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Scottish teen sensation Connor Graham continues to be inspired by Tiger Woods after finishing runner-up in the prestigious Lytham Trophy. Graham, 15, birdied six of his closing 27 holes and dropped just two shots in the 56th hosting of the event over the famed Open Championship venue. The young Scot was in the Lytham clubhouse tied for the lead before England’s John Gough birdied the 17th to win by a shot. Graham said: “Tiger’s always been my favourite golfer because of what’s done for ...

Spaniard Jon Rahm played far below his best but still managed to come out on top in capturing the Mexico Open. Rahm struggled in posting a final round two-under-par 69, winning by a shot thanks to a 17-under-par tally. Helping Rahm was a 15th club in the bag, and that was a very supportive Mexican crowd however with the year’s second major just days away, Rahm’s efforts over the four days was not the stuff of someone really on top of his game however his name now appears as winner of the first ...

Congratulations and well done! What a great double 50th anniversary tribute at the start of today’s inaugural Catalunya Championship at the famed PGA Catalunya Resort course at Girona in Spain. This year, as we have been writing, is the 50th anniversary of the DP World Tour while this also marks half-a-century since legendary Spaniard Antonio Garrido won the 1972 Spanish Open and with the now 74-year-old hitting the ceremonial tee shot earlier today. And it was a pretty decent tee shot as those ...

Scotland’s David Drysdale drew on fond host course memories to head the Tartan charge on day one of the Catalunya Championship at the famed PGA Resort facility at Girona in Spain. Drysdale grabbed four birdies in a three-under par 69 to be trailing three shots behind the leading trio of South Africans Darren Fichardt and Oliver Bekker, along with Dane Jeff Winther in posting scores of 66. Fichardt, with six birdies from the 10th to 17th, had been leading by two but came unstuck in doubling ...

Tour rookie Craig Howie insists he’s ready to set off the fireworks as he seeks to celebrate making it seven pay cheques in as many events this rookie season with a hopeful victory in this week’s Catalunya Championship in Girona. Howie, 27, has not missed the weekend rounds since earning his 2022 DP World Tour card and with the Peebles golfer among eight Scots teeing-up on the Stadium course at PGA Catalunya to the north-east of Barcelona.  It’s the first time the course has hosted a Tour ...

Reigning Open Champion Collin Morikawa has again spoken of his delight in heading to St. Andrews for a first time in July for the 150th Open Championship. Since remarkably capturing a second major last year on his Open debut last year at Royal St. George’s Morikawa has been asked often about heading to the Home of Golf, and for a first time, to defend the Claret Jug over the famed Old Course. And now after the annual pre-Open media outing, and this year at St. Andrews, the American has again ...

The 150th Open at St Andrews will be the largest in the Championship’s long history with a record-breaking 290,000 fans set to attend at the world-renowned Old Course from 10-17 July. Unprecedented demand to attend this historic milestone for The Open led to more than 1.3 million applications in the ticket ballot and has resulted in the highest-ever number of general admission tickets being issued to fans. The attendance surpasses the previous high mark set at St Andrews in 2000 when 239,000 spectators ...