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It was a victory checkmate for Alex Cejka birdieing the second extra hole to defeat Ireland’s Padraig Harrington and capture the Senior British Open title at Royal Porthcawl. Cejka, 52, made is a third Seniors major after capturing the 2021 Regions Tradition on his Seniors Tour debut, and a fortnight later the German won the 2021 Seniors PGA Championship. Now after birdieing the second extra hole over Harrington, Cejka has captured a third Seniors major leaving just the Seniors US Open and ...

  Justin Thomas joked he’s not going to write a love letter to USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson should he not qualify automatically for Rome. The second round of the 151st Open Championship was still far from over and ‘Wikipedia’ had Thomas down for a ‘missed cut’. The 30-year-old Thomas never got going in his eighth Open appearance, and missed the cut in golf’s oldest major for a second year running and also for a fourth occasion. Thomas produced Royal Liverpool scores of a horror ...

It was www.golfbytourmiss.com asking the hard questions of Rory McIlroy following his victory this afternoon at the 41st hosting of the Genesis Scottish Open. McIlroy holing a very testing birdie putt at the last to capture a 37th career victory, and also a sixth national open title, with win over a wind-whipped Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh. The four-time major winner denied top-ranked Scot the honour of winning for a first time on his home soil, who has posted a gutsy six-under 64 ...

Padraig Harrington was heading south and a 26th Open Championship and not looking to make-up the Royal Liverpool numbers following his his top-50 finish at the Genesis Scottish Open. Harrington did end on the bogey train with three closing bogeys in a round of a four-over par 74 for a three-under-par tally in really tough windy conditons, so tough the wind-whipped foreshore of the closeby Forth of Firth looked more akin to a washing machine. Fortunately, Tour officials did the best they could bringing ...

A birdie at the last hole ended a 16-year Home of Golf nation victory drought with Rory McIlroy winning the Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club. McIlroy denied crowd favourite Robert MacIntyre who was on the practice range expecting a play-off against the current World No. 3 but with McIlroy holing a tesing 11-foot birdie putt at the last in a round of 68 for an 18-under victory tally after the Scot finished at 17-under. MacIntyre set the cluhouse winning target at 17-under thanks a stunning ...

World No. 3 Rory McIlroy took a wet Route 66 to the top of the leaderboard late on day two of the Genesis Scottish Open. McIlroy posted five birdies but for a second day running dropped a shot at the 17th to move to grab a one-shot lead at 10-under on a bleak-looking host Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh. Three players – the South Korean duoe of Tom Kim (65) and first round leader Byeong Hun An (70) plus England’s Tyrrell Hatton (62) – share second place at nine-under. McIlroy, ...

Calls for Padraig Harrington to be picked for September’s Ryder Cup grow louder following his strong display after two rounds of the Genesis Scottish Open. Harrington, 51, battled the trough early morning conditions to walk from the course with a sizzling 66 to be then clubhouse leader in the $US 9m event being hosted on the Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh. The Dubliner’s round included eight birdies, none better than hitting a 250-yard second shot at the ninth hole of his round to ...