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…. Albany, The Bahamas  Defending champ Vicktor Hovland battled the bright but very windy conditions, breaking clear of the field with a round of 70 for a one shot lead at five-under in the Hero World Challenge here in the Bahamas. The Norwegian superstar golfer, and with the Australian-born caddy, grabbed a sixth hole eagle ‘3’ along with four birdies, and three in succession from the 13th hole heading to the weekend rounds. Four payers – Masters champ Scottie Scheffler ...

... Albany, The Bahamas  Shane Lowry continues to run on the smell of an oily rag and again evident on day two of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Lowry struggled in the bright but very windy conditions managing just four birdies but signing for a scoreboard also showing four bogeys, a 5th hole double-bogey and a 6th hole triple-bogey in his round of 77 to be at seven-over and bottom of the board in the no-cut, 20-player field. He was two-over for his second round after two holes, six-over ...

  …. Albany, The Bahamas There are four nations represented atop of the leaderboard after the opening round of the Hero World Challenge here at the Bahamas. South Korean Tom Kim, Austrian Sepp Straka, Norway’s and defending champ Vicktor Hovland and newly-married Collin Morrikawa share the lead in the $US 3m event with three-under par 69s on a very rain-softended host Albany course. American Sam Burns is fifth at two-under and with three others, in posting 71s, the only players ...

  … Albany, The Bahamas  Shane Lowry emerged from the scorer’s hut smiling and declaring: “Why am I playing golf in December?” This after a disappointing, near bottom of the board two-over 74 on the opening day of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Lowry ended his maiden round in the Tiger Woods hosted event sharing 15th place in the 20-player, $US3m event and played under a ‘preferred lie’ rule in effect on a very rain-softened Albany host course. The ...

​ There was no spanking new motor​, ​no pot cash or even a bottle bubby, and nor was there any spectators on the tee but that didn’t worry rookie Tom McKibbin in grabbing a first DP World Tour ace on day one of the co-sanctioned South Africa Open. The Holywood teenager holed out, hitting a 5-iron into the par-3 11th hole, with the ball landing short and running straight into the hole on route to a five-under 67 on the Blair Atholl course in Joburg. “It was just a perfect 5-iron and my caddie ...

… Albany, The Bahamas  It has been four months to the day Luke Donald was handed the captaincy reins to the 2023 European Ryder Cup team. Donald took over the captaincy following the sacking of Henrik Stenson, and this after the Swede joined the ranks of LIV Golf. Stenson was always in the mix to be appointed the replacement to 2021 captain, Padraig Harrington, and it came as no surprise on March 23rd, the European Tour confirmed his appointment. However, what then transpired was unprecedented ...

…. Albany, The Bahamas ​Justin ‘JT’ Thomas has praised Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy but ha​s​ poured cold water ruling-out the likelihood of any foreseeable peace between the warring factions in men’s professional golf. Thomas, and speaking ahead of the opening round of the 2022 Hero World Challenge, is nowada​​ys one of Woods’ closest friends while he’s a great friend also to McIlroy. McIlroy has very much become a spokesperson for the PGA Tour and ...