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Anirban Lahiri’s early birdie blitz saw him snatch the Maybank Malaysian Open from Bernd Wiesberger in a dramatic finish at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club. The 27 year old from India birdied four of his first five holes and held his nerve down the closing stretch as a final round 68 gave him a 16 under par total and one shot victory. Lahiri’s maiden European Tour title comes just three months after coming through Qualifying School, and is all the more remarkable given he was outside the ...

Red-hot Bernd Wiesberger opened up a two shot lead with his lowest career round heading to the final round of the Maybank Malaysian Open at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club. Having finished sixth, third and fourth in the three Desert Swing events to move into the Official World Golf Ranking’s top 50 for the first time, Wiesberger birdied the first five holes today and spent the remainder of the round trading blows with Alejandro Cañizares at the top of the leaderboard. The Spaniard and ...

Harris English enjoys a two shot lead at the halfway stage of the Farmers Insurance Open as Phil  Mickelson created an unwanted historical fact in missing a second  straight halfway cut in succession in 13 years. English, a two-time PGA Tour winner, posted three birdies on each nine, in rounds of 68 and 67 to move to 10-under par and two shots clear of fellow American Nick Watney who signed for scores of 71 and 65. However a day after Tiger Woods withdrew with further back injury and the news on ...

Peter Lawrie, after spending what he said was some 20 months in the doldrums, is not about to get carried way following a sizzling 66 on day two of the Maybank Malaysian Open. Lawrie packed a red-hot putter needing just 23 putts to post six birdies, including three in succession from his second hole on the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club course. It left the 40-year old Dubliner, who is playing for a third week in a row on an invitation, sharing fourth spot on seven under par and only four strokes ...

Tiger Woods’ misery continues with the 14-time Major winner withdrawing after 12 agonizing holes on day one of the fog delayed Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Woods had taken a double bogey at the par four second hole or the 11th of the course to be two over par but after playing his tee shot into the par three third hole or the 12th hole of his round he walked up onto the green and with his caddy picking up his ball. He then advised playing partners Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel ...

A very emotional five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson paid enormous tribute to his long-time good friend saying greeting the late Kel Nagle after he won The 1960 Open at St. Andrews was the happiest moment of his golfing life. Thomson was one of many golfing luminaries at the funeral of Nagle of who died last week aged 94. The list of past and present players at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium in Sydney included Thomson, 1990 PGA Championship winner Wayne Grady, 1975 Open runner-up Jack ...

Defending champion Lee Westwood and former US Open winner Graeme McDowell banked similiar six under par 66s to share the clubhouse lead on day one of the Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. In breezy conditions at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, the Ryder Cup team-mates carded matching six under par rounds of 66. Former World Number One Westwood romped to a seven shot victory at this venue last year, and carded four birdies in an outward 32 after starting at the tenth. A further gain followed ...