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Ewen Ferguson brushed aside his rivals in a quest for a fourth Tour success with an impressive second round 64 for a  superb three-shot halfway lead at the Soudal Open near Antwerp in Belgium.  The 28-year-old Scot posted seven birdies at Rinkven International GC as he completed a second successive bogey-free round for an 11-under-par total.   That was three shots clear of England’s Marco Penge, with Dutchman Darious Van Driel, American Troy Merritt and English trio John Parry, Brandon ...

They were the best of golf reporting times – Tiger Woods competing around around the globe. Woods was winning major championship titles but he was also travelling to far off destinations helping to promote golf and while he was being paid enormous sums, he would tee-up in far off desitations such as Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, China, Japan, Turkey, Dubai, The Bahamas and Spain attracting record-breaking crowds and all the time boosing participation on the ancient club-and-ball game. It ...

Proud Scot Ewen Ferguson felt right at home in early chilly conditions on the opening day of the Soudal Open in Belgium. Fergsuon grabbed four birdies, two on each nine in a bogey-free four-under 67 to be sharing fourth place​, two shots adrift of three players – Dutchman Joost Luiten, Aaron Cockerill and Spaniard Angel Ayora – ​sharing the lead on six-under on the host Rinkven International course in Antwerp. The three-time DP World Tour winner was out in the third group from the 10th hole ...

Richard Bland’s 2024 Kitchen Aid Senior PGA Championship triumph was one of the more popular victories of last year. The Englishman had endeared himself to the golf world three years earlier in May 2021, in his 478th start on the European Tour with Bland achieving his very first victory in highly emotional scenes at the Betfred British Masters at The Belry in England. At then age 48, he became the oldest first-time winner on the European Tour; only fellow Englishman Malcolm MacKenzie, with ...

Frenchman Frederic Lacroix has brilliantly secured his place in what will be his maiden appearance in a major championship after qualifying for the up-coming US Open at Oakmont. Lacroix, 30, posted scores of 67 and 68 at the Walton Heath GC course in England to finish joint second and be among eight players now added to the 2025 US Open field.   Viva La @usopengolf …. man Frederic Lacroix @ffgolf qualifies for a maiden major championship Lacriox @CallawayGolfEU @Callaway posts scores ...

Paul McGinley has taken the USGA and PGA of America to task over their handling in seeking Masters champion Rory McIlroy to change the head of his TaylorMade driver just two days prior to last week’s 107th hosting of the PGA Championship. Such news was supposed to have been confidential but it was led with suggestions that McIlroy had may have used a possible illegal driver in winning the Masters. Then we learned via PGA Tour Radio the club had been deemed to be illegal. In response, a statement ...

Before last week, 42-year-old Alex Noren had been sidelined with injury for 31 weeks. In his second start back, the Swede is in contention for victory at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Noren posted a ‘moving day’ 66 that including birdieing four of his closing five holes to muscle his way into second place at eight-under and just three shots adrift of World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. “It feels good”, said Noren and a winner of 11 pro career tournaments. “I got it ...