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Double French Open winner Graeme McDowell intends spending this weekend at Royal Troon after missing the cut with rounds of 80 and 73 for an 11-over par tally and suggesting sitting out the weekend rounds in France could be a kick in the arse he needed. McDowell’s opening round was totally out of character and with the Northern Irishman suggesting what was at the heart of a round that included one birdie but six bogeys and two double bogeys. “I had some stuff on my mind on Thursday that I ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy declared it ‘about time’ after Royal Troon Golf Club, and venue for next fortnight’s Open Championship, voted to allow women members. The club’s male members voted overwhelmingly in favour of allowing women members and now leaving fellow Scottish club Muirfield as the only club to have hosted golf’s oldest major and not allowing women to become members. The vote took place at a Special General Meeting of Royal Troon Golf Club this ...

Tiger Woods has advised officials that he will not contest next fortnight’s Open Championship at Royal Troon. The 14-time Major winning Woods place has been taken by Aussie Marcus Fraser who was on the reserve list into golf’s oldest Major. News that Wood will not tee up at Royal Troon comes as no surprise given the 40-year old Woods has not competed in almost 11 months since finishing 10th in the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship. Also Woods has offered no timetable on a possible ...

Rory McIlroy sounded a clear warning to his rivals drawing on a ‘work in progress’ swing and muscle his way to a share of the lead on day two of  the 100th French Open near Versailles. The four-time Major winner was in a class of his own, and despite finding water down the 18th for a second day in succession, posted a five under par 66 for a similar 36-hole tally on the National course. The World No. 4 and reigning Irish Open winner shares the lead with four others including Korean ...

A Florida alligator has given new meaning to the golfing terms … ‘Over the fence is out-of-bounds’. It could be a case of ‘I don’t want to be a member of this course any longer’ or the gator could have taken exception to his playing partners. And there’s the scenario the gator could have gotten a better offer. Anyway check out this video taken of an alligator ‘legging it’ over the fence at the Hideaway Country Club course in Fort Myers.

Not even a Tour record for the quickest pair of aces by a rookie could lessen Paul Dunne’s disappointment in missing the cut in the 100th French Open. Dunne holed out with a 4-iron at the eighth hole in an eventual round of a 78 for a shock seven over par tally and just three days after finishing top of the class for a second year running at an Open Championship qualifier at Woburn. The ace was Dunne’s second on Tour after holing out at the 15th hole at Kingsbarns and in the first round as a ...

Versailles, France …. Padraig Harrington delivered a positive and patriotic message to any of his doubting pro golfing colleagues confirming he’s taking his wife and family to spend a full fortnight at the Rio Olympics. Harrington has only to wait 11 days to get his Olympic wish when his place in the Ireland men’s golf team is confirmed on Monday July 11th. It will be the culmination of a dream for the now 44-year old ever since golf was confirmed would be returning to the Summer Olympics ...