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Swiss golfer Julien Clément, former European Tour player, wrote his name into Alps Tour history signing for a first ever 59 during second round of Vigevano Open. Clement, who turns 35 later next week, posted an 11-under par tally on the par 70 layout to share the lead at 13-under par with Matt Wallace of England who recorded 62. Should Wallace win, he would also create Alps Tour history in being the first player to record four wins during the same season, and it would remarkably be four wins back ...

Russell Knox reckons he owes good friend and fellow Jacksonville resident David Lingmerth a bottle of single malt Scotch after cracking the clubface of his driver on the opening day of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. The driver was the club Knox used to capture last year’s WGC – HSBC Champions driver and it happened after the equipment clubs had left the K. Club course, and with Knox travelling to Ireland with just the one driver in his bag. However and with the help of his wife, Andrea Knox ...

Marc Warren is determined to spoil the expected victory celebrations of either Masters Champion Danny Willett and tournament host Rory McIlroy after storming to a share of the lead heading to the weekend at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Warren posted his best round in six months, a sizzling six-under par 66, to be tied on eight under par with Willett at the K. Club in Co. Kildare. Warren capped his round by ending with a pair of birdies, including only managing to just clear the water guarding ...

Tournament host Rory McIlroy will need to silence the challenge of Masters champion Danny Willett if he’s to capture a first Dubai Duty Free Irish Open title. McIlroy added a second round two under par 70 to his opening score of 67 to move within a shot of the leading duo of Willett and Scotland’s Marc Warren on the Palmer Course at the K. Club. Willett has bounced back from missing the cut in last week’s Players Championship adding a 71 to his opening score of 65 as the Englishman seeks to ...

Straffan, Ireland … As a former Open Champion Rory McIlroy was asked after his opening round 67 at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open what he thought of the decision by the R & A to drop Muirfield from the Open Championship rota. The Scotland club voted 64% to 36% to retain its all-male membership. The decision has since been condemned in golf as completely out of touch with what is proper in 2016.   The R & A reacted sensibly and quickly in distancing itself from anything to do with ...

Straffan, Ireland … Scotland’s top-ranked Russell Knox was left in despair after cracking the face of his WGC – HSBC Champions winning driver on the opening of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Knox managed to find just half of the K Club fairways in a disappointing Emerald Isle debut of a three over par 75. “It’s a pretty special driver given it’s the driver I used to win late last year out in China,” he said. “It’s only the second head I’ve had on this particular ...

Straffan, Ireland … Masters champion Danny Willett returned to Europe to upstage tournament host, Rory McIlroy in a masterful display on the opening day of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in Ireland. Willett seized eight birdies in a seven-under par 65 to lead McIlroy by two shots in bright but windy conditions on the K. Club course just to the south of Dublin. The current World No. 9 ranked Willett and McIlroy, who is presently No. 3 in the world, were in a class of their own and with McIlroy, ...