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by Fatiha Betscher, Nassau, Bahamas. World No. 1 Jordan Spieth has arrived here in the Bahamas confident of successfully defending his Hero World Challenge crown. The American travelled from Sydney after finishing runner-up in the Australian Open. And while the 22-year old Dallas-born golfer was disappointed not to join Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as the only non-Australians to win back-to-back Stonehaven Trophy’s he’s indicated to those who have gathered in the Bahamas he’s not ...

Organisers of this week’s inaugural Asian Tour Ho Tram Open in Vietnam got together the overseas stars in a James Bond-like preview. Sergio Garcia in ‘tuxs’ arrived at the resort course on a chopper while former US Open winner Geoff Ogilvy is shown walking along the beach. European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke, also in a dinner suit, is seen seated in the back of a gleaming BMW nursing the Ryder Cup. The World No. 12 ranked Garcia is on a mission to win the inaugural US$1.5 million event ...

Rookie Irish professional Paul Dunne has travelled nearly 17,000 klms to Australia’s Gold Coast just to tee-up for a first time as a full European Tour members. This week’s Australian PGA Championship, being staged on the Royal Pines Resort course, is the first time the event is being co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The event, along with the corresponding Nedbank Challenge in South Africa, share the honours as the first events of the Tour’s 2015/16 wraparound schedule. And being a Ryder ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy is reputedly worth a cool $422 and counting. That’s according to official documents filed recently by his management company Rory McIlroy Inc. The figure is reportedly based on is on-course earnings, as well current endorsements with Nike, Bose, Omega and other sponsors. It clearly places McIlroy well on the way to becoming golf’s second-ever billion-dollar player and joining Tiger Woods, who was recently valued by Forbes at over $700 million.  

by Fatiha Betscher, Bahamas. Former long-time World No. 1 Tiger Woods painted a very bleak picture and not knowing when he will or when he hosted a press conference here in the Bahamas ahead of this week’s 2015 Hero World Challenge. Woods is host of the limited field event but looked clearly to be in some pain following two back surgeries in a span of 18 months and revealing he underwent another  “procedure” in the same area of his back last month. However Woods said he is yet to start ...

This week’s Australian PGA Championship will mark a new era in The European Tour when the oldest and most prestigious event on the PGA Tour of Australasia is co-sanctioned for the first time at RACV Royal Pines Resort. No fewer than 20 different nationalities will be represented in the field, with European Tour winners such as Scott Jamieson, Edoardo Molinari and Peter Uihlein lining up alongside a host of Australians who have tasted success on The European Tour including Stephen Allan, Robert ...

In keeping with his Lone Star State up-bringing Masters champion Jordan Spieth intends hosting a ‘Texas Bar-b-que’ at next April’s Augusta National ‘Champions Dinner’. The 22-year old Spieth gets to play dinner host after having stormed his way earlier this year to a maiden Major triumph by four strokes at the Georgia golfing gem. And in a recent Masters tradition Spieth has chosen to host an outdoors bar-b-que as South African Charl Schwartzel did in 2012. However it won’t be South African ...