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Palm Beach Gardens, FL … Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk is not about to climb the Eiffel Tower with excitement at the notion of Tiger Woods being both a Versailles vice-captain and a playing member of the 2018 USA defending team. Furyk announced Woods and Steve Stricker as his second and third vice-captains after appointing 2016 victorious captain, Davis Love 111 as his initial French deputy late last year. Woods had hinted last week at the Genesis Open why he could not be both a vice-captain ...

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida … Padraig Harrington has won three Major Championships and that is 11 less than Tiger Woods. The affable Irishman’s last victory at the game’s highest level, and like Woods, was in 2008 in capturing the PGA Championship and with Woods capturing a 14th Major months earlier that year at the U.S. Open. This year then will mark 10-years since Woods last won a Major Championship and with some observers believing Woods, and now age 42, can still break Jack ...

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida …  USA Ryder Cup captain, Jim Furyk will announce the first of his Versailles vice-captains 4pm US East Coast time Tuesday and with the likelihood of Tiger Woods being handed an assistants role for a second Ryder Cup running. Furyk will be on hand at the PGA of America head office at Palm Beach Gardens and less than a two-minute drive from PGA National and host to this week’s Honda Classic where Woods is competing. Furyk, and a veteran of nine Ryder Cup player ...

Pacific Palisades, California .. Rory McIlroy was heading back to the comforts of his palatial Florida abode but with the unwanted excess baggage of having broken a longest run without  a victory trophy. Despite birding his closing two holes on day four of the Genesis Open it has now been 16 months and 24 days since McIlroy tasted his last success in winning the 2016 Tour Championship. That’s longer than it took McIlroy to capture his first pro career title early in 2009. McIroy, however, was ...

Pacific Palisades,  CAL … Twice in Graeme McDowell’s career Tiger Woods has handed him the spoils of victory and McDowell is quietly-confident it will be three at the close of the Genesis Open. McDowell heads into the final round on the famed Riviera course trailing just two shots behind former Genesis Open winner, Bubba Watson. The Florida-born Watson produced the equal second-lowest round of the $US 7.2m event, a six-under par 65 in glorious conditions on a course laid out just minutes ...

Pacific Palisades, California … Graeme McDowell celebrated his 600th PGA Tour round taking route 66 to a clubhouse share of the lead at seven-under par on day two of the Genesis Open on the Riviera course. McDowell joined American Patrick Cantlay sharing the lead when poor light halted play and leaving 15 players still to complete their second round. Among those returning to the course early Saturday morning local time is Sam Saunders and with the grandson of the late Arnold Palmer having ...

Pacific Palisades, CA … Rory McIlroy has slammed spectators suggesting unruly comments, distractions and general commotion distracting Tiger Woods cost the 14-time Major winner upwards of two shots a tournament. And McIlroy himself admits he’s also put off so much by such comments he could easily take a couple of ‘Advils’ to deal with the behaviour. McIlroy was commenting after adding a two-under par 69 to his opening 71 and be assured of playing all four rounds of the Genesis ...