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A teary-eyed Grant Forrest dedicated a maiden European Tour victory at the Hero Open to the memory of his late father, Graeme. Forrest, 28, brilliantly birdied his closing two holes to win by a shot with a closing round 66 and a 24-under par tally on the Torrance course at the Fairmont resort in St. Andrews. The Craigielaw golfer was one shot back of England’s James Morrison before landing his tee-shot at the par-3 17th to within virtual tap-in distance and then at the uphill par-5 last, Forrest ...

Grant Forrest bravely held his nerve to birdie the closing two holes and capture a maiden Tour title and become the first Scot in nine years taste success on home soil with victory in the Hero Open near St. Andrews. Forrest, 28, brilliantly posted a closing round 66 to win by a shot at 24-unde par. MORE TO FOLLOW

Rory McIlroy kept on ‘Route 66’ for a second day running to boost hopes of a top-10 finish at the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. McIlroy made a big leap up the board early in his third round with a hat-trick of birdies from his second hole and none better than at the par-4 second hole where holed a 17-footer for birdie. The four-time major champ then moved to four-under for his round in holing a six-footer birdie putt on the par-3 eighth hole and while dropping his only shot ...

It’s a Tartan takeover with Scots Grant Forrest and Callum Hill sharing the lead and David Law just two back heading to the final round of the Hero Open at the Fairmont Resort near St. Andrews. Forrest bogeyed his first but then brilliantly blasted out 11 birdies in a scintillating 10-under par 62 but with a ‘preferred lie’ rule in place in the bright but windy conditons on the Torrance course.The Craigielaw golfer moved to 18-under-par before being joined by Hill who added a 65 and ...

Aussie Cameron Smith grabbed a bizarre golfing first for Australia less than a week after proudly representing the ‘green and gold’ at the Japan Olympics. Smith matched a bizarre PGA Tour record in recording just 18 putts during his second of the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. The Queensland-born Smith, still proudly sporting his ‘mullet’ haircut, one-putted 10 holes, two-putted four others and also recorded nil putts on four holes His round of an eight-under ...

Rory McIlroy was walking taller in Memphis, slipping on his scoring boots to birdie two of his closing holes in a 66 on day two of the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational. McIlroy looked decided ‘rusty’ during Thursday’s opening two-over par 72 and just four days after going agonisingly close to a Bronze medal in last week’s Olympic Games golf. It was a sharper four-time major winner on day two of the $US 10.5m event in grabbing five birdies and dropping just one shot compared to a day earlier ...

Robert MacIntyre was happy ‘Walking in Memphis’ after his birdied four of his closing six holes in a fighting 67 on day two of the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational. MacIntyre was struggling with the shortest club in bag to just one-over through 12 holes but started seeing the hole like a bucket in holing a 10-footer for birdie at the 13th. Scotland’s top-ranked then holed a four-and-a-half footer for birdie on 15 and then followed that up draining a birdie of 17 feet at 16 and then sending ...