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Rory McIlroy has challenged golf fans to retrieve a 3-wood he hurled deep into bushes off the ninth tee during Monday’s finish to the Northern Trust in New Jersey. McIlroy made the confession of club-throwing ahead of this week’s BMW Championship and after his lowly 43rd finish in the opening event of the lucrative Play-Off Series at the Liberty National course in the Garden State. He said:  “I tried to throw my 3-wood off the ninth hole at Liberty National onto the New Jersey Turnpike, ...

For a second week running Sweden’s Henrik Stenson finds himself directly under the European Ryder Cup selection eye. Last week, Stenson found himself playing the first two rounds in the company of European captain, Padraig Harrington and now this week the five-time Ryder Cup veteran has been grouped for the opening two days of the Omega European Masters with Whistling Straits vice-captain Martin Kaymer and 2018 Ryder Cup hero Francesco Molinari, who is the third member of the group teeing-up ...

Danny Willett has returned to one of his favourite tournament destinations high in the Swiss Alps, hoping it will be all downhill in coming months. The now 33-year-old Englishman has special memories both on and off this week’s host Crans-Montana course and where he tasted success in 2015. Willett’s victory was a harbinger to two remarkable milestones, firstly in becoming a father and then seven months after being fitted with the traditional red victors jacket, he was also helped into a Augusta ...

It’s a question golf fans have long wondered and that is how would Bryson DeChambeau compare in a genuine ‘Long Driving’ contest? Well, we’re about to find out in the week following the Ryder Cup. The current  World No. 6 has accepted an invitation to compete in the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship taking place from September 27th to October 1st in Mesquite, Nevada. That’s the week following the hosting of the 2021 Ryder Cup and with DeChambeau’s length ...

A delighted Padraig Harrington insists Leona Maguire’s historic Solheim Cup selection to be a ‘big deal’ and prove to be a huge inspiration to young women golfers across the length and breadth of Ireland. Maguire, 26, becomes the first Irish-born player to represent Europe in the September 4th start to Europe’s defence of the 18th hosting Solheim Cup at the Inverness club in Toledo, Ohio. Joining the Slieve Russell star as rookies in Catriona Matthew’s side is Finland’s ...

It was getting more like who didn’t have a Scottish connection at the prize-giving for the 2021 AIG Women’s Open Championship at Carnoustie In writing this article, I am going to mention 10 direct Scottish links to both the champion, Anna Nordqvist and the Low Amateur winner, Louise Duncan. We started the week in Scotland with the event run by the St. Andrews-based Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (R and A) and ended on a lovely Sunday afternoon with Swedish-born Nordqvist ...

Scotland’s ultra-talented Louise Duncan heads to this week’s Curtis Cup on an enormous high in being presented with the ‘Low Amateur’ salver following her impressive showing at the AIG Women’s Amateur. Duncan, 21, remained in contention over the four days before posting a closing round level par 72 to share 10-place at seven-under at Carnoustie. Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist ended a four-year winless drought since capturing a second major at the 2017 Evan Masters to win a third with ...