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The deadly West Virginia floods that have sadly claimed the lives of some 23 people and also resulted in the PGA Tour cancelling next fortnight’s Greensboro Classic has seen the R & A now offer the one spot into golf’s oldest Major to the leading non Royal Troon qualifier at this coming week’s Barracuda Championship at Montreux Golf and Country Club in Reno, Nevada. The Greenbrier Classic was scheduled to be the last stop on the PGA Tour in the Open Qualifying Series, but the ...

HENRIK STENSON – WITH HIS 2016 BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN WIN • His tenth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 320th European Tour event. • Moves to 1,448,095 points in the Race to Dubai. • Could move to fifth in the Official World Golf Ranking from seventh. • His first European Tour victory since the 2014 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. • Has now won a European Tour event in four of the last five European Tour seasons, dating back to the 2012 season. (Did not win in ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson has ended an 18-month victory drought and in the process becoming the first player to capture the prestigious BMW International Open trophy in both Munich and now Cologne. The Swede, who could move up two places to No. 5 in the world, was in a class all his own winning by three shots with a final round 71 for a 17-under par tally. And Stenson, now aged 40 has captured a 10th European Tour title to be one behind compatriot Robert Karlsson as the winningest Swede in history ...

While expressing his personal surprise at the Brexit vote for the UK to leave the EU, Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke says there will be no change in Europe’s quest to win a fourth straight Ryder Cup later this year. “Like everybody, I think I was surprised. I thought it would be a thinnish majority for the UK to stay in the European Union. As it transpired we all know that that didn’t happen,” he said. But with the European Tour right on top of matters in declaring also ...

After the near complete wash-out on day three of the 2016 BMW International Open we ventured afterwards down to the banks of the mighty Rhein River lying just a very short walking distance from our hotel in Dusseldorf. The air was fresh after rain for much of the day and we many, many people out just enjoying the early evening. The Rhine River itself was busy with barge traffic and also flowing very, very fast and a little swollen by the rains. But as we walked in search of a restaurant we enjoyed ...

Five of Europe’s leading players headed by Justin Rose and defending champion, Shane Lowry will forgo double European Ryder Cup points in teeing-up in this week’s non-European Tour sanctioned WGC – Bridgestone Invitational. The European Tour has stripped the $US 9.5m Firestone event of Ryder Cup ranking points in a bitter wrangle with the PGA Tour over the PGA Tour’s decision to stage the tournament in Akron, Ohio up against the 100th staging of the French Open in Versailles. It ...

Triple Ryder Cup star Henrik Stenson is prepared to take Masters champion Danny Willett under his wings in the lead-up to Hazeltine. Stenson’s currently lying fifth overall on the qualifying table and with Willett top of the team points list and guaranteed a first European Team cap. In fact, and with three months to the start of competition Willett also is among five rookies in the current leading nine qualifiers. Stenson played alongside Willett for the opening two rounds of the BMW International ...