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Scott Jamieson travelled over 8,000 miles and then had a 4.45am alarm call before proceeding to birdie four of his opening five holes on the opening day of the Joburg Open. Jamieson, 36 eventually posted a four-under par 67 to be just four shots off the lead in the co-sanctioned European and Sunshine Tour event being held on the Randpark (one word) course in Joburg. He said: “It’s been a lost distance for me from the U.S. to get here and then with an early 6.30am tee time I had my alarm going ...

Shane Lowry insists Bryson DeChambeau has only himself to blame in stumbling his way to a ‘well down the board’ finish in last week’s Masters. The pre-Masters hype that DeChambeau would bring Augusta National to its knees never materialised and with golf’s ‘Hulk Hogan’ only just making the halfway cut ahead of ending a  Masters afterthought 18 shots behind Dustin Johnson. Lowry reckons DeChambeau was already behind even before tee-off with his bold prediction of Augusta would ...

Stewart Cink is keen to celebrate his 600th PGA Tour event with victory in this week’s RSM Classic at Sea Island in Georgia. Cink, 47 made his Tour debut in the 1995 BellSouth Classic at the Atlanta Athletic Club and the city where he has now called home for a long-time. Cink’s effort of 600 events, and capped by his 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry, is still more than 200 events shy of a record of fellow American who holds the record of 803 starts on the Tour. “Yeah, the number ...

Scotland’s David Drysdale has travelled to South Africa so many times in his career the Rainbow Nation could consider affording him honorary citizenship. This week’s co-sanctioned Joburg Open marks Drysdale’s 56th tournament in South Africa since first travelling to the country in 2002 to compete in the Dunhill Championship at Houghton Park in Joburg. That’s near 11% of his now 511 Tour events have been in South Africa. Drysdale had first visited the African continent both ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy has led the outpouring of praise for new Masters champion, Dustin Johnson. Johnson captured a second major title in record-smashing manner posting a new championship low of 20-under par to win by five shots at Augusta National. The golfer affectionately known as ‘DJ’ also is among just four players to have won the Masters while ranked World No. 1 and also wins in joining a handful in being fitted with an Augusta National members green jacket the very next ...

Shane Lowry got to play three rounds alongside his ‘golfing idol’ on route to securing a best career finish at the Masters. Lowry drove out the Augusta National front gates and headed east to Thursday’s starting RSM Classic at Sea Island, Georgia in signing off for 72 and five-under par total for his best Augusta finish of a T25th after sharing 39th place in 2016. Lowry headed into the final round of just a fifth Masters at five-under par having got better with each round after earlier scores ...

Rory McIlroy was both delighted to secure a share of fifth but he also singled as key his nine horror closing nine holes of his first round early on Friday morning in again coming so close to a maiden Masters victory. McIlroy produced a final round 69 to share fifth place at 11-under par and nine shots behind record-breaking new Masters champ, Dustin Johnson. ‘DJ’ captured a second Major title in four years and a maiden Masters posting a closing score of 68 to win by five shots with a new Augusta ...