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Michelle Wie was showered with champagne in ending a four-year winless drought by drawing on an overwhelming home course support to secure a two shot victory in the LGPA Lotte Championship in her home state of Hawaii. It is Wie’s first victory on US soil and with most observers remarking it’s also been a long time with the now 24-year old securing her third Tour success with a final round six under par 66 for a 15-under par total on the Koa Olina Golf Club course at Kapolie on the island ...

After finishing runner-up twice before and also third on two other occasions, Luke Donald is now looking to finally breakthrough and capture the RBC  Heritage Classic title at Hilton Head. Donald saved par from the back of the 18th green in a round of a five under par 66 to move two shots clear of his rivals at eight under par with a round to play in the $US 5.8m event being  played on the Harbor Town Golf Links course. “I felt really comfortable out there today and just felt like I was going ...

Graeme McDowell has seen his chances of a successful RBC Heritage defence slip through his fingers on day three on the Harbor Town Golf Links course at Hilton Head. In overcast, cold and windy conditions McDowell posted three birdies, including birdies at his opening two holes, but also four bogeys in a round of one over 72 to finish also at one over in the $US 5.8m event. McDowell had been two under par in total through six holes in Friday’s second round when torrential rain forced an abandonment ...

Lee Westwood has seen his four shot lead cut to one after a final hole bogey on day three of the Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. Westwood, who turns 41 next week, is now just one round away from capturing a second Malaysian Open title since winning the event in 1997 but also ending a near two-year winless drought. For a third day running Westwood birdied the opening hole of the Kuala Lumpur Golf Club course before dropping a shot with a three-putt bogey at the next hole. However the current ...

Australia’s Robert Alllenby was lying high and dry and just one shot from the lead after only five holes before play was abandoned on day two of the RBC Heritage Classic at Hilton Head. Torrential rain lashed the holiday tourist destination quickly flooding fairways and filling bunkers. PGA Tour officials suspended the round at 2.54pm local time and then at 4.30pm announced play in the $US 5.8m event would resume at 8am Saturday morning local time. Korean K.J. Choi was among just 64 players ...

This year’s French Open promises to draw record crowds thanks to Ryder Cup rookie Victor Dubuisson. Dubuisson has already confirmed his European Ryder Cup maiden appearance on the back of his victory in the inaugural Turkish Airlines Open and then his courageous showing in the WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship. And there the quietly-spoken golfer with the French film star looks will be facing yet another ‘bataille’ this year with defending champion Graeme McDowell, and ...

England’s Lee Westwood set about ending a two-year winless drought with a seven under par 65 on the opening day of the storm affected Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. Westwood, who turns 41 in a week, began his round at the 10th with a bogey but then ended with four birdies over his closing five holes including the last three to take the clubhouse lead at the Kuala Lumpur Country Club course. The effort by the current World No. 36 and the highest-ranked player in the $US 2.75m event, comes ...