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It’s been a long time since the name David Higgins was so close the top of the leader board but the Waterville golfer has put himself in position for that long overdue for Tour title after two days of the Italian Open in Turin. Higgins birdied three of his last six holes to move to eight under par and just one behind hometown hero and former champion, Francesco Molinari plus Chile’s Felipe Aguilar and Higgins’ fellow Irishman Simon Thornton. The 40 year old Higgins, whose only ...

Nicolas Colsaerts revealed how a stint at home on the sofa had helped him claim a share of the first round lead at the 70° Open d’Italia Lindt. The Belgian was forced to withdraw from last week’s KLM Open with flu, but after making a speedy recovery – aided by his mother taking care of him – The Ryder Cup star fired a seven under par 65 at Golf Club Torino to join Ricardo Gonzalez and Maximilian Kieffer. “Nothing beats being back home with your mum looking after you,” said Colsaerts. ...

Sweden’s Suzann Pettersen put her name into the history  a final books posting a three-under-par 68 to earn her second career major at the inaugural Evian Championship. The 32-year-old Norwegian shot rounds of 66, 69 and 68 for a total of 203, 10 under par, in the rain-shortened, 54-hole event. She finished two strokes clear of 16-year-old amateur Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who began the day tied for second. The third and final round quickly turned into a duel between Ko and Pettersen, after ...

  IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE with SUZANN PETTERSEN 2013 Evian Championship September 15, 2013 Born: Oslo, Norway Lives: Orlando, Fla. Birthdate: April 7, 1981 – currently 32 years, 4 months, and 25 days Qualified for LPGA Tour: tied for 10th at 2002 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament Turned Professional: 2000   VICTORIES o    LPGA: 13th career victory; 3rd this season, 2nd major championship victory Previous wins: 2013 Safeway Classic, 2013 LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented by J Golf, 2012 LPGA ...

Miguel Angel Jimenez was critical after some unsavory scenes near the end of the KLM Open at Zandvoort. The Dutch crowd went wild with delight when Joost Luiten became the first home grown player in 10 years to capture the premier Dutch event. Luiten claimed his third Tour victory and his second this year when he pared the first extra play-off hole after moments earlier Jimenez’s par putt lipped-out. However Jimenez clearly was not happy when the crowd who were cheering when the pony-tailed ...

Dutchman Joost Luiten ended a decade-long home victory drought in capturing the KLM Open in a play-off at Zandvoort. Luiten, 27 also captured a third Tour victory and his second this season after both he and Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez ended regulation play tied on 12-under par in the bright but windy conditions. Luiten then two-putted for par the first extra hole to deny Jimenez a second KLM Open title victory and 19 years after his first, and with the Spaniard’s par putt seconds earlier lipping ...

Golf’s newest Mr. 59 in Jim Furyk posted a score 10 shots worse than his historic second round but was still right he wanted to be going into the final round of the BMW Championship in suburban Chicago. One day after the 2010 FedExCup champion had a 12-under 59 to become the sixth player in PGA TOUR history to shoot golf’s magic number, he did enough right on the back nine at Conway Farms for a 69 and a one-shot lead over Steve Stricker. Furyk wasn’t expecting another low round ...