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Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke managed to scrap through to add some extra colour over the weekend rounds of the Valspar Championship at the Innisbrook Resort near Tampa. Valspar is one of the PGA Tour’s newest sponsors with the company the world’s sixth largest in the manufacture of paints and coatings, and with the $US 5.7m event being billed as the ‘most colourful event on the PGA Tour’. However it was not looking so bright for both Harrington and Clarke when they ended their rounds ...

Spain’s Alejandro Cañizares is looking to end an eight-year winless drought after remaining in contention on day two of the Hassan II Trophy at Agadir. It was back in 2006 when the Madrid-born Canizares burst onto the European Tour in only his third start as an affiliate member at the 2006 Russian Open, but has now played almost 200 events without adding a second trophy to his collection. The 31 year old has already compiled two top-ten finishes in 2014, and admits he has taken confidence ...

Italian golfing stallion Matteo Manassero is on target to become the youngest-ever player to win on three different continents after remaining in contention for victory in the Valspar Championship in Florida. Manassero added a one-under par 70 to his opening round of 69 to join reigning US Open champion, Justin Rose and American Pat Perez sharing the clubhouse lead on three-under par in the $US 5.7m event being played on the Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort. The 20-year old Italian had ...

Former Open Champion Paul Lawrie admitted there was no chance he would miss Aberdeen FC’s League Cup final showdown to compete for a first time in this week’s Hassan 11 Trophy at Agadir in Morocco. The 45-year-old Aberdonian has stayed at home to cheer on Derek McInnes’ side against Inverness CT at Celtic Park in Glasgow on Sunday. “Morocco is not an event that I have ever played in before,” said Lawrie. “But I would have played this year as I have not been playing much. So I am missing ...

Australia’s affable Greg Chalmers is competing in this 345th PGA Tour start at this week’s Valspar Championship at Tampa Bay in Florida. In that time the left-hander has held the first round lead in a tournament once before and that was at the 2009 US Bank Championship in Milwaukee where he eventually finished T15th. And the golfer nick-named The Snake made it two first round leads with his opening three under par 68 that sees him sharing the lead with Korean-born Kiwi Danny Lee and ...

Russell Knox set about burying last fortnight’s Honda Classic disappointment to be in contention on day one of the Valspar Championship in Tampa Bay, Florida. The Inverness-born Knox posted a one under par 70 in unusually cold but bright conditions in the $US 5.8m event being played on the Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort. It left the 28-year old just two shots behind four players who head the event at three under par – the American duo of Matt Every and Pat Perwz along with Australia’s ...

EurAsia Cup captain Miguel Angel Jimenez has welcomed the appointment of Des Smyth as his vice-captain for the inaugural event commencing later this month in Malaysia. It was Paul McGinley who had the big hand in arranging for Smyth to work under Jimenez ahead of Smyth acting as one of McGinley’s vice-captains for September’s showdown at Gleneagles against the Americans. “I have known Des a very long time and I am very happy he will be my vice-captain in Malaysia,” said Jimenez. “The ...