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Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroys superbly birdied three of his closing four holes and then declared ‘Im ready to roar’ as he heads to the weekend rounds of the Crown Australian Open in Melbourne. McIlroy was looking he may miss the cut in the co-sanctioned event that he’d brilliantly captured a dozen years ago and moreso when he unceremoniously produced a ‘fresh air’ swing in playing from under bushes down the right side of the 14th hole at Royal Melbourne. The World ...

Young Scottish-born golfer Aidan O’Hagan is delighted he’ll now get to visit the Egyptian ‘Wonders of the World’ in finishing runner-up in this week’s MENA Tour Amendoeira Golf Resort’s tournament in Portugal. After 54-holes over the host Christy O’Connor designed Algarve course, the 21-year-old Scot ended-up just one shot shy of tying England’s Chris Wood at 16-under in the second official event of the revamped MENA Tour schedule. O’Hagan matched ...

England’s Chris Wood has wonderfully ended a nine-year ‘official pro career victory’ wait in capturing the MENA Tour’s Rolear Algarve Classic on the Algarve in Portugal. Wood, 38, was never headed leading from start to finish in posting rounds of 68, 65 and a closing 67 for a 16-under tally and one shot success in the second event of the revamed Tour. Scotland’s Aidan O’Hagan, who has managed an ace on day one on the Christy O’Connor designed course, kept ...

Gil Hanse continues to stamp his growing presence as one of the leaders in golf course design work and even moreso with the latest news his services have been retained by Scotland’s famed North Berwick course. The story of Gil’s newest golf course assignment appears on Golf Course Architecture website and you can read all the news by clicking on: www.golfcoursearchitecture.net   We learnt also just a week ago with TGL (TMRW Golf League) announcing Hanse has joined the league’s ...

How many New Zealand-born golfers in the prior 107 times hosting of the Crown Australian Open  have won Australia’s leading championship? It’s a question I should know the answer but after checking the records of the championship it came as big surprise to learn a golfer from Australia’s nearest neighbour has not been handed the Stonehave trophy. Indeed there has been just one Kiwi runner-up and that being John Lister in 1977 who ended in a three-way tie for second behind Aussie ...

Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy revealed he battled hay fever and dizziness early in his bogey-laden opening round at the Crown Australian Open in Melbourne. McIlroy’s on-course showing was as though Royal Melbourne was biting back after McIlroy’s pre tournament comments when suggesting Ausralia’s continually rated No. 1 course was not in his view the best in the country. Nonetheless a full house crowd was on the tee from as early as 7am eagerly anticipating McIlroy’s arrival ...

The Scottish foursome of Grant Forrest, Calum Hill, Connor Syme and Ewen Ferguson will kick off their 2016 DP World Tour season contesting week’s Gary Player honoured Nedbank Challenge in South Africa. The tartan four have enjoyed a few weeks break since the closing two events of the 2025 Race to Dubai season in the Middle East. It was a special year particularly for Hill and Syme with Hill superbly capturing the Joburg Open and later on when all of Scotland applauded the effort of Syme with ...