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It’s not lost on Shane Lowry in heading into this week’s 103rd PGA Championship his best two finishes this year have been on Pete Dye designed courses. Two months ago, Lowry posted his first PGA Tour top-10 since winning 2019 Open Championship in finishing a superb eighth at the Tour’s flagship Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Five weeks later, Lowry bagged a second top-10 with a share of ninth place in the RBC Heritage on the Harbour Town Links at Hilton Head in South Carolina. Both ...

For the ultra-keen golfer, a visit to St. Andrews is a quintessential ‘must do’ undertaking. Though for those of us who have stood at the back of the 1st tee or 18th green at the Old Course, there’s nothing to remind you of the full history that has unfolded over the 18 holes laid-out in front of you. Who is aware when the first Open was played at St. Andrews and also, how many times has the Old Course hosted golf’s oldest major? You could walk into the little café just off the right ...

      2021 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP – OCEAN COURSE, KIAWAH ISLAND, SC Eighteen Holes & 18 Things You Should Know Kiawah Island was named for the Kiawah Indians who were led by their head chieftain or cassique. In the year 1670, the cassique of the Kiawah led English colonists to settle at Charlestowne Landing. Kiawah Island is an island of 15.14 square miles (39.21 Klms) with 11.17 square miles of land (28.23 Klms) and the rest water. The highest part on Kiawah Island is just 13-foot ...

Seamus Power bravely fought back from two horror holes to secure a top-10 finish at the rain-delayed AT & T Byron Nelson near Dallas in Texas. The effort in closing round 70 for an 18-under par total was good enough for a share of ninth and possibly see Power returning to Texas in 11 days in qualifying for the Charles Schwab Challenge. Lee, 29, captured a maiden PGA Tour event in his 80th start and he is also the fifth first-time winner in the 2020/21 wraparound schedule. The now Florida ...

For Rory McIlroy this week’s 103rd hosting of the PGA Championship will be only the third occasion in 49 majors he will tee-up having won his prior event. The first was in 2014 when McIlroy won three tournaments in succession – the Open Championship, the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational and a second PGA Championship victory trophy in near darkness at Valhalla. A second was two years ago when McIlroy, in his first appearance, set a new course record to win the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, and a week ...

Scotland’s Craig Howie singled out mentor and manager Paul Lawrie for special praise in storming his way to an impressive seven-stroke victory and his first European Challenge Tour title at the Range Servant Challenge by Hinton Golf in Sweden. The 26-year-old secured his maiden win a day after his Tartan colleagues Bob MacIntyre fell agonisingly shy of success at the BetFred British Masters in England. Howie who won with a stunning 22-under par tally to collect a Euro 32,000 prize cheque. The ...

A late eagle along with a last hole birdie had Seamus Power soaring back inside the top-seven but only four shots from the front heading to the final round of the AT & T Byron Nelson. Power signed for a superb bogey-free 67 to move to 16-under par on the TPC Craig Ranch course at McKinney to the north-east of Dallas in Texas. Sam Burns superbly continues to show the way posting a three-under par 69 to move to 20-under par and one shot clear of South Korean K H Lee (67). Four players – Jordan ...