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Pro golf’s newest Holywood sensation Tom McKibbin admits he’s under no pressure being likened as the next Rory McIlroy as he makes his professional debut later today (THURS) at the European Tour’s Tenerife Open. The 18-year-old McKibbin will tee-up at 1.17pm Irish time in the company of England’s James Morrison and Spaniard Alfredo Garcia-Heredia. McKibbin had intended to turn pro after next month’s Walker Cup showdown in Florida but disappointingly failed to qualify for the GB & I ...

It was a victory to stop a nation and the Japanese nation with now recognise one of the greatest sporting achievements in the country’s history with Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama to be presented with the ‘Prime Ministers Award’. The 29-year-old Matsuyama not only brought Japan to standstill but he endeared himself to sports fans the world over in capturing the 2021 Masters. Matsuyama became the first Japanese-born male to win the Masters and also the first in 161-years to capture a ...

Robert MacIntyre’s title as the world’s highest ranked lefty is under threat from South African sensation Garrick Higgo. Higgo, 21, last Sunday strolled to an effortless three-shot victory in winning the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open with a 25-under par total. It had taken the Joburg-born Higgo just seven Tour starts last year for his breakthrough win at the Portugal Open and now in a further 17 events he’s won a second Tour title and the seventh of his pro career. And at this rate, and in ...

The Aussie duo of Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith captured the spirit of Anzac Day to triumph in the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. The duo bravely fought their way into a play-off to defeat the South Africans Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel on the TPC Louisiana course on a day – April 25th – that this year marked the 106th anniversary when members of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) in 1915 landed on the ill-fated shores of Gallipoli in Turkey. Since then the 25th ...

Niall Kearney revealed he had to arrange for a suitcase full of additional clothing to be shipped to him for a three week European Tour competition stay on the Canary Islands. Kearney superbly made the most of his late entry into the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open posting a closing round 68 for a 14-under par tally on the Meloneras course. South-African lefty Garrick Higgo made it look easier winning a second European Tour title in 24 events thanks to a closing day 63 for his three shot success at 25-under ...

Golf’s ‘Next Rory McIlroy’ and fellow Holywood star Tom Kibbin will make his professional debut next Thursday teeing-up in the European Tour’s Tenerife Open. McKibbin had missed out on his big goal to qualify for next month’s GB & I Walker Cup team and instead has made the move to join Holywood’s four-time major winning Rory McIlroy in the play-for-pay ranks. The Tenerife Open will be a first of handful of invitations the 18-year old will be afforded on both the European and secondary ...

Reigning Open Champion Shane Lowry reckons the next six to seven years of his career are crucial. The very affable Irishman took the golf world by storm in July, 2019 not only in capturing a maiden major championship by an impressive six shots but also providing a fairytale storyline 78-years after golf’s oldest major was first held on the Emerald isle. Lowry endeared himself to sports fans the world over with scenes of his wife, Wendy and young daughter, Iris as he held aloft the famed Claret ...