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Newly-crowned New Zealand Open champion Ryan Peake will be hoping his criminal past will not seriously affect the excitement a new career path. The 31-year-old Aussie stormed home to capture the 104th hosting of the New Zealand Open trophy thanks to a bogey-free final round 66 to win by a shot at 23-under at the stunning Millford Sound Resort course outside of Queenstown on New Zealand’s South Island. Peake was soaked in champers by his good friends and in what now is a remarkable story after ...

You will not find top stars Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler among the list of those afforded invitations into next week’s $20m Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando. That’s surprising as one would think the likes of the triple major winning Spieth and Fowler will be great crowd pullers when the event tees-up on Arnie’s beloved Bayhill course. No, that is not how Steve Saunders and Arnie’s grandson looks at it. Thanks to colleague and good friend Adam Schupak of Golf Week we ...

Scotland’s Scott Jamieson is just a round shy of ending a 12-year ​winless drought​ in Durban, remarkably just two miles from where he captured a first and only victory in South Africa’s third largest city. Jamieson, 41, grabbed seven birdies including three in succession in a 68 for a 10-under tally in very testing windy conditions on day three of the rain-affected 114th South African Open on the Durban Country Club and virtually just up the road where in December 2012 he won the ...

The Scot duo of Connor Syme and Callum Hill each face an anxious overnight and early Saturday morning wait to learn if they have each done enough to play all four rounds of the Investec South African Open in Durban.  Syme and Hill were out on the host Durban Country Club course early on Friday for the 7.30am restart to their opening rounds after the start to day one in the 114th hosting of the event have been delayed three hours due to heavy rain closing the course on Wednesday. Fifer Syme managed ...

English golfer Dale Whitnell has become only the second player in DP World Tour history to remarkably register two holes-one during a once-in-a-lifetime round on day two of the Investec South African Open in Durban. Whitnell, 36 commenced his second round in the weather-affected event with a first hole birdie and then stepped-up to the 179-yard par-3 second hole and found the bottom of the cup for a ‘1’. He then brilliantly eagled the par-5 third hole so that he commenenced his round ...

The emotional golf-related news in recent weeks continues to remind us all there is so much more to golf than trying to hit a golf ball around a golf course in the least number of shots you can. There’s been a few stories that have pulled hard at the heart strings. Sad news of Tiger’s beloved mother, Kultida passing away over-showered everything in golf.  No, everything in sport! Tiger was still very much in mourning when he unexpectedly attended the final day of the Genesis Invitational ...

There seems to be always someone you meet in the course of travelling to report on golf touraments who leaves a lasting impression, an impression in the nicest manner. Someone other than those working on the Tour and travelling back and forward to tournaments. Those volunteering to drive the courtesy cars or the buses back and forward from the hotel to the golf course or a security person working the tournament media centre simply checking each day your entry badge while it could be someone ...