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Ariya Jutanugarn made history on Sunday when she became the first Thai golfer – man or woman – to win a major title with a final round 72 and a 16 under par 272 total at the Women’s British Open. Two ahead at the start of the final round, Ariya’s lead was six shots by the time she birdied the the long second and short sixth and she looked to be striding confidently to victory. But she had to survive a great second half challenge from playing partner Lee Mirim before securing ...

Padraig Harrington had good cause to be happy and not because he managed to complete his round before bad weather ruined the third round and preventing the final groups from starting their rounds on Saturday. Harrington’s five under par 65 was his equal lowest ever in 69 Major appearances since making his Major’s debut in the 1996 US Open, and matching a 65 he shot during last year’s Open Championship at St. Andrews. His PGA Championship prior best had been a closing pair of 66s ...

Rory McIlroy ruined his perfect PGA Championship record missing the cut with a clumsy finish in the year’s final major at Baltusrol in New Jersey. The two-time PGA winner had not sat out the weekend rounds in seven prior PGA Championships but McIlroy spoilt that stat with a miserable bogey from the middle of the fairway at the last in a round of 69 for a three over par tally. McIlroy went into the Baltusrol second round lying well back placed in 120th spot on the board before finally knocking ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson is on track to follow in the footsteps of Rory McIlroy after posting a second straight 67 to take the clubhouse lead on six under par after two days of the PGA Championship at Baltusrol. Stenson recovered from a poor start to remain on course for back-to-back major titles to finish a shot clear of Ryder Cup team-mate Martin Kaymer and America’s Patrick Reed, whose 65 equalled the lowest score of the week. If Stenson were successful in capturing the PGA Championship ...

Former PGA winner Padraig Harrington was the best of the three Irish out in the morning half of the draw and shooting a one over par 71 and likening his effort to putting on his beloved Stackstown course in suburban Dublin. “I didn’t putt very well at all and I need to free myself up a bit of the greens as there is plenty of slope, they’re reasonably quick and they’re a bit like putting at Stackstown,” he said. Harrington’s round was a mix of three birdies, two bogeys and a fourth hole ...

Germany’s Martin Kaymer ignited hopes of a second PGA Championship crown and also a third Major Championship with a superb opening round of a four under par 66 on day one at Baltusrol. The 2010PGA Champion beat the rain with a round that included five birdies and just a single bogey. The Dusseldorf-born Kaymer holed some 56-feet worth of birdies, including a 21-footer on Baltusrol’s first hole (Kaymer’s 10th hole of the afternoon). While Kaymer is in search of his first victory worldwide ...

Rory McIlroy’s putter was ice cold on a blazing hot first day to the PGA Championship at Baltusrol in New Jersey. McIlroy’s hope of capturing a fifth Major will now more than likely have to wait eight months to next April’s Masters after a sad-looking four over par first round 74. McIlroy failed to post one birdie in walking from the course sharing 99th place and then slumping a further 36 spots down the board and just three shots from the bottom of the board as the remaining handful of ...