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Australia’s ‘Southern Cross’ flag was proudly flying atop of the mast for the sixth time after Cameron Smith’s anxious but stunning final round for victory at the Players Championship at Ponte Vedra, Florida. Smith, 28, posted 10 sensational birdies and none better than his effort at the infamous par-3 17th but then horribly found the water at the last, and after chipping-out from trees down the right side of the fairway before salvaging a par and win by a shot with a closing ...

Russell Knox admitted it was a first in his pro career having taken three days from the end of his first round to complete his second round mid-Sunday at the severely weather-affected Players Championship in Florida. Knox had been out first from the 10th tee on Thursday morning in posting a one-under-par 71 and before thunderstorms and then strong, cold winds played havoc for the next two-and-a-half days in the Tour’s flagship event at TPC Sawgrass at Ponte Vedra. The Scot, who lives close by ...

Seamus Power boosted his goal of making his Masters debut early next month after superbly fighting his way into the closing two rounds of the weather-delayed Players Championship. The current World No. 50 admitted he was ‘proud’ of his efforts in eventually posting a pair of 71s for a two-under-par day on the third day of the Tour’s flagship event at TPC Sawgrass, and with his efforts more than likely to see him move back up the World Rankings. Once again you could be mistaken it ...

… Fatiha Betscher  Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal has made it back-to-back wins in South Africa after he birdied the second extra play-off hole to win the inauguaral MyGolfLife Open on the Pecanwood course in Pretoria Larrazabal, 38, defeated England’s Jordan Smith after the duo and along with Spaniard Adri Arnuas each ended regulation play tied at 22-under-par. The trio headed back to the 18th where Larrazabl and Smith birdied the hole but with Arnaus posting a bogey ‘5’ to officially ...

... Fatiha Betscher “If you build it, he will come,” is what Kevin Costner’s character is told in the movie Field of Dreams. So Hennie du Plessis Snr. built it. He built a nine-hole golf course on his farm. And young Hennie came. He turned up and started his golf journey there. Now, this Sunday, Hennie du Plessis junior has the chance to arrive at his own dream. Du Plessis has a two-stroke lead on 19 under par going into the final round of the MyGolfLife Open hosted by Pecanwood in the co-sanctioned ...

I have never been formally introduced to Tiger Woods but in the course of reporting on his winning ways around the world, I somehow became a friend. A friend, not in the sense I had his phone number and I could ring him up and see if he wanted to go out for a game of golf and an afterward beer. No, nothing like that.  More in the sense I would be present among the media where Woods was competing, and that he would see me at tournaments, and then in the course of sticking my hand-up to ask a ...

….. Fatiha Betscher  After months of singing the praise of Collin Morikawa likely to move to World No. 1, we have the scenario at this week’s Players Championship of a further three players in with the chance of reaching the pinnacle of the World Rankings. Not only does Morikawa have yet another opportunity but the likes of Norway’s Viktor Hovland and the American pair of Patrick Cantlay and Scottie Scheffler mathematically can move past Spaniard Jon Rahm and into the No. 1 position with ...