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Graeme McDowell ended the last found of his final stroke-play event of the season in Florida but with next year’s Masters in Augusta, Georgia already on his mind. For a second time in three days, McDowell came unstuck in the Isleworth Estate fairway bunker down the right side of the 18th fairway in taking a bogey, and in a last day 71 for a share of 11th place at eight under par in the Hero World Challenge in Windermere. McDowell commenced his round with a birdie but was observed bizarrely walking ...

Tiger Woods could finally breath some relief in ending an injury-plagued 18th pro season pain free despite sharing last place in the Hero World Challenge in suburban Orlando. Woods, who struggled with illness throughout the week at Isleworth, posted a final round 72 for a level par tally and share 17th place with fellow American Hunter Mahan. The former long-time World No. 1 came into the event after a four-month injury layoff having shot a pair of 74s to miss the cut in August’s PGA Championship. However ...

Jordan Spieth has become the new Hero World Challenge in storming his way to a 10-shot success with an impressive 26-under par victory tally on the ultra-exclusive Isleworth Country Club course. The 21-year old Dallas-born Spieth led from start to finish in carding a final round 66 in the Tiger Woods hosted event. Spieth’s winning margin was the largest on any Tour this season eclipsing Martin Kaymer’s European Tour counting eight-shot success in capturing the US Open and three shots ...

England’s Danny Willett has gone to the top of the 2015 Race to Dubai and banking the biggest prize cheque of his career in capturing the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City in South Africa. Willett, 27 whose only previous triumph came at the BMW International Open in 2012, carded a six under par 66 to win by four shots at the Gary Player Country Club course. Among the first to congratulate Willett was legendary South African born golfer, Gary Player. The current World No. 84 ignited his charge to ...

Padraig Harrington has ended a four-year ‘main’ tour drought and in a full field event by capturing the Asian Tour’s BANK BRI Indonesian Open. Despite leading by five at one stage and then being two behind Harrington secured a thrilling victory in the US$750,000 event after defeating a battling Thanyakon Khrongpha of Thailand by two shots. It is Harrington’s 28th professional victory around the globe but his first of significance since capturing the 2010 Iskander Johor Open ...

Double Major winning John Daly has celebrated his engagement in capturing the Beko Classic, a three-round Pro-Am format tournament at Antalya, Turkey. It is Daly’s first victory first time in 10 years since tasting success since winning the 2004 Buick Invitational and the fifth of his five wins on the PGA Tour. Daly, with his future wife Anna Cladakis carrying the clubs, shot an even-par 72 in the final round and hold on to win by a stroke with a 15-under par total and one clear of England’s ...

Newly-crowned Australian Open champ, Jordan Spieth has a seven shot stranglehold on the $US 1m Hero World Challenge event at Isleworth in Florida. The 21-year old holed a stunning 50-foot birdie putt at the last in a round of 63 to be well clear of World No. 2 Henrik Stenson (68) and Keegan Bradley (65) sharing second on 13-under par. Spieth is now on target to have his name etched on a second tournament trophy, and on a second continent in two weeks. The last golfer to achieve such a feat was World ...