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It’s a double celebration for Scotland’s David Drysdale teeing-up in this week’s Magical Kenya Open sponsored by Johnnie Walker. Not only is it Drysdale’s 46th birthday tomorrow (FRD) but this week marks the 21st anniversary of his first overseas tour event in travelling to the African continent for the 2000 Kenya Open. The Borders golfer was a week shy of his 24th birthday when he boarded a flight bound for Nairobi and just a fourth event in his then secondary Challenge Tour career. Drysdale ...

Shane Lowry gets the chance to further sharpen his Masters preparations contesting the opening two rounds of this week’s Honda Classic in the company of two Augusta National champions. Lowry returned to Florida after spending two days playing Augusta National to find he’s been drawn to tee-up this week alongside Phil Mickelson and Zach Johnson. Not only is it an Open Championship winning threesome but between Mickelson and Johnson they own four Augusta National green members jackets. ‘Lefty’ ...

Defending champion Dustin Johnson admitted he was not feeling ‘short-changed’ despite there being the shortest time ever between two Masters, namely five months since his win on November 15th last year and the April 8th start to his defence at Augusta National. Johnson, 36, returned to the famed Georgia golfing gem earlier this month playing the course when he won by five shots at 20-under par and also being thrilled to sit in the clubhouse enjoying a meal while wearing the most sought ...

Adam Scott tees-up in this week’s Honda Classic, and the event he brilliantly captured five years ago, joking that if were not his short-game he’d be selling hot dogs. Scott’s one-shot victory over Spaniard Sergio Garcia was a 12th of now 14 PGA Tour victories and with the proud Australian heading south the next to Doral to win the following week’s WGC – Cadillac Championship over fellow Masters champion Bubba Watson. Scott’s back-to-back victories at PGA National ...

Today March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day 2021 – marks 500 days since Rory McIlroy’s last victory but European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington is hardly concerned. It was three days into November 2019 when McIlroy came from two shots behind to birdie the first extra hole and defeat American Xander Schauffele in a play-off to capture the WGC – HSBC Champions title. The win in Shanghai made it four wins in a single season for McIlroy having captured The Players, the Canadian Open ...

Dumbarnie Links has used the winter months to proudly put the finishing touches on Scotland’s newest golf course ready for re-opening today – St. Patrick’s Day. The Fife course had to put back it’s opening last year by two weeks unitil May 29th and the lifting of the golfing lockdown. And in the short time it was opened until a winter closure some 15,000 Scottish golfers teed-up on the already much-acclaimed Clive Clark designed course near Upper Largo. All were Fife golfers under the lockdown ...

It’s overall good news Masters-wise for top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre despite dropping two places on the World Rankings and with just 13 days (March 29th) to official confirmation of a maiden Augusta National invitaton. MacIntyre dropped two places to be now ranked No. 44 in the world after missing the halfway cut in last week’s PGA Tour flagship Players Championship and needing to be inside the top-50 on the last Monday this month to be afforded a maiden Masters invitation. The Oban ...