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Double winning Honda Classic champion Padraig Harrington is now facing a Masters preparation dilemma. Harrington earned an automatic invitation into the season’s first Major in ending a seven-year PGA Tour winless drought by capturing the rain-affected Honda Classic at PGA National. The triple Major winner had trailed five shots behind and with 11 holes to play when he resumed his final round Monday morning US time. Harrington then brilliantly muscled his way to the lead with four birdies in ...

Ireland’s Padraig Harrington ended a long 7-year winless drought with a play-off victory in capturing the 2015 Honda Classic. Harrington came from three shots behind and ninth place with 11 holes to play in this morning’s conclusion to the $US 6.1m event at PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens. The triple Major winner, who teed up ranked 297th in the world, set up victory with four birdies in succession from the 11th hole in a round and forced his way to the play-off by holing a ...

By his own admission England’s Paul Casey is in a good place in his private life and he’s now, and for a second week running, in a very good place on the PGA Tour. When the siren sounded due to darkness to halt play at 6.18pm local time Casey and fellow Brit Ian Poulter were sharing the lead on seven under on the PGA National course in the rain-affected Honda Classic. Casey, and currently ranked 65th in the world, had played nine fourth round holes and Poulter seven and with the round ...

After missing the halfway cut in the Honda Classic World No. 1 Rory McIlroy will be seeking to walk away with first place among the professionals in Monday’s Seminole Golf Club ‘Pro-Member’ event. McIlroy will star in an event on Monday featuring fellow Major winners Bubba Watson, Ernie Els, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Jason Dufner and possibly Jack Nicklaus. As well, the likes of Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson are expected to tee up and possibly Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood, ...

Padraig Harrington took off his shoes and socks and then donned a spray jacket in playing a second shot from within a hazard early in his third round of the rain-affected Honda Classic. Harrington’s ball came to rest in the hazard down the left side of the second fairway and 176-yards from the flag. The triple Major winner studied the shot and brilliantly picked the ball from the hazard landing the ball just short of the green and 33-feet from the flag. Harrington then played a super flop ...

England’s Andy Sullivan captured his second victory in as many months on South African soil coming from behind to win the Joburg Open. Sullivan, who also earned a place in this year’s Open Championship, produced a brilliant closing 66 for a 17-under par tally and after claiming a maiden title at the Sunshine Tour’s South African Open Championship at Glendower in January, just a few miles down the road from Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club. The Englishman, who gained ...

Hurricane-like conditions forced PGA Tour officials to cancel any further play in the third round of the already weather-affected $US 6.1m Honda Classic. Spectators fled to the clubhouse seeking shelter from the driving rain and winds that reached 60 mph. Only 24 players who had commenced their third round and at least had played one hole from the field of 71 to have made the five over par cut when play was halted at 1.50pm local time and later abandoned. Among those affected were the Scottish ...