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Double WGC – Dell Match-Play champion Jason Day is envious he will never get to play in the Ryder Cup. Day stamped himself as the game’s ‘Match-Play King’ in winning last Sunday in Austin, Texas, and two years after winning the same event in Arizona. Of course, Day is no stranger to match-play competition having grown up in Australia playing the match-play format of the game. He excelled in capturing a number of amateur tournaments that included match-play including a stunning 2004 season ...

Houston, Texas …. Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy reckons he can boost chances of capturing next week’s Masters by avoiding the ‘hassle and distraction’ of playing in the Par 3 Contest held on the eve of the year’s first Major. In seven prior Augusta National appearances McIlroy’s skipped the Par 3 Contest just once. That was in 2011 when he went into the final round of only a third Masters leading by four shots, and while McIlroy still led with nine to play, he imploded ...

Austrian Florian Pragant shot a bogey-free four-under 68 to seize the early advantage in MENA Golf Tour’s inaugural El Jadida to the south of Morocco. The 32-year-old Austrian birdied his very first hole and picked up another three shots on the back nine to cap a good day at work, two shots ahead of England’s Andrew Marshall and three clear of Craig Hinton, also of England, and Sweden’s Morocco’s Yassine Touhami led the amateur division, carding a level-par 72, three clear of his compatriot ...

WITH THIS WIN SUNDAY MARCH 27, 2016 – WGC – DELL MATCH PLAY JASON DAY  His third European Tour International Schedule victory in his 42nd European Tour  Has gone back to number one in the Official World Golf Ranking.  His first European Tour victory since the 2015 US PGA Championship.  Has now won on The European Tour for the last three consecutive seasons, dating back to the 2014 season.  Claims his second WGC victory in his 17th WGC career appearance.  Claims his second ...

Austin, TX ... Newly-crowned World No. 1 Jason Day will head to next week’s Masters looking to capture a third Tour title in succession after his stunning success in the WGC – Dell Match-Play in Austin, Texas. Day overcame a first round serious back concern to win a second Match-Play crown in three years with an emphatic Easter Sunday 5 & 4 victory over South African rival Louis Oosthuizen. In fact, the 27-year old Queenslander revealed he underwent some 10 hours of medical attention to his ...

Austin, Texas …. JASON DAY – HIS RUN TO BE CROWNED 2016 WGC – DELL MATCH-PLAY CHAMPION Round 1 – Defeated Graeme McDowell 3 & 2 Round 2 – Defeated Thongchai Jaidee 5 & 3 Round 3 – Defeated Paul Casey after Casey withdrew injured through six holes Last 36  – Defeated Brandt Snedeker 3 & 2 Quarter-Final – Defeated Brooks Koepka (To go to World No. 1) Semi-Final – Defeated Rory McIlroy 1up Final – Defeated Louis Oosthuizen 5 & 4.

Austin, Texas is the home for a second year to this week’s WGC – Dell Match-Play and being staged on the stunning Austin Country Club course laid out along the banks of the Colorado River. Austin is the capital of Texas and according to Wikipedia is the 11th most populated city in the U.S., and the fourth-most populous city in the Lone Star State. Austin gets it’s name from Stephen B. Austin, the ‘Father of Texas’ and the republic’s first secretary of state. The ...