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Padraig Harrington finds himself now in unfamiliar territory having lost full membership of the PGA Tour in missing the halfway cut in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. Harrington walked from the Sedgefield Country Club course at 1pm local time having putted out for a par in a second straight score of a two over par 72 for four over par total and miss the expected halfway cut by five shots. It is the first time since joining the PGA Tour full time in 2007 Harrington now finds ...

Golfing legends Bob Goalby and Dow Finsterwald added to the celebration of this year’s 75th anniversary Wyndham Championship. Goalby, 85 is well known in virtually being handed victory in the 1968 Masters after Argentina’s Robert De Vincenzo signed for a four at the 17rh when he in fact he had holed out for a birdie ‘3’. However the first of Goalby’s 11 PGA Tour wins came at the 1958 Greater Greensboro Open and the championship was then known. Finsterwald followed Goalby ...

Paul Casey remains determined to win the remaining two European Ryder Cup qualifying events and make amends in being overlooked for team selection four years ago. Casey set about that task on the first day of the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship with a five under par 65 and trail just two shots behind Columbian Camilo Villegas who posted a 63 in superb scoring conditions on the Sedgefield course in Greensboro, North Carolina. The American duo of former US Open winner Webb Simpson and William McGirt ...

Padraig Harrington’s mother, Breda confirmed what her son mentioned a few minutes later in that the triple Major winner struggled around and on the greens on the opening day of the Wyndham Championship. In what is undoubtedly one of Harrington’s most important events of the season he walked from the course near 6.30pm having posted a two over par 72. It left Harrington, who needs to finish first or second in this week’s $5.3m to avoid losing his 2014/15 Tour card, trailing 11 shots ...

Martin Laird boosted hopes of teeing-up in next week’s start to the PGA Tour Play-Off Series with his lowest score of the season on day one of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, Laird took full advantage of the superb scoring conditions on the rain-softened Sedgefield Country Club course in posting a five under par 65. It left the Scot just two shots behind first round leader Camilo Villegas of Columbia who posted a seven under par 63 to be one clear of the Americans Webb Simpson ...

Stuart Adams of www.golftourimages.com has been keeping us up-to-date with the progress work on spectator grandstands and corporate enclosures at Gleneagles and venue on September 26th of the start of the Ryder Cup. Here is a selection of Stuart’s latest photographs of the host Centennary Course. All photographs – www.golftourimages.com  

In a huge blow the 2014 Ryder Cup organisers Tiger Woods has ruled himself out of contention for a Gleneagles ‘wildcard’ pick citing lingering back problems. Woods confirmed the news in a statement and in many ways takes the pressure of USA Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson. The seven-time Ryder Cup star, who underwent surgery in March to treat a pinched nerve in his back, asked Watson not to consider him for the team competition against Europe next month. “While I greatly appreciate ...