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Padraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell are grouped together for a first time that neither could remember and with Harrington bouncing back from dropping three shots in two holes mid-round to post a one under par 71. However Harrington, who says he needs a top-six finish to qualify for next month’s U.S. Open, was left ruing a poor day on the green in taking 33 putts. “I had a shocking day on the greens with a couple of three-putts and while the greens were much quicker, I just missed a few short ...

Rory McIlroy kick-started his Players Championship victory quest with only his second sub-70 TPC Sawgrass start and then downplayed any threat of burn-out up to and including the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. The World No. 1 muscled his way to a clubhouse share of fifth place with a three under par 69 that was highlighted in driving the green at the par five, 16th hole and then holing a seven foot eagle putt on the TPC Sawgrass course. It left McIlroy lying just two strokes adrift of clubhouse leading ...

Aussie Jason Day posted a superb three under par 69 on the opening day of the Players Championship to be just a couple of shots off the lead in the $US 10m event at TPC Sawgrass. It is Day’s equal best opening round in five appearances on the Pete Dye designed course and matching a 69 he shot on day one in 2011 and last year. However the Queensland-born Day’s best finish is T6th in 2011. Day is playing the first two rounds in the company of the World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and World No. 2 ...

Fellow Open and Masters champions Nick Faldo and Sandy Lyle have accepted invitations to become honorary members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Two of Britain’s finest ever golfers, Faldo and Lyle inspired a generation of players with their wins in The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament and were at the forefront of a new wave of European golfers who rose to prominence in the 1980’s. They join fellow Open Champions Peter Thomson CBE, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Jack ...

A day after talk of a new world golf rivalry between Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth and the current World No. 1 stormed six shots clear of the Masters champion with a three under par 69 on the opening day of the Players Championship. McIlroy capped his round in holing a seven-foot putt for eagle at the par five, 16th that he was playing as his eighth on the TPC Sawgrass course. It left the four-time Major winner just two shots behind Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama who enjoyed the clubhouse lead on ...

Double PGA Championship winning Rory McIlroy revealed he had to get the famed Rodman Wanamaker trophy repaired after someone  dropped the gleaming symbol of PGA Championship success. It was after McIlroy had broken through to win a second Major Championship by eight strokes in capturing the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island. “We had to get the guys from the PGA of America to come out after the Wanamaker Trophy was dropped,” said McIlroy. “There was like this little bunch of ...

Three of the historic five Irish competing in this week’s Players Championship will tee up on the TPC Stadium course with varying goals. Padraig Harrington has returned to competition after a three-week competition break and teeing-up at the start of four events in succession including next week’s Wells Fargo Championship, the BMW PGA Championship and the following week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. And while Harrington chases a second PGA Tour title this season his goal is straight-forward. “The ...