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Joaquin Niemann was handed a disappointing 22nd birthday wish in being forced to withdraw from The Masters after testing positive for coronavirus. The Chilean golfer, who celebrates his birthday tomorrow (Novembe 7), had been set to make his second appearance at Augusta National in next week’s rescheduled final major of the year. Niemann made his Masters debut as an amateur in 2018 after winning the Latin America Amateur Championship, with the ultra-talented golfer earning an invitation to the ...

Robert MacIntyre’s welcome return to form will be formally rewarded early this morning (SAT) in making his way into the top-32 knockout stages of the inaugural Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Knockout. Fading light halted play with Welshman Jamie Donaldson leading by a shot at 12-under par and with three round holes to play, and among 10 players currently inside the top-32 and still to finish their round. No trouble for MacIntyre with the Oban lefty grabbing a sixth hole eagle and four birdies in adding ...

Northern Ireland’s Jonathan Caldwell returned from a late afternoon storm to grab a Tour low of 64 and muscle his way into the last 32 at the European Tour’s Cyprus Shootout. Caldwell, 36 began the second round at one-over but quickly muscled his way through the field before a late afternoon thunderstorm halted play. And when he returned the Clandeboye pro picked-up from where he left off to sign for seven-under par 64 and his lowest round in 34 events on the European Tour The effort better ...

Sandy Lyle will be out for a second career Phoenix success and first class seating aboard the ‘Langer Airlines’ direct flight to Augusta, Georgia. It was 22-years ago when the then World No. 4 captured the Phoenix Open and a fourth of six PGA Tour victories when he defeated Fred Couples with a bogey at the third extra hole. Lyle has returned to the Arizona capital in very different circumstances for Friday’s start to the Champions Tour season-ending Charles Schwab Championship. He and his ...

Martin Laird brilliantly returned to competition for the first time since his Las Vegas victory jackpot grabbing an ace at his second hole on day one of the Houston Open. Laird landed his 9-iron tee shot well left of the flag and with his ball superbly finding the slope about 30-feet from the cup and then as it picked-up pace and was some four-feet from hole, Laird could be heard saying: “Go in”. It did for only Laird’s third ace of his PGA Tour career and his second in back-to-back Houston ...

Scot Robert MacIntyre brilliantly birdied his closing two holes in a bogey-free 65 and lead after day one of the inaugural Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown. MacIntyre’s six-under par effort handed him a one-shot lead and just four days after the 24-year old posted a final round 65 last Sunday to share third place in the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open. Last year’s ‘Rookie of the Year’ was naturally pleased with his showing. “I’m delighted. Again, I played great golf,” he said. “A few ...

Pablo Larrabal is to be congratulated for his simple but superb gesture on the opening of the recent events he has been competing. For a second week running in Cyprus, and now also for well over the past fews week the very popular Spaniard has been wearing black. Larrazabal was wearing all black again today for the first round of the inaugural Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Shootout. “I just thought it would be a nice gesture to remember, not only those who have passed away from the virus in Spain, ...