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Graeme McDowell resides on the ‘rival’ Lake Nona Estate to the east of Orlando but he feels right at home competing in this week’s Hero World Challenge on the Ilseworth Estate on the west side of Orlando. Aside from tournament host Tiger Woods, McDowell is the only multiple winner in the 14-year history of the World Challenge and being staged for a one and only occasion this year at Isleworth Estate before moving next year, and for three years, to the Albany Club in the Bahamas. McDowell ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy was given a heroes reception when he visited Nike World HQ in Beaverton, Oregon on Tuesday. It was McIlroy’s first visit to ‘The Innovation Kitchen’, as the Head Office of the sporting giant is more affectionately known. One of Nike’s officials here in Orlando this week said that nearly a 1,000 Nike staff members, and that’s virtually the whole complex, welcomed the four-time Major winner to the company’s premises. And McIlroy, who played a practice round ...

Tiger Woods found himself brilliantly upstaged by his mum on the eve of the 14-time Major winners return to competition following a four-month injury lay-off. Woods finally had a score card in his hip pocket for a first time since missing the cut with a pair of 74s in last August’s PGA Championship in Kentucky. Woods posted two birdies and a bogey for a one under par 71 in Hero World Challenge Pro-Am on the exclusive Isleworth Estate course in Orlando. “It was nice to finally have a scorecard ...

For a second time in some weeks one of the United States leading players in former Masters Champion Zach Johnson says it’s not ‘rocket science’ why Europe has dominated the Ryder Cup. It was just last month double Major winning John Daly questioned the establishment of a Task Force and stating while contesting the Turkish Airlines Open it was not ‘rocket science’ why Europe has captured eight of the past 10 Ryder Cups. Now Johnson, who has played on four USA Ryder Cup ...

Tiger Woods believes the PGA of America Ryder Cup ‘task force’ is a one and only attempt at getting the USA captaincy selection process correct. On his return to competition Woods drew a capacity press room with some 20 TVs cameras and also a dozen India-born journalists flown to the States to cover this week’s 18-man Hero World Challenge at the exclusive Isleworth Estate in Orlando. Woods has also signed a four-year deal to be an ambassador for Hero and in a deal reputed to be worth ...

One of the more pleasing aspects in Tiger Woods returning to competition was meeting three-and-a-half year old Tommy Morrissey. Tommy is not stranger to the 14-time Major winning Woods. The duo met last week when Woods invited Morrissey and his parents to the exclusive Lake Nona Resort on the eastern side of Orlando where the one-arm youngster again delighted Woods with his skills. Tommy can already hit the ball over 100 yards despite being born without part of his right arm below the elbow due ...

The European Tour has introduced a new formula for the 2015 Race to Dubai Play Off Series but it is any fairer? There was plenty of confusion ahead of this year’s 2014 Final Four Series when the Tour converted euros earned into points ahead of the Final Series, with each of the final four events of the season having 10 million points on offer in the Race as opposed to its prize money total. There was the bizarre scenario of Germany’s Marcel Siem moving from around 43rd on the Race to ...