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European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has had a new honour bestowed on him after receiving honorary membership of the prestigious Quinta do Lago Golf Club in Portugal’s Algarve. McGinley received the award at a special presentation dinner to acknowledge not only his appointment as the 2014 Ryder Cup captain but also, given the strong Irish membership at the club, the fact that he will be the first Irish Ryder Cup captain. The Dubliner has been a regular visitor with his family to Quinta do Lago ...

Phil Mickelson arrived in Akron, Ohio and this week’s WGC – Bridgestone Inviational with his favourite new friend – the famed Claret Jug. The new Open Champion is competing for a first time since his stunning come-from-behind success at Muirfield to capture a fifth Major Championship. After letting slip victory in the US Open at Merion, Mickelson came from five shots back, and teeing off in the sixth last group, to win golf”s oldest major by three on the famed East Lothian ...

Graeme McDowell today celebrates his 34th birthday playing a practice on the Firestone Country Club course ahead of this week’s $US 8.75m WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. McDowell has already won three times this year and along with American Phil Mickelson is the only player to have won both sides of the Atlantic in season 2013. In fact, McDowell has won once on the PGA Tour and twice on the European Tour with wins in the Volvo World Match-Play Championship and French Open. And ...

Australia’s Daniel Popovic ready for his biggest career challenge. Since winning the Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola, Daniel Popovic’s sole focus has been preparing for this week’s $US 8.75m  World Golf Championship Bridgestone Invitational. Earning a place in the field thanks to his fairytale win on the PGA Tour of Australasia, Popovic is now ready to take advantage of the biggest opportunity of his short career. “This is my biggest tournament to date 10 ...

The arrival of a new baby has forced Hunter Mahan out of this week’s $8.75m WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. “I have elected to officially withdraw myself from the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational so that I can take the opportunity to spend this precious first week at home with Zoe,” Mahan said in a statement. “I would like to thank the PGA TOUR for supporting my decision not to play this week.” Last week, Mahan was leading by two ...

Having just spent a week playing golf on Spain’s Costa del Sol I can vouch first hand at the worth of hiring a set of golf clubs from ClubstoHire.com The thought of having to pay greedy airlines a fee to check-in golf clubs has long been a turnoff and particularly when travelling to destinations on the European Tour where you would like to be able to squeeze in a game of golf but in the end the thought of an extra luggage charge leads invariably to leaving the clubs at home. So I got in contact ...

With nearly a year to go until the start of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles and the rival European and USA captains will square off at Gleneagles on Monday 23rd September. The European and US Team Captains, Paul McGinley and Tom Watson will celebrate a Year to Go until the start of The 2014 Ryder Cup with a series of media interviews and photo opportunities with official Ryder Cup Europe celebrity ambassadors, politicians and partners in both Edinburgh and Gleneagles. The afternoon of the 23rd September ...