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Ultra-talented Calum Hill has signed on an ‘extra club’ with news super caddy Phil ‘Wobbly’ Morbey will now caddy full-time for the Scot. ‘Wobbly’, 55 began caddying in 1981 and with the Yorkshire-born bagman boasting 41 wins worldwide as he now nears his 40th Tour season, and with a standout victory being none better than the 1991 Masters in calling the shots for Ian Woosnam. “Wobbly’ is also a veteran of eight Ryder Cups between 1987 and 2010, including ...

Scotland No. 1 Robert MacIntyre will heads to the States on Saturday in what will be the biggest steps in his very short professional career. The current World No. 43 will play five of the biggest events on the PGA/European Tour schedule starting next week on the West Coast of Florida and topped with a maiden Masters appearance at Augusta National. MacIntyre will tee-up in the following events:- Feb 25-28                 World Golf Championship at The Concession, Bradenton, FL Mar ...

New AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am winner Daniel Berger has praised Russell Knox while his fellow Scot Andrew Coltart, and working for SKY Sports Golf, was left surprised after the bizarre rules controversy early last Sunday in the final round at Pebble Beach. Knox was sharing second place heading to the final round when he stood-up on the first tee and superbly split the fairway with his 3-wood opening shot.  Knox’s ball landed not in the rough nor in a bunker or within the confines of a ...

Twenty-years ago this week, Aussie Robert Allenby carved-out a slice of golfing history. Not only did the then 28-year old Allenby win a record-setting PGA Tour 72-hole, six-man playoff to become the first Australian to win the then Nissan Open at the Riveira Club in suburbn L.A. but Allenby made it then seven playoff’s and seven victories worldwide. And in his bigger 22-tournament winning career from a first in 1991 to his last in 2009, Allenby won 10 of those events by virtue of a playoff ...

Robert MacIntyre next week’s takes the first of huge three Stateside steps leading to teeing-up in April’s Masters. MacIntyre has automatically qualified for next week’s WGC at The Concession by virtue of being inside the top-50 on the World Rankings. The Oban lefty has moved up one place to 43rd in the world without hitting a shot and thus qualify for the whopping $10.5m event being played from Feb 25th to 28th WGC – Concession. The Florida event is taking the place of the WGC – ...

Scot Russell Knox had a possible Valentine’s Day victory snatched from from his grip after a controversial ruling very early on the final day of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Knox hit a superb 230-yard, 3-wood tee-shot at the first but then after momentarily placing his club behind his ball he moved aside declaring his ball had moved albeit by mere millimetres. Then in the next some 30-seconds, as he weighed-up what had happened, his ball visibly rolled into a small depression. Knox spoke ...

Victorious Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn has put real Whistling Straits selection pressure on Europe’s top ‘rookies’, including the likes of leading Scot Robert MacIntyre. The highest-ranked four players off the ‘European’ points list, then the leading five from the ‘world’ ranking points, will automatically be on Padraig Harrington’s Whistling Straits side, and with Harrington choosing three ‘wildcard’ picks. MacIntyre is currently lying 10th on the ‘European’ ...