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Forget a stalled inward half as Shane Lowry remains ever-keen to paint the town a glowing Valspar victory red. The soon-to-be 38-year-old Lowry kick-started his day by superbly racing into the lead with six birdies in his opening seven holes before two bogeys over his inward half checked his progress in posting a five-under par 67 for a four-under tally in the second round of the Valspar Championship on the Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort near Tampa in western Florida. The proud Irishman ...

Top Scot Robert MacIntyre​ found himself relegated to the slow lane after what had been a ​fast start on day one of the now rain-shortened Porsche Singapore Classic. MacIntyre jumped straight into contention with four birdies in seven holes but ​then​ found himself left behind after he posted​ a double-bogey and three bogeys ​over his inward nine for a one-over 73 on the host Laguna National course. His double-bogey was at the par-3 17th where sponsors Porsche are donating a ...

This week’s hosting of the Porsche Singapore Classic is yet another Tour destination bringing back fond memories. I was in attendance at the then named Caltex Singapore Masters in the mid 2000s and when the event was jointly hosted by the Asian Tour and then European Tour, and when both Tours were a lot closer in talking to each other than they sadly are now. The tournament, as it is this week, was also played on the Laguna National course. It was 2005 and the handful of overseas media in attendance ...

Patrick Reed is in the driver’s seat, albeit by a shot, heading to ‘Moving Day’ at the Asian Tour’s International Series Macau. The Texan again impressed adding a six-under 63 to his opening 63 to move to 13-under and one clear of red-hot Mexican Carlos Ortiz who signed for a sizzling61 that equalled the Macau couse record. Newly-engaged Aussie Lucas Herbert and compatriot Travis Smyth are two strokes further back after signing for 65s. Sharing fifth place at nine-under is ...

Top-Scot Robert MacIntyre returns to The Masters looking to beat hot favourite Rory McIlroy ‘as bad as everyone else in the Augusta field’. MacIntyre will be returning to the hallowed Augusta National course early next month for just a third occasion, and a first since 2022. In contrast, World No. 2 ranked McIlroy will be teeing-up for a 17th straight year since making his debut in 2009. McIlroy was runner-up in 2022 while he’s had six other top-10s as he strives to break his Augusta hoodoo ...

Masters champion Patrick Reed’s affinity for the Greater Bay Area was evident once more today after he shot a majestic seven-under-par 63 to take the first-round lead in the International Series Macau presented by Wynn. Four months ago the American claimed the Link Hong Kong Open, helped by a spectacular 59 on the third day, and he was unstoppable again on day one thanks to seven birdies in a bogey-free effort around the Macau Golf and Country Club. The Texan leads the US$2million event, which ...

The now PGA Tour winning double of Scot Robert MacIntyre and Belguim’s Thomas Detry are returning again as partners to this year’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Twelve months on and MacIntyre and Detry will tee-up in the famed Mardis Gras City each as a PGA Tour winner, the Scot now the double winning the RBC Canadian Open and Genesis Open champ while Detry brilliantly captured this year’s WM Phoenix Open. The all-European duo had combined in New Orleans a year ago to post an opening 62, and ...