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World No. 1 Tiger Woods declared he would welcome any move to sit down with USA Ryder Cup captain, Tom Watson and ‘clear the air’ before next year’s Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. Watson was extremely critical of Woods in the months following revelations in late 2009 of Woods’ many extra-marital affairs. And at the recent ‘One Year to Go’ celebrations in Scotland ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup, Watson again indicated: “I have not talked with Tiger privately and I will have to sit down and have ...

Stories and photographs of Tiger Woods historic Bosphorus Bridge shot from one continent to another is splashed all over the front pages of today’s Turkish newspapers. There was not one in a selection of some half-a-dozen Istanbul moMilyonluck Vurning newspapers that did not cover the event. There is headlines such as:  Tiger Show – The World Is Watching and Tiger Woods Stops Istanbul Traffic. However there is also one photograph of Woods hitting off the Bosphorus River Bridge with ...

It was great pleasure to be able to play the Sheshan Golf Club course for a very first time since attending the inaugural 2006 HSBC Champions event. AFPs Danny Hicks were late entrants and joining a corporate outing hosted by IMG. It was a 7am shotgun start and with our fourball commencing from the tough par four 15th hole. However while it was still early in the day eyes were wide awake a few minutes later when he tackled the short par four, 16th and the hole with American Dustin Johnson closed ...

With the two Race to Dubai events remaining the goal of European No. 1 will be fought out between four neighbours. The leading four golfers on the Race to Dubai – Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell and the England duo of Justin Rose and Ian Poulter – are all residents of the Lake Nona gated community in suburban Orlando. The four play practice rounds together while their respective families mix socially. But that neighbourly love will be forgotten over the next fortnight ...

There was a traffic jam of different sorts in Istanbul this morning when World No. 1 Tiger Woods hit golf balls off the Bosphorus Bridge and the bridge that joins the European continent to the Asia continent. There had been warnings to motorists on radio, TV and in local Istanbul newspapers the Bosphorus bridge would be closed for 28 minutes from 2pm local time for this unique publicity piece with the 14-time Major winning Woods. Woods spent this morning in Istanbul attending to a number of publicity ...

Graeme McDowell returns home to Orlando and his new wife proud of his achievement in finishing third in the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. McDowell went into the final round four shots behind Dustin Johnson and after muscling his way to the lead after just seven holes the American brilliantly shut the door shut on both McDowell and Ian Poulter when he holed a chip shot for an eagle ‘two’ at the par four 16th hole on route to a six under par 66 that was the same score as ...

American Dustin Johnson holed a brilliant chip shot for an eagle ‘two’ just three holes from the finish to set up a three shot victory in the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. Johnson went into the final round of the $8.5m event leading by three and despite being overhauled by both England’s Ian Poulter and Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell over the outward nine Johnson birdied 13 and 14 and after eagling the 16th he then birdied the 17th for a popular victory. It ...