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Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre has been handed a huge ‘carrot’ of ‘Special Temporary’ PGA Tour membership as he seeks his full 2021/22 season Tour card at this week’s Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. MacIntyre was offered ‘temporary’ membership straight after sharing 15th place in Sunday’s concluding WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. The WGC was MacIntyre’s 12th on the PGA Tour’s 2020/21 schedule. The Tour’s guidelines,in general, state: “A player ...

A clearly tired-looking Rory McIlroy left Memphis headed straight home to Florida declaring he did not want to see his golf clubs for at least a week and the next Tour stop in New Jersey. For a third day running McIlroy travelled ‘Route 66’ in posting a four-under 66 for a 10-under par tally and an eventual top-15 finish in continuing hot conditions at the WGC – FedEx St. Jude invitational on the TPC Southwind course And for a third round in succession, McIlroy recorded five birdies and one ...

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 ...