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Europe’s Ryder Cup captain is the latest to fail a COVID-19 test and being ruled out of this week’s PGA AT & T Pebble Beach Championship In California. Harrington had been competing in last week’s Phoenix Open but sat out the weekend rounds after missing the cut and in his first showing on the TPC Scottsdale course in five years. Then in travelling to the US West Coast for this week’s $7.3m PGA Tour event along the shores of the Pacific Ocean, the 49-year-old Irishman ...

Scotland’s Calum Hill has returned to the bitterly cold conditions of the snow-covered range at Gleneagles buoyed by his superb showing in the Saudi desert. Hill, 26, sensationally secured his best finish in just 27 Tour starts, eagling the final hole to grab a share of fourth place at the Saudi International. The Crook of Devon golfer was bumped out of third by American Tony Finau who birdied the last on the course laid out along the Red Sea. It had been a bizarre week for the young Scot with ...

Rolex is now the official partner of both European and US Based Ryder Cup matches. The PGA of America today announced an expansive agreement with Rolex, and replacing rivals Omega, as partner of the PGA of America and its three annual Major Championships: the PGA Championship, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship plus the Ryder Cup. You had the scenario for many years of Rolex acting as partner at European Ryder Cup matches but then when the Ryder Cup was staged ...

Weather: Sunny with a high of 73. Wind SW 4-8 mph.  Final-Round Leaderboard Pos. Name Score 1 Brooks Koepka 68-66-66-65—265 (-19) T2 Kyoung-Hoon Lee 66-66-66-68—266 (-18) T2 Xander Schauffele 66-64-65-71—266 (-18)   The eagle lands from 97 feet. 🦅@BKoepka‘s winning moment was a beauty. 😍 pic.twitter.com/4jRosLxCzR — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 8, 2021 Things to Know Brooks Koepka picks up his eighth TOUR victory in his 145th start Koepka, ...

Rory McIlroy was headed home ‘disappointed’ after going agonisingly close to victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. McIlroy spent three and three-quarter rounds playing catch-up after being three-over after just two holes on day one before all-to-late storming up the board with nine birdies in a sizzling last day 64 for a 13-under par total on the TPC Scottsdale course. It handed Mcllroy the then clubhouse lead as leaders were heading into their closing nine holes. McIlroy dropped a shot ...

Scotland’s Calum Hill was soaring to his highest Tour finish thanks to a stunning eagle putt on the final hole at the Saudi International. Hill posted a three-under par 67 to share fourth spot at 12-under par with Dundee-based Frenchman Victor Perez firing a 69 and further cementing his place in the European Ryder Cup team. The Gleneagles-attached Hill had posted back-to-back bogeys at 12 and 13 when he came to the last at one-under for his round. Hill fired a laser-like drive down the last ...

World No. 1 Dustin Johnson made it two wins from three Saudi starts with his two-shot success at the Saudi International. Johnson, and despite a very average putting display in making just two putts over five feet on the final day, held on to also capture a ninth European Tour title and a 28th career success in posting a final day 67 for a 15-under par on the course laid out along the Red Sea shoreline. In three Saudi showings Johnson has now won twice and finished runner-up while he’s not ...