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Graeme McDowell has promised to ‘buy the beers’ after remaining in the lead after three rounds of the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. McDowell has led from the start of the $US 8.5m event and will now take a one shot lead into the closing day of the final World Golf Championship of 2014 after posting a one under par 71 for an 11-under par tally. It left the Northern Irishman one shot clear of Japan’s Hiroshi Iwata who moved into second place with a round of 68 for ...

Grame McDowell singled out the dangers in sport’s four-letter game after Patrick Reed’s ‘Trial by TV’ verbal outburst during the WGC – HSBC Champions. McDowell was competing in the same group as his Gleneagles Ryder Cup rival and admitted after moving three shots clear of the field on day two of the Shanghai event he never heard Reed launch a four-letter tirade of abuse at himself in three-putting the first green on day one of the $US 8.5m event. Reed was so upset by reaction to the incident, ...

Double Augusta National winner Bubba Watson absolved Patrick Reed from his Shanghai sins but it seems unlikely Reed will escape a hefty PGA Tour fine. Reed was in damage control mode after ultra-sensitive TV microphones picked-up a four-letter tirade addressed only to himself after three-putted the first green during the opening round of the WGC – HSBC Champions event. Interest in the $US 8.5m event switched from the efforts of the leaders to Reed, and with TV giant CNN running coverage of the ...

Australian Brody Ninyette was not only not feeling very unwell but the Perth golfer then had more illness when he was disqualified from the WGC – HSBC Champions event after posting a horror 18-over par 90 in the elite 78-player field in  Shanghai. The Perth golfer was in good spirits travelling to China after qualifying by sharing third place in the Perth International but a bout of food poisoning a day prior to the flight from Australia to Shanghai not only ruined his practice schedule but ...

Ireland’s Shane Lowry rebouned from a first round 78 with a 69 that included a mid-round run of birdie, birdie and then an 11th hole eagle where he drilled a 5-iron from 213-yards to just eight feet. The Carton House attached pro arrived at the Sheshan Golf Club lying 51st on the World Rankings knowing a top-20 finish will see him break into the elite of world golf and that’s a first ever top-50 ranking. “It was a good bounce back from yesterday after a very disappointing round and ...

Graeme McDowell is just two rounds away from a first WGC title success after a second consecutive round of 67 saw him move three shots clear of his rivals at the halfway stage of the WGC – HSBC Champions. The Northern Irishman was outstanding with the putter, making several clutch putts for par in a bogey-free effort that contained five birdies and took him to ten under par. Poulter birdied four of his last five holes at Sheshan International to snatch second place, with Masters Tournament ...

Patrick Reed has apologised following his verbal outburst on the first hole during Thursday’s opening round in the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. In this latest example of ‘Trial by Video’ Reed faces the likelihood of a heft but undisclosed PGA Tour fine in bringing the game into disrepute despite Graeme McDowell, who leads after two rounds of the event and who played alongside Reed, not hearing the American’s outburst after he three-putted the first hole. However ...