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Scot Connor Syme was full of praise for the Scottish golfing gem Ladybank after posting a four-under 67 to be straight into contention and just a shot from the front after day one at the Magical Kenya Open near Nairobi. Syme, 28, is making his sixth start in the Kenyan event and capped his day grabbing five birdies including two in a row near the end of his round. The Scot is among six players just a shot behind Dutchman Darius Van Driel who posted a 66 on the 111-year-old host Muthaiga club course. Syme ...

Once vehement LIV Golf opponent Rory McIlroy could very well shock the golf world to the core and announce his signing with the breakaway league. That’s the view of McIlroy’s former manager, Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler. Chandler’s International Sports Management (ISM) managed McIlroy from the time he turned professional in late 2007 and for four years till October, 2011 when McIlroy appointed good friend Sean O’Flaherty to manage his business affairs. And while McIlroy has been opposed ...

Charlie Woods, 15, will eclipse his 15-time major winning father should he qualify to tee-up in next week’s PGA Tour Cognizant Classic at PGA National in Florida. Charlie and Tiger’s youngest of two children, will compete in one of four pre-qualifiers on Thursday as he aims to reach the Cognizant Classic, and a new event on the PGA Tour schedule replacing the long-running Honda Classic. Charlie Woods will first tee-up in an 18-hole pre-qualifier at Lost Lake Golf Club, located at Hobe ...

Red-hot Chilean golfer Joaquin Niemann is currently 31 places outside the top-50 on the World Rankings though he’s been afforded an ‘International Invitee’ invitation to compete in this year’s Masters at Augusta National. Also receiving a similar invitation was Japanese-born Ryo Hisatsune, presently ranked No. 78 on the World Rankings. Making-up a triple Masters invitation treat is World No. 59 Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark. It’s the first time Augusta National has issued a similar ...

Scotland’s David Drysdale has returned to Oman for the first time in five-years feeling very comfortable ahead of this week’s inaugural International Series event of the new 2024 Asian Tour season. The Oman tournament, again taking place on the stunning Al Mouj host course, is the first of six International Series events on the new Asian Tour schedule. Drysdale is no stranger to the course laid-out along the shoreline of the Oman Gulf and located just to the north of the capital Muscat. FEELING ...

Double Major winning Angel Cabrera has this week travelled all the way to Morocco in a move that could soon see the Argentinean competing back on US soil. Cabrera, 54, has entered this week’s Champions Tour Trophee Hassan 11 event being held at the ultra-private Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in the capital of Rabat. It will be Cabrera’s first PGA Tour sanctioned event since his release last August after serving a 30-month prison sentence in both Brazil and Argentina for gender dispute and ‘other’ ...

Good news with Seamus Power indicating he’s playing pain free after contesting all four rounds for a fifth occasion in his six 2024 PGA Tour starts at last week’s Genesis Invitational. Power, 36, matched his best effort this new season with a T31st place finish in suburban Santa Monica and this after a similar T31st finish in the recent weather affected AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The Las Vegas-based Irishman is lying 76th on the current FedEx Cup standings and while he slipped three ...