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Golf de la Saint Baume is located in the heart of Provence situated around halfway between Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Brignoles in France. The golf course gets its name from the towering Saint Baume mountains dominating the countryside.  The summit is 1,147 metres. Saine Baume is situated also in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Sainte Baume , one of the concerns of the golf is to safeguard its ecosystem, to preserve and enhance the local flora and fauna. The Golf de la Sainte Baume ...

New dad Rory McIlroy brilliantly celebrated his return to competition with a lowest round in nearly three months posting a sizzling opening six-under par 64 in the double defence of his Tour Championship and FedEx Cup crown in Atlanta. McIlroy’s effort that included a closing hat-trick of birdies handed him the early East Lake clubhouse lead in the mega bucks 2019/20 PGA Tour season-ender featuring just 30 players. At the end of the opening day Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm, and with the FedEx Cup ...

Russell Knox has hailed the course improvements at Nairn Dunbar, as the club celebrates attracting 80 new members since golf’s return. The championship venue has undergone a series of adjustments as the club prepares to co-host The Amateur Championship in June next year. After receiving consistent feedback that holes 9, 10 and 11 had a more parkland feel, the club put a restoration plan in place to unveil as much of the natural dune systems and undulations as possible to promote a true links experience. Course ...

Scot Connor Syme continues to show he’s made of sterner stuff in continuing to deal with tournament golf in a ‘bubble’ to be sharing second place and just two shots off the lead heading to the weekend rounds of the Andalucia Masters at Valderrama in Spain. The Drumoig golfer birdied his 16th and managed two great closing par saves for a second day one-over par 72 and a one-under par 36-hole tally. American John Catlin, who was banned from teeing-up a month ago when he and his caddie left the ...

Looking down the leaderboard at this week’s European Tour Andalucía Masters it’s noticeable four players retired during different stages of their first rounds while a fifth withdrew without teeing-up on the tight, unforgiving Valderrama course. Given the tough, windy conditions it would seem normal but taking a closer look, all four players who retired did so not after their round but during the course of their opening rounds. England’s Jordan Smith withdrew at 11-over par through ...

New dad Rory McIlroy will tee-up in this Tour Championship in suburban Atlanta admitting he’s ’emotionally drained’ after the birth on Monday of his daughter, Polly Kennedy. McIlroy was uncertain in teeing-up in the defence of both his Tour Championship and FedEx Cup titles suggesting last week in Chicago that if the baby arrived during 2019/20 PGA Tour season ender he would be headed straight home to be by the side of his wife, Erica. However, the arrival of the couple’s ...

Even before being asked what advice father of two Dustin Johnson could offer to new father, Rory McIlroy the American had already highlighted the joy of parenthood. Johnson revealed ahead of this week’s Tour Championship that it was not to 11.54pm last Sunday night when he finally arrived back to his Florida home after losing out in play-off for the BMW Championship. And still awake, and no doubt waiting for the arrival of his father, was five-year-old and eldest son,Tatum as Johnson revealed. “I ...