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Martin Laird returns to PGA Tour competition later today (THUR – US time) after a nightmare six-month injury and COVID-19 lay-off. Laird’s last appearance on the Tour was last March in contesting the opening round of Players Championship only for the Tour to cancel their showcase event later that night. The 37-year old triple Tour-winning Laird returned home to then pack-up his young family and move to a new dwelling in Denver, Colorado. The Scot kept himself busy but then a week prior to ...

Five players nominated for 2020 PGA TOUR Player of the Year Four nominated for PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year   Following Monday’s conclusion of the TOUR Championship and the FedExCup Playoffs, nominees for PGA TOUR Player of the Year and PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year were finalized by the PGA TOUR Player Directors and members of the Player Advisory Council (PAC). The nominees for the Jack Nicklaus Award as the PGA TOUR Player of the Year are (alphabetically) Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, ...

In a normal season Shane Lowry would be at home with his young family considering teeing-up in European Tour events in Portugal, Italy and then later in the year in Scotland, South Africa and end his year in Dubai. This though has not been a normal year given the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic that continues to bring death and despair around the globe. When Lowry would have made three or four return trips already this year across ‘The Pond’ he’s remained Stateside since mid-February. Some ...

Shane Lowry has delivered Dubai Duty Free Irish Open organisers a huge boost confirming he will contest the event later this month at Galgorm Castle resort in Ballymena. Lowry has been undecided if he’ll contest the September 24th starting event that will be played under a continuing European Tour policy of no spectators. The reigning Open champ, however, confirmed his intentions to tee-up in Ireland’s premier event ahead of his week’s Safeway Open in California “I am going to play the Irish ...

Justin Thomas has edged out Spaniard Jon Rahm to capture his second PGA of America Player of the Year Award, presented by the PGA of America for excellence by a PGA TOUR professional. Strangely, Dustin Johnson who won three of his last eight PGA Tour 2019/20 season events, including Monday’s Tour Championship title, did not figure in the final PGA of American standings. Thomas, and who also won three season events, earned his second career PGA Player of the Year honor and first since 2017. Thomas ...

Dustin Johnson was in a class all his own in marching to an emphatic double Tour triumph in capturing the season-ending Tour Championship and landing the FedEx Cup No. 1 title. Johnson headed home to Florida a mind-blowing $US 15m richer in posting a closing round 68 and win by three shots with a 21-under par victory tally on the East Lake course. Fellow Tour Championship champ, Xander Schauffele (67) and Justin Thomas (66) shared second place at 18-under par. Spaniard Jon Rahm (66) was fourth on ...

Scottish No. 1 Robert MacIntyre reckons he could not have asked for a better warm-up ahead of next week’s maiden U.S. Open than the ‘brutal’ test he faced at last week’s Andalucia Masters. MacIntyre arrived back in Oban yesterday (MON) morning after posting a final round one-under par 70 and finishing just inside the top-25  on the tight unforgiving Valderrama course in Spain. It was his best finish by some 25 places in the four events MacIntyre has contested since the lifting of the lockdown. MacIntyre ...