Match Play Championship at Archerfield. Wall overcame a 16 years and 204 day wait for a second Tour victory after his maiden success in the 2000 Alfred Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa. In the interium period Wall has played 431 events and beating the record of 276 events between a first and second win set by the late Christy O’Connor Jnr. Wall fought ...

Ariya Jutanugarn made history on Sunday when she became the first Thai golfer – man or woman – to win a major title with a final round 72 and a 16 under par 272 total at the Women’s British Open. Two ahead at the start of the final round, Ariya’s lead was six shots by the time she birdied the the long second and short sixth and she looked to be striding confidently to victory. But she had to survive a great second half challenge from playing partner Lee Mirim before securing ...

Rory McIlroy ruined his perfect PGA Championship record missing the cut with a clumsy finish in the year’s final major at Baltusrol in New Jersey. The two-time PGA winner had not sat out the weekend rounds in seven prior PGA Championships but McIlroy spoilt that stat with a miserable bogey from the middle of the fairway at the last in a round of 69 for a three over par tally. McIlroy went into the Baltusrol second round lying well back placed in 120th spot on the board before finally knocking ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson is on track to follow in the footsteps of Rory McIlroy after posting a second straight 67 to take the clubhouse lead on six under par after two days of the PGA Championship at Baltusrol. Stenson recovered from a poor start to remain on course for back-to-back major titles to finish a shot clear of Ryder Cup team-mate Martin Kaymer and America’s Patrick Reed, whose 65 equalled the lowest score of the week. If Stenson were successful in capturing the PGA Championship ...

Former PGA winner Padraig Harrington was the best of the three Irish out in the morning half of the draw and shooting a one over par 71 and likening his effort to putting on his beloved Stackstown course in suburban Dublin. “I didn’t putt very well at all and I need to free myself up a bit of the greens as there is plenty of slope, they’re reasonably quick and they’re a bit like putting at Stackstown,” he said. Harrington’s round was a mix of three birdies, two bogeys and a fourth hole ...

Germany’s Martin Kaymer ignited hopes of a second PGA Championship crown and also a third Major Championship with a superb opening round of a four under par 66 on day one at Baltusrol. The 2010PGA Champion beat the rain with a round that included five birdies and just a single bogey. The Dusseldorf-born Kaymer holed some 56-feet worth of birdies, including a 21-footer on Baltusrol’s first hole (Kaymer’s 10th hole of the afternoon). While Kaymer is in search of his first victory worldwide ...

With 65 days remaining before competition begins and Darren Clarke, the European Captain for The 2016 Ryder Cup, has named Sam Torrance as his fifth and final Vice Captain for the match against the United States at Hazeltine National in September. The 62 year old Scotsman will bring not only a wealth of experience to Clarke’s backroom team – having played for Europe on eight consecutive occasions between 1981 and 1995 – he will also bring the knowledge of what it takes to be a winning captain ...