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After losing out in a play-off less than a week ago in the Players Championship and Sergio Garcia hopes to build on his remarkable record on home soil this week at the Open de España. The Spaniard has won five of his 11 European Tour titles on home soil – although only the first of those five back in 2002 came in his national Open. The 35 year old Ryder Cup star said: “It’s great to come back to Spain, and play at the Spanish Open – my own Open in my own country. I’m excited about it ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has committed to contesting  the Frys.com Open and the opening event on the 2015/16 PGA Tour schedule. Event organisers have waited  a long time to announce McIlroy’s appearance and they did so this wee with the four-time Major winner to tee up for a first time in his career in Napa, California and at the Silverado Resort and Spa from October 14-18. The event is being staged the same week as the European Tour’s Portugal Masters at Villamoura. “It’s an exciting ...

It was earlier this year triple Major winning Padraig Harrington emerged victorious from the Bear Trap to capture a second Honda Classic title. And since then there has been PGA Tour events boasting the ‘Blue Monster’, ‘The Snake Pit’ and more recently he returned to The Masters to experience ‘Amen Corner’. This week at the Wells Fargo Championship it’s The Green Mile. It is the last three holes on the Quail Hollow course – the par 4 16th, the par 3 ...

Tom Watson and Nick Faldo will not be the only ones making their final appearance at this year’s Open Championship with double Masters winning Bernhard Langer facing possibly his last St. Andrews Open. Langer, 57 will be teeing up this July in his 30th Open Championship and in what also will be the prolific-winning German’s seventh on the Old Course at St. Andrews. In fact, Langer recorded his best Open Championship finish at St. Andrews in sharing second place with Watson in 1984 behind Seve ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy unexpectedly got to apologize twice to legendary Jack Nicklaus. McIlroy had penned his signature to a letter advising the 18-time Major winner he will not be able to contest next month’s Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village outside of Dublin, Ohio. It will be the first occasion McIlroy will miss the June 4th commencing event since making his debut by finishing 10th in 2010 and a month after his maiden PGA Tour success at today’s starting Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy will play the opening two rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship alongside fellow ‘Twenty-something’ born American Patrick Reed. However while the four-time PGA Tour winning Reed believes it is a ‘cut-throat’ nature that has seen the like of he, McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Jason Day dominate golf, McIlroy slightly disagrees. Instead, McIlroy believes it more an ‘aggressive’ approach to the ancient club-and-ball game that currently ...

Ryder Cup winning hero Jamie Donaldson has returned to the 15th hole at Gleneagles where his wedge shot to a foot set-up victory for the 2014 European Team. Donaldson was competing in the Sunday Singles match against USA rival Keegan Bradley and after a drive of 293-yards and leaving the Welshman 146-yards to the flag. Donaldson put his second shot to a foot and with Bradley graciously conceding the birdie putt and with it victory for Paul McGinley’s led side. However on return today to Gleneagles ...