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Leona Maguire now ranks among the greats of Irish golf after the undefeated rookie sensationally delivered the first point on the final day of the 2021 Solheim Cup in Toledo, Ohio. It was Finland’s Matilda Castren closing out Lizette Salas 1 up to hand the Europeans the decisive point in a 15-13 victory and just the second time in the 31-year history of the Solheim Cup that Europe has won on US soil. And much akin to the men’s Ryder Cup, Europe has won four of the past six Solheim Cup ...

Shane Lowry’s 11-year fondness for the famed ‘Burma Road’ West Course is going to be tested like never before when he tees-up in this BMW PGA Championship. Lowry remains overall ninth on the European Ryder Cup team standings following last weekend’s Italian Open and PGA Tour’s Tour Championship decider in Atlanta. The Irishman’s big concern in being knocked out of the current nine automatic qualifiers had been Sergio Garcia however his eventual share of 14th place at East Lake has seen ...

Leona Maguire heads into the deciding Solheim Cup singles with the greats of the game singing her praise and stamping her future European team credentials as she seeks to finish undefeated in Ohio. Maguire, 26, has belied her rookie status to dominate the opening three of the five sessions with three wins from as many matches and then join Mel Reid in securing a vital last match half-a-point in the Sunday afternoon fourballs. It means the Slieve Russell pro is undefeated as Maguire tees-up in the ...

Rory McIlroy ended his PGA Tour year declaring his game still ‘work in progress’ ahead of a fortnight’s break leading into joining his European team-mates in the September 24th starting Ryder Cup in Wisconsin. McIlroy was already winging his way back to Florida after a closing 67 as Patrick Cantlay claimed the PGA Tour No. 1 crown from World No. 1 Jon Rahm after their two-man showdown over four rounds in the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. McIlroy’s final day over the East Lake ...

Scotland’s Scott Jamieson pulled off his own ‘Italian Job’ and heads to Tour HQ this week now inside the cut-off mark for those who’ll retain full 2022 European Tour membership. Jamieson grabbed six birdies, including five from the third to ninth holes, in a closing four-under 67 and finished in a share of eighth place at nine-under par in the 78th DS Automobiles Italian Open on Rome’s Marco Simone course that will play host to the 2023 Ryder Cup. The effort is the Florida-based ...

Thomas Bjorn has led the tributes to the 21-year-old Hojgaard twins Rasmus and Nicolai after they created a world first in professional golf in winning back-to-back on the European Tour. A week after Rasmus birdied the last to capture the Omega European Masters in Switzerland and brother Nicolai did the same on the final green to win the 78th DS Automobiles Italian Open on the Marco Simone course in Rome. Nicolai’s birdie at the last in a round of 71 saw him finish at 13-under par and a shot ...

Rory McIlroy has revealed how he ‘gate-crashed’ a team meeting hosted by USA Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker and believed included a number of Stricker’s big guns and possible and probable team members. McIlroy spoke of casually walking into the meeting within a restaurant at the official hotel for this week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta. He said laughing: “I called in. I was eating in the same vicinity, so I called in and said hello. “It was all good, the players were ...