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Graeme McDowell needs little reminder of his first regular PGA Tour victory a year ago here on Hilton Head Island. Not only does McDowell’s picture appear on PGA Tour promotional material but there’s a painting of the Northern Irishman featuring on posters, ticket information brochures and draw sheets. There is also a parking place especially set aside for McDowell. However probably the best reminder is his name now permanent reminder featuring among 44 other RBC Heritage Classic champions.    

Graeme McDowell says his defence of this week’s RBC Heritage Classic defence will bring down the first third of his season as he then targets the remaining two thirds of his 2014 season. A year ago, McDowell became the first Irish-born winner of the event and in also claiming his first regular PGA Tour win here on Hilton Head Island. He arrived on Saturday afternoon from Augusta where he missed the Masters halfway cut for a fifth occasion in seven appearances. And after the ‘scare’ ...

Lee Westwood is determined to capitalise on his strong Masters showing heading into this week’s Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. Westwood secured a best finish all season in sharing seventh place at Augusta National that also has boosting his standing on the European Ryder Cup points table. In fact, it was Westwood’s fifth consecutive top-15 effort in the year’s first Major after heading into last Sunday’s final round just three shots from the lead, but with the Brit battling to shoot ...

It generally happens at some time in the career of a great golfer. And after so many years being the subject in front of the microphone, champion Australian golfer Greg Norman will now be a voice behind the microphone when he co-hosts the 2015 U.S. Open for Fox TV when the U.S. network takes over coverage of the season’s traditional second Major Championship in 13 months time. Norman will join legendary NFL and NBA broadcaster, Joe Buck in co-anchoring the event from behind the 18th green ...

Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell have made the front pages of two contrasting U.S. newspapers but with very different story lines. McIlroy is on the front page of the national USA Today Sports section but not in a colourful feature article.  No, that has been reserved for double Masters champion, Bubba Watson. The new World No. 10s picture appears in a match-box size mention revealing he is now 10-1 to win next month’s US Open, and this just a week before heading into the Masters as Augusta ...

Double Masters champion Bubba Watson continued to keep life simple in the hours after his Augusta triumph. The small town boy from Bagdad, Florida, who now proudly owns two green jackets, didn’t dine out later that night within the four walls of the stately Georgian clubhouse or for that matter a posh Augusta restaurant. Instead, Watson chose the Waffle House on Washington Road to savour his three-shot success. Pictures of Watson and his wife, Angie relaxing in the Waffle House went ‘viral’. And ...

Sweden’s Jonas Blixt is so excited about making his Ryder Cup debut he stumbled on naming Europe’s captain. The PGA Tour-based Blixt was ranked 46th on the European Team points table heading into last week’s Masters. But now after finishing joint second in his first-ever Augusta National appearance and the Swede has jumped to 14th. As well, Blixt is now ranked 33rd in the world meaning he’s in all four Majors this season after having teed-up at Augusta in only his third Major. However when ...