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Rory McIlroy revealed a neck injury almost forced him out of the Wells Fargo Championship before finally ending an 18-month winless drought but only after superbly avoiding near disaster on the final hole of the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina. McIlroy, and no thanks to an errant driver that included landing within a lateral water hazard off the tee on 18 and forced into taking a penalty drop, closed with a final round 68 to win by a shot with a 10-under par at Quail Hollow. Texas-based ...

South African sensation Garrick Higgo has joined Tiger Woods in the records books with victory at the Canary Islands Championship. Higgo, 21, posted an ace and seven birdies in a closing 64 to win by six shots with a 27-under par victory tally on the spectacular clifftop Costa Adeje course at Tenerife. The Joburg-born Higgo’s winning total was just two shots shy of matching fellow South African who owns the Tour 72-low of 29-under set at the 2003 Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth, Australia. It had ...

History beckons for Rory McIlroy heading to the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow. In his present 27-tournament winning career the recently-turned 32-year-old is yet to win the same tournament on three occasions. He gets that chance later today (Sunday) in suburban Charlotte after posting a third round 68 to finish sharing second place with fellow US Open winner Gary Woodland (70) at seven-under par. American Keith Mitchell signed for a bogey-free five-under par 66 to lead ...

In fairness, Bryson DeChambeau was not the only golfer taken by surprise when the Wells Fargo Championship halfway cut fell at two-over par. Among those also who ended their second rounds at two-over par was Open Champion Shane Lowry but then the Royal Portrush winning hero was out in the afternoon half of the draw in posting scores of 71 and 73 that saw the Irishman two shots shy of the then projected cut of level par. Unlike DeChambeau, Lowry was not about to leave Charlotte in a hurry. You see ...

In fairness, Bryson DeChambeau was not the only golfer taken by surprise when the Wells Fargo Championship halfway cut fell at two-over par. Among those also who ended their second rounds at two-over par was Open Champion Shane Lowry but then the Royal Portrush winning hero was out in the afternoon half of the draw in posting scores of 71 and 73 that saw the Irishman two shots shy of the then projected cut of level par. Unlike DeChambeau, Lowry was not about to leave Charlotte in a hurry. You see ...

Scotland’s Calum Hill is quietly confident of a double delight with victory in the Canary Islands Championship in Tenerife. Hill, 26, birdied the closing hole for a third day running in a round of 66 to move to 17-under par to be in third place and just three shots off the lead on the spectacular clifftop Costa Ajele course. In-form South African Garrick Higgo, and winner of the last fortnight’s Tour event on Gran Canaria, snatched two eagles and also birdied his closing four holes in a seven-under ...

Rory McIlroy has ended a dismal run of two missed cuts with a fighting 66 to be just two shots off the lead on day two of the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina. McIlroy grabbed six birdies and dropped just one shot to jump 66 places and into a then share of seventh place at four-under par in the Euro 6.6m event on the Quail Hollow course. The two-time former Wells Fargo champ muscled his way to the near the top hitting just five of 14 fairways and also having arrived in suburban Charlotte ...