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Golf’s top-ranked Scottie Scheffler clearly is still not comfortable with the overnight news that reaffirms fellow US-born LIV players are fully eligible to qualify for the Ryder Cup. The PGA of America that run the Ryder Cup when the bienniel competition is conducted in the States has reinforced their decision that all US-born players, whether members of LIV or the PGA Tour, will face no barrier in seeking to qualify for next year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Park Black. Unlike others, Scheffler ...

Danish-born golfers have denied overwhelming crowd favourite Rory McIlroy’s expected victory celebration for a second occasion at the host Royal County Down course. Fifteen years ago Soren Kjeldsen was handed the gleaming Irish Open trophy by McIlroy, the then tournament host after McIlroy had hopelessly missed the halfway cut at the famed Northern Ireland course. Now Kjeldsen’s young compatriot Rasmus Hogjaard has also denied McIlroy his maiden tournament victoy in Northern Ireland by ...

Scot Grant Forrest heads to this week’s Tour flagship event at Wentworth buoyed by his best finish all year at the Amgen Irish Open. Forrest, 31, grabbed seven birdies in a five-under par 66 to secure a share of fifth place at four-under on the host Royal County Down course. The Scot’s effort handed the Craigielaw-attached Forrest a best Tour result since a share of fourth at last December’s co-sanctioned Australian Open in Sydney. A year ago, Forrest had shared third place in the Irish Open ...

History beckons for top-Scot Robert MacIntyre heading to the final round of the Amgen Irish Open at Royal County Down. MacIntyre is staring at becoming the first golfer ever to capture both the Scottish Open and Irish Open victory trophies in the same season. The Oban lefty battled the ‘brutal’ windy conditions to be just one of only four players on golf’s traditional ‘moving day’ to break 70 in signing for a two-under par 69 on the famed Northern Ireland course at Newcastle to the south ...

The Tartan duo of Connor Syme and Richie Ramsay share the leading Scottish honours heading to the weekend rounds of the Omega European Masters in Switzerland. Syme, 29, added a second round 66 to move into a tie for 10th place at six-under before being joined by 2012 event winner Ramsay who was three-over through 11 holes but then birdied four of his closing seven. England’s Matt Wallace stormed to the summit with a sizzling 62 and moved four shots clear of the field at 14-under on the host Crans-sur-Sierre ...

Former Swiss champ Richie Ramsay muscled his way to near the top of the leaderboard with a sizzling 65 in mixed weather conditions on day one of the Omega European Masters. Ramsay, 41, birdied four holes in succession mid-round and then holded a testing four-footer at the last in a five-under-par effort on the host Crans-sur-Sierre course at Crans Montana. It handed the proud Scot, and winner of the event in 2012, a share of seventh place and just two shots adrift of England’s Alex Fitzpatrict, ...

Triple major winning Jordan Spieth is hopeful he will be fit enough to return to competition later this year following surgery on his troublesome left wrist. The 31-year-old Texan went under the knife last week on his wrist and taking to his social media accound confirming:  “I had a procedure on my left wrist last week, as I had mentioned was the plan. “The operation went smoothly and I’m grateful for the exceptional medical team and support of Annie and my family. Focused on ...