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World No. 1 Rory McIlroy gets back to work at this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and the first of seven events to end his most successful season. McIlroy will team with his father, Gerry who turns 55 on Sunday, before taking a well-earned  week fortnight’s break from competition. Seven years ago McIlroy stood at the back of the 18th green at St. Andrews watching Scotland’s Paul Lawrie standing over a birdie putt on the final day of the 2007 Alfred Dunhill Links. “If ...

Ted Bishop as President of the PGA of America says changes are inevitable ahead of the 2016 Ryder Cup. Bishop was aboard the charter flight that left Edinburgh Airport on Monday morning that included Tom Watson and his hapless 2014 USA Ryder Cup team. The Americans went down by five points to a Paul McGinley inspired European Team and no sooner had Europe claimed an eighth victory in the past 10 Ryder Cup’s and the knives were out for Watson. However the PGA of America, as custodians of the ...

Tiger Woods is joining fellow US Open champion Graeme McDowell in owning a Florida restaurant. The 14-time Major winner announced he will open a restaurant in Jupiter, Florida, named “The Woods Jupiter: Sports and Dining Club.” The restaurant is scheduled to open in 2015, with an initial ribbon cutting ceremony in October. “I look forward to enjoying my restaurant as much as I hope the public will,” Woods said. “I envision a place where people can meet friends, watch sports on TV and ...

England’s affable Ross McGowan scorched the back nine en route to a second round 66 to take the outright lead going into the final round of the ASCORP GOLF CITIZEN Abu Dhabi Open at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club on Tuesday. Starting the day three shots off the pace and in solo second at four-under, the Englishman made the turn in level par 36, but came roaring home in 30 shots, mixing five birdies and an eagle with a bogey to move to 10-under, two ahead of countryman and overnight leader Zane Scotland, ...

Joakim Haeggman was the first Swedish-born golfer to compete in the Ryder Cup and a day after attending the 2014 Ryder Cup he was thrilled after a first visit to the Crail Golfing Society. Haeggman joined a group of eight players who are members of the Kalmar Golf Club, a 36-hole complex located around a four-hour drive south-east of Stockholm.  The club was founded in 1947 and is notable as the first hole of the Old Course requires a tee shot over a portion of the Baltic Sea. It was a special ...

Europe has won the 2014 Ryder Cup  16 1/2 points to 11 1/2 points making it six wins from the past seven Ryder Cups. Hereunder is the scores from the past three days. EUROPE16½11½USA EUROPE   16 1/2 points       USA  11 1/2 points.                          SUNDAY SINGLES G. McDowell  Wins 2 & 1 details J. Spieth H. Stenson  Wins 1Up details P. Reed R. McIlroy  Wins 5 & 4 details R. Fowler J. Rose Halved details H. Mahan S. Gallacher  Wins 3 & ...

Welshman Jamie Donaldson is the ‘Monarch of the Glen’ in hitting what should be the ‘Shot of the Year’ and earn the point to deliver Europe victory in the 2014 Ryder Cup. It was just a month ago when Donaldson traveled to Prague and then wrapping up his place in Paul McGinley’s team with victory in the Czech Masters. And at exactly 4.32pm Donaldson wrote himself into Ryder Cup folklore. After downing USA rival Keegan Bradley 5 & 4 the 38-year old Donaldson is the ...