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Versailles, France … American Daniel Berger’s controversial withdrawal after just one shot on the opening day of the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational bizarrely has taken place on the 20th anniversary of Robert Allenby’s similar controversial tee shot and then withdrawal from the 1996 Volvo Masters. And Berger’s shot was no different to Dutchman Joost Luiten competing three years ago in the European Tour’s BMW Masters. In fact, the current FedEx St. Jude champion ...

Lucas Bjerregaard is one of the tallest players contesting this week’s 100th anniversary French Open and at the end of the opening day the 6 foot 3 inch Dane was atop of the board. Bjerregaard had made the cut in just three of his last ten cuts but he found his form on the biggest stage with an elite field gathered at the course where the Ryder Cup will be held in 2018. And the Dane capped his round when he aced his second hole to record the 26th hole-in-one of the Race to Dubai season on ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy admitted there was some good signs but also some loose shots in a round of 71 on day one of the 100th French Open. McIlroy recorded three birdies and just as many bogeys in his round that also included finding the water twice in his round, at the 13th hole or the fourth of his round and then at the 18th or his ninth. “It was a bit of an adventure out there as there was a few holes I got myself into a bit of bother,” he said. “It’s a tough ...

Former Open champion Paul Lawrie is set to face Frenchman Jean Van de Velde and the player he defeated to capture the 1999 Open Championship in Lawrie’s now annual challenge match at his golf centre in Aberdeen, Scotland. The challenge match will take place at 1pm on Monday, July 18th and the day after this year’s Open Championship and in the week Van de Velde will make his British Senior’s Open debut at Carnoustie and where he saw the Claret Jug slip through his fingers. Lawrie ...

South African Lee-Anne Pace has become the first high-profile female golfer to withdraw from the Rio Olympics and citing fears over the Zika virus. The 35-year old Pace, who was born in Paal, South Africa is a nine-time European Tour winner and has one victory on the LPGA Tour in capturing the 2014 Blue Bay Classic. But like her male counterparts, and including compatriots Charl Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace, she’s not about to risk contracting the virus by teeing-up in Rio. “I ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy reckons the likes of Justin Rose, Shane Lowry. Russell Knox, Soren Kjeldsen and David Lingmerth have missed a golden opportunity to secure a place in the 2016 European Ryder Cup team. That’s because the trio of European Tour members have elected to contest the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational rather than tee up in the 100th French Open. European Tour officials reacted to the PGA Tour’s decision to stage the Bridgestone Invitational the same week ...

Rory McIlroy found himself bizarrely fending off an annoying insect as he spoke of not being abuzz with the worth of golf in the 2016 Olympics given the withdrawal of so many of the game’s best male stars. The return of golf to the Olympics in recent weeks has become a case more of who is not competing rather than who will tee-up. Double Major Jordan Spieth could be the next to pull the plug on Rio given his fears not only in contracting the Zika virus but with the overall security of the Games, McIlroy, ...