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Twelve months after injuring his finger on route to victory in the Scottish Open and Jeev Milka Singh’s finger has still not fully mended. Singh injured the index finger of his right hand playing a shot during the second round on the Gil Hanse designed Castle Stuart course to the east of Inverness in northern Scotland. Shortly after his play-off success over Italy’s Francesco Molinari Singh was forced to sit out seven weeks of competition. The injury flared again during November’s Barclays ...

Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington certainly suprised patrons in the local McDonalds here in Inverness. Harrington and long-time caddy, Ronan Flood dropped in for a McFlurry but Harrington found himself the centre of attention with Highland golf fans wanting the Irishman’s autograph and also a pic with the popular Irishman. And while Harrington confessed it was the first time he’d ever queued in McDonalds he likened it all part of the buzz of the Scottish Open. “I was trying ...

Scotland’s contingent heading to next week’s Open Championship has been boosted to nine following the release of the names of a further eight players qualifying off the World Rankings. The names of the eight players were released today by the R & A and are as follows: Jonas Blixt – Sweden Martin Laird – Scotland Fredrik Jacobson – Sweden Marc Leishman – Australia Graham DeLaet – Canada Kyle Stanley – USA Chris Wood – England Ken Duke – USA Laird now joins eight other ...

Ryder Cup winning star, Nicolas Colsaerts is the latest European to join Tiger Woods at Excel Sports Management. Colsaerts confirmed on his website that he and talented Belgium-born compatriot, Thomas Pieters have signed with the Mark Steinberg run sports agency. The Brussels big-hitter posted the following on his website:  “Enjoyed this sunny weather in Brussels and the company of Lance Young from Excel Sport, a company we will work together, a good partnership that we have already experienced ...

According to reports one of the famed Torrey Pines courses is going to be renamed – The Tiger Woods Golf Course. Torrey Pines boasts two golf courses overlooking the Pacific Ocean and where Woods has won seven times, including earlier this year in capturing the Farmer’s Insurance Open. Woods is the tournament’s all-time-leading money winner with more than $5.7 million in earnings there and with local San Diegan Phil Mickelson is next at $3 million. The largest margin of victory — ...

New French Open champion Graeme McDowell has jumped three spots to No. 6 in the world following his command performance on the Le National course on the outskirts of Versailles. McDowell captured his third event this season and just moments before Andy Murray became the first British-born male in 77 years to win Wimbledon. He defeated South African by four shots a week after missing the cut in the Irish Open for his third victory in seven events.  He is now just one win this year behind World No. ...

South African Richard Sterne may have suffered the disappointment of finishing second in the French Open but he’s celebrating after securing top spot among the five Open Championship qualifiers. Sterne ended-up four shots behind new World No. 6 Graeme McDowell but moments later he secured a place into next week’s Open Championship. The close of the French Open meant the close of qualifying off the 2013 Race to Dubai money list and with the leading five, not otherwie exempt into Muirfield, ...