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Royal Dublin pro Niall Kearney is fiercely determined to take to a ‘proper golf course’ and build-on last week’s career high finish in today’s (WED) starting BetFred British Masters at The Belfry. The towering Irishman posted an equal Tenerife course record 61 to share fourth place in last week’s birdies galore Canary Islands Championship that secured his tee-time on this week’s famed Ryder Cup host venue. Though Kearney could have done without Sunday’s long night, first ...

It is a month since Hideki Matsuyama captured the hearts of golf fans the world over in winning the Masters. Matsuyama has now returned for a triumphant journey back to his beloved Japan homeland to tee-up in this week’s AT & T Bryon Nelson and what is also his third straight appearance in the event this year being held at the TPC Craig Ranch course in McKinney, Texas. Not many will remember that Matsuyama had previously contested the event (T 16th/2018 & T  23rd/2019) but everyone ...

  Dates: May 10-16, 2021 Where: McKinney, Texas Course: TPC Craig Ranch (36-36—72/7,468 yards) Defending champion: Sung Kang (2019) Purse: $8,100,000 ($1,458,000/winner) FedExCup: 500 points (winner) Field size: 156 Format: 72-hole stroke play Things to Know Due to COVID-19, the AT&T Byron Nelson was not contested in 2020; Sung Kang set to defend his 2019 title The AT&T Byron Nelson moves to TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, after two years at Trinity Forest Golf Club Hideki ...

At just 24-years of age Scotland’s top-ranked Robert MacIntyre is virtually on top of the world. He’s won on the European Tour and in his last event he superbly finished T12th in his first Masters to secure an automatic invitation to return next year to the famed Augusta National club in Georgia. The young Scot is currently ranked No. 45 in the rankings while he’s earned just over Euro 4.3m in his combined 54 European Tour events since the start of his 2019 winning European Tour ...

Martin Kaymer shares much with Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy. For starters, the three are multiple major champions sharing nine major titles amongst them and with Kaymer a PGA Championship and US Open winner. Until recently the trio had struggled to regain winning form with Spieth ending a near four-year winless drought early last month in capturing the Valero Texas Open while it was last Sunday when McIlroy ended his own winless run of 18 months in capturing a third Wells Fargo Championship. Kaymer ...

Martin Slumbers, the Chief Executive of The R&A, has issued the following message to fans. “As we look forward with increasing optimism, and continuing caution, to an exciting summer of sport in the UK, I would like to update you on our planning for The 149th Open at Royal St George’s from 11-18 July 2021. “The situation with the Covid-19 pandemic continues to improve in the UK and the rapid roll-out of the vaccine programme gives us growing confidence that we will be able to welcome ...

Paul McGinley believes Rory McIlroy’s Wells Fargo Championship will ‘inspire’ him to return to major championship winning glory. McIlroy brilliantly ended the second-longest winless streak of his 13-year pro career albeit anxiously posting a closing hole bogey to capture a third Wells Fargo Championship at a now beloved Quail Hollow course in Charlotte, North Carolina. Waiting for the now 19-time PGA Tour McIlroy, and for a first time at an event, was wife, Erica and daughter, Poppy ...