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England’s Danny Willett overcame a neck injury to join playing partner Rafa Cabrera-Bello in shooting an eight under par 64s to share a two shot lead on the opening day of the BMW International Open in Cologne. Willett had been forced out of Wednesday’s Pro-Am as he struggled with a neck injury picked-up while sleeping in Manchester Airport on Tuesday ahead of his flight to Cologne being cancelled. The 26-year old then underwent extensive treatment to take his place on the same Gut Larcenhof ...

Tiger Woods found himself in unfamiliar surrounds sinking at one stage to last place in ending a three-month absence following back surgery Woods eventually birdied three of his closing six holes in a three over par 74 on the opening day of the $US 6.5m Quicken Loans National at the Congressional club in suburban Maryland. It was Woods first round since ending in an ambulance with a final day score of 78 to share 25th place in last March’s WGC – Cadillac Championship. A big crowd turned on the ...

Red-hot crowd favourite and reigning U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer struggled on the greens in his return to competition on day one of the BMW International in Germany. Kaymer had 31 putts in a one under par 71 to be trailing five shots from the lead in ideal scoring condition on the Jack Nicklaus designed Gut Larcenhof course near Cologne. Four players – Denmark’s Anders Hansen, Frenchman Gary Stal and the England pair of Andy Sullivan and Graeme Storm – share the clubhouse lead with six ...

It was special occasion earlier this week in Sydney when four Australian PGA life members were guests of honor at a luncheon at the Terrey Hills Golf Club in northern Sydney. Present was Kel Nagle, and golf’s oldest living Major Champion, along with his fellow life members in Colin Johnston, Frank Phillips and Dave Mercer. Nagle, who turns 94 on 21st December, captured the 1960 Centenary Open Championship at St. Andrews along with six Australian PGA Championship titles in 1949, 1954, 1958, ...

Michael Hoey is keeping his fingers crossed he can be paired over the weekend rounds with Martin Kaymer during this week’s BMW International Open in Cologne. The runaway U.S. Open champ has returned home to Germany to a hero’s welcome after his stunning eight-shot success in Pinehurst. And the double Major winning Kaymer has brought back to the European Tour a real good factor. We saw last week in Cork where newly-crowned Irish Open winner Mikko Ilonen singled out the inspiration he gleaned from ...

Newly-crowned U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer has returned home to a hero’s welcome but quickly poured cold water on any comparison with Tiger Woods. Kaymer took last week off following his eight shot Pinehurst pulverization of his rivals spending three days in New York where he caught up with fellow German Markus Kuhn, who plays for New York Giants in the NFL. He said:  “It was good having three days in New York where I could reflect very quick, which was surprising for me.  So it was very ...

Graeme McDowell could see the humorous side of his Irish Open disappointment posting a picture on Facebook sitting atop an Irish Police motorbike at nearby Cork Airport. The caption reads:  “Robbed on the greens this weekend. Police investigation has begun!! “ And McDowell has good cause for an investigation given he averaged 27 putts over the first two rounds but then had 31 putts on each of the two days of the weekend to not only spoil hopes of a first Irish Open win but dash Irish ...