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Seamus Power brilliantly returned from a self-quarantine curfew to finish first in a qualifier for this week’s lucrative Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. The West Waterford golfer grabbed six birdies in a bogey-free 62 on the Gaston Country club course and located some 40-minutes from this week’s Euro 7.1m event. The 34-year-old Power had to sit-out the recent Zurich Classic due to testing positive to Covid-19 on April 20th and returned to competition for a first time Monday ...

Dates: May 3-9, 2021                           Where: Charlotte, North Carolina Course: Quail Hollow Club (35-36—71/7,521) Defending champion (2019): Max Homa Purse: $8,100,000 ($1,458,000/winner) FedExCup: 500 points to the winner Field size: 156 Format: 72-hole stroke play Things to Know Due to COVID-19, the Wells Fargo Championship was not contested in 2020 Field includes four of top-five players in Official World Golf Ranking: Justin Thomas (2), Jon Rahm ...

New Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama has been honoured with the Prime Minister’s Award from Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo in recognition of him becoming the country’s first male major champion. Matsuyama, 29, brought a golf mad nation to a standstill earlier this month in become the first Japanese male not only to be the first to win the Masters but a first to win a Major. However, the continuing Covid-19 restrictions meant both Matsuyama and Prime Minister Suga had to ...

Scotland’s Scott Jamieson brilliantly muscled his way into contention with a new course record 10-under par 61 on day two of the Tenerife Open. Jamieson grabbed 10 birdies, including chipping-in at the last, to better the mark of 62 set a day earlier by Dane Thorbjorn Olesen on the hilly but spectacular Costa Adeje resort course. The effort handed Jamieson had just 23 putts in posting  12-under tally to be trailing in third place and just four shots behind Germany’s Nicolai Von Dellingshausen ...

It’s been 19-years and 486 Tour events since a then 28-year David Drysdale teed-up in the 2003 Canaries Open de Espana on the stunning Costa Adeje course on the island of Tenefite. The course was designed by Jose Gancedo, who used the natural features of the land (the original banana plantations) to integrate them into the course located on the sout-west side of the island and commanding stunning views out over the Atlantic Ocean. Drysdale was then into his second full season competing on the ...

Pro golf’s newest Holywood sensation Tom McKibbin admits he’s under no pressure being likened as the next Rory McIlroy as he makes his professional debut later today (THURS) at the European Tour’s Tenerife Open. The 18-year-old McKibbin will tee-up at 1.17pm Irish time in the company of England’s James Morrison and Spaniard Alfredo Garcia-Heredia. McKibbin had intended to turn pro after next month’s Walker Cup showdown in Florida but disappointingly failed to qualify for the GB & I ...

It was a victory to stop a nation and the Japanese nation with now recognise one of the greatest sporting achievements in the country’s history with Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama to be presented with the ‘Prime Ministers Award’. The 29-year-old Matsuyama not only brought Japan to standstill but he endeared himself to sports fans the world over in capturing the 2021 Masters. Matsuyama became the first Japanese-born male to win the Masters and also the first in 161-years to capture a ...