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Drawing on the fighting spirit of his younger brother and Ryder Cup hero Ian, Danny Poulter battled through tough course conditions to grab a share of the lead in the opening round of the MENA Tour Qualifying School at Royal Golf El Jadida in Morocco on Tuesday. The Englishman mixed four birdies with five bogeys in his opening 73 to move into a six-way tie at the summit of the leaderboard along with Petr Dedek of the Czech Republic, England’s Jack Doherty, Reed Lindsey of the US, Billy Hemstock ...

Palm Harbor, FL .. Tyrrell Hatton has found himself having to go on a charm offensive given a growing number of US fans and electronic media outlets not pronouncing  his name correct. Hatton burst onto Stateside TV screens last fortnight in contesting the final round of the Honda Classic in the company of eventual PGA National champion, Rickie Fowler. But then anytime the High Wycombe born Hatton’s name was mentioned either during the CBS TV coverage or the PGA Tour’s own radio network it ...

In probably Phil Mickelson’s best-ever fireside chat the five-time Major winner completely enthralled golf viewers during the first part of two part interview on the Golf Channel. Many of the ‘juicy bits’ had been leaked beforehand including Mickelson’s relationship with Tiger Woods and what he calls talking ‘smack’ with Woods. However when the interview proper was screened we saw a side of Mickelson that even so many of his closer fans had never seen or heard ...

Rory McIlroy was naturally downbeat ending a six-week competition absence in finishing a distant share of seventh place in the first big golfing showdown of the New Year – the WGC – Mexico Championship. McIlroy signed for a level par 71 to be tied with Phil Mickelson (71) and Brandt Snedeker (65) McIlroy went into the final round with Dustin Johnson and with both trailing a shot behind Justin Thomas. The four-time Major winning McIlroy had given himself the opening final round nine ...

Paul Dunne secured his best finish turning pro in late 2015 by sharing sixth place in the Tshwane Open in Pretoria. Dunne posed a final round five under 66 for a 12-under par tally in his 34th Tour event. However, the Greystones golfer clearly must have lamented his opening 73 when he posted six bogeys but then just five shots over the following three rounds and capping his final day’s play with three birdies in succession from the seventh. Dunne then muscled his way into sixth on the back of three ...

Dustin Johnson rubbed Rory McIlroy’s nose into any thoughts of regaining the World No. 1 title with victory in the WGC – Mexico Championship. Johnson fought off a strong final round challenge not from McIlroy but from mop-haired Englishman Tommy Fleetwood for the American to win by a stroke courtesy of a closing 68 and a 14-under par tally. The Southport-born Fleetwood produced a pair of 66s to fight his way to second place at 13-under par and just weeks after capturing the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. It ...

Exciting new star Justin Thomas leads by one stroke but it was Phil Mickelson who stole the ‘Grammy’ in one of the more bizarre days in recent history on day three of the WGC – Mexico Championship at Mexico City. Thomas, and a back-to-back winner earlier this year, added his own chapter to the day in grabbing a remarkable first Tour ace at the par three 13th when his 232-yard shot took a huge bounce some 15-feet short of the hole, and bounced as high as the flag stick, to then disappear ...