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French rookie Victor Dubuisson spent more time dealing with questions about his personality than his European Team debut during the course of his appearance in the Gleneagles Ryder Cup Media Center. Much has already been written about the 24-year old Antibes-based Frenchman and ever since he all but ‘locked-in’ his place in Paul McGinley’s with his second place finish earlier this year in the WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship. However in fairness to the Number 21 ranked ...

European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley is prepared to split the all-Ulster pair of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell in Friday’s commencing 40th Ryder Cup. And McGinley says if he does not pair them together it will be nothing to do with events unfolding in a Dublin High Court. “Three or four months ago, I had a very strong view that they would have been paired but the more I look at the statistics, the more I’m thinking in value in not doing it,” McGinley said. “If I don’t decide ...

Former US Amateur champion Matthew Fitzpatrick went straight from Dubai Airport to the Al Badia Golf Course and then to near the top of the leader board in his maiden MENA Tour event. The Sheffield-born Fitzpatrick had come from finishing eighth in the European Challenge Tour’s 10th anniversary Kazakhstan Open to arrive in the UAE just hours before his tee time. However Fitzpatrick shrugged off any jet lag igns of panic as he opened with a solid one-under-par 71 at the Shaikh Maktoum Dubai ...

Less than a fortnight after capturing their inaugural Belhaven Secretarys and Captains Championship triumph and the accolades continue for the Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club in northern Scotland. On this occasion the home to the magnificent James Braid designed Fortrose & Rosemarkie golf course has captured this year’s Northern Counties Cup. It is the club’s third victory in the competitions history. Heading the team was Fortrose and Rosemarkie Secretary Mike MacDonald, who had picked ...

Lost in the excitement leading up to Friday’s start to the 2014 Ryder Cup was the controversy surrounding the opening of the now PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles. Designed by the legendary Jack Nicklaus, the Monarch’s course as it was then known, was the first golf course in Scotland to boast motorised cart paths. However the initial cries of ‘sacrilegious’ soon gave way to acclaim when the course was open to the public on May 15th, 1993. In meeting with then Managing Director Peter ...

American captain Tom Watson delivered a point blank statement upon arrival at Gleneagles declaring this week’s showdown in Perthshire is a ‘redemption trip’ and has targeted both Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter as Europe’s danger men at Gleneagles. Watson and his side just before 10am into Edinburgh Airport on a special British Airways charter flight before being transported straight to the stunning Gleneagles Hotel. And many of Watson’s players, including Phil Mickelson, ...

Tom Watson’s American team have landed in Scotland ahead of this week’s Ryder Cup clash with Europe at Gleneagles. Watson’s team arrived at Edinburgh Airport shortly before 10am this morning on a special British Airways charter flight and were welcomed by Event Scotland dignitaries along with opposing Captain Paul McGinley. However Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond was not present and will meet both teams officially later this week. Speaking shortly after landing, Watson described the mood ...