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Noren, Stone, Shinkwin & Sterne Earn Royal Troon Tee Times From 100th French Open.

Sweden’s Alex Noren, the South Africans Brandon Stone and Richard Sterne along with England’s Callum Shinkwin. The four earned Royal Troon tee times in finishing among the leading dozen 100th French Open finishers. The four players will join the world’s best golfers as they compete to become Champion Golfer of the Year when The Open returns to the famous Ayrshire links for the ninth time from 14-17 July, 2016. Stone endured an eventful front nine in his final round with three birdies ...

McIlroy Now 10 Days, Including Two This Week At Royal Troon, To Get Game In Open C’ship Winning Shape.

Versailles, France … Former Open winner Rory McIlroy has ten days to rid new swing gremlins from his game if he’s to capture a second Claret Jug in three years. McIlroy will spend two days this week at Royal Troon familiarising himself with the only course on the Open Championship rota he’s not played. And after a disappointing last day level par 71 for third place at six under par and third place in the 100th French Open the World No. 4 clearly has much homework ahead of a ninth Open ...

Emotional Thongchai Jaidee Becomes Oldest & First Asian-Born French Open Champion.

Versailles, France … Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee has become the oldest and first Asian-born winner of the French Open. The 46-year old showed his more younger rivals how to find the shortest route around the 2018 Ryder Cup venue winning by four shots with a 68, and despite his only bogey at the last, for an impressive 11-under par tally on the Le National course. It is Jaidee’s 19th victory worldwide and an eighth on the European Tour while it’s also his fourth straight success on the ...

Greg ‘Snake’ Chalmers 18 Holes Shy In Ending A 385 PGA Victory Drought.

Sydney-born Greg Chalmers is just one round away from ending a 385 PGA Tour victory drought after he birdied five of his closing six holes and move a commanding six points clear of the field on day three of the Barracuda Championship. Chalmers, and affectionately known as ‘snake’, posted a third day 15-point total to move to 39 points and just hours after fellow Aussie Jason Day retained a share of the lead in the WGC – Bridgestone Invitaitonal. If both were succeslsful, it would ...

G Mac Returning To Create His Own Castle Stuart Victory ‘Landslide’.

Graeme McDowell won a first Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open along the shores of Loch Lomond and now he’s primed to win a second along the Moray Firth. Victory in the 2008 Scottish Open also propelled McDowell also into a first European Ryder Cup team and he’s naturally looking for a first win this season could help see him earn a fifth straight Team cap. It will be McDowell’s first visit to Castle Stuart since 2011 when he shot a second round 64 to share with lead with Fifer Peter Whiteford ...

Martin Kaymer Looks To ‘Wee Man’ For Castle Stuart Local Knowledge.

Martin Kaymer will be looking to draw on ‘local knowledge’ with Glaswegian caddy Craig Connelly on the bag for the pair’s first teaming at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. The last time Connelly caddied at Castle Stuart ‘Wee Man’, as he is more affectionately known, was caddying for England’s Paul Casey. In fact, Casey and Kaymer were drawn together for the opening two rounds of the 2012 event along the shores of the Moray Firth. It was also the last time the now double Major ...

Jason Day Struggles Not Knowing Where The Ball Was Going On WGC – Bridgestone Day Three.

World No.1 Jason Day reckons he had no idea where the ball was going as he struggled in finding just three fairways around the tight tree-lined Firestone CC course as he strives to capture a third success this season in the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. Day posted a one-under par 69 to move to five under par but found himself joined on day three of the $US 9.5m event atop of the board with American Scott Piercy. Piercy, who was runner-up last fortnight in the U.S. Open, signed ...