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With two majors and 21 other professional wins on his golfing CV Martin Kaymer is the player to beat with a round to play at the Austrian Open near Vienna. Kaymer, 36 shares the lead with Spaniard Alejandro Canizares on nine-under par in continuing very cold conditions on the Diamond Country Club course. Once again, players were rugged-up as though they were competing in October’s Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland and with just 16 of the 73 players who made the cut breaking 70 on golf’s ...

Robert MacIntrye’s decision to take some weight off his putter could reap hefty dividends after muscling his way into the top-10 early on day two of the RBC Heritage Classic in South Carolina. MacIntyre was handed a first in his now 10 events on US soil and that was teeing-off in the opening group on day two of this week’s £stg 5.1m event. Starting out from the 10th, MacIntyre posted four opening pars before the Oban lefty made his move with three birdies in four holes from the 14th. MacIntyre ...

Shane Lowry superbly shook-off any lingering Masters hangover soaring on day two with an eagle and a near ace to be in contention heading to the weekend rounds at the RBC Heritage Classic in South Carolina. Lowry brilliantly eagled the second and then grabbed five birdies in a nine-hole run from the fourth to 12th holes in a six-under par 65 for a seven-under tally on the Harbour Town course at Hilton Head. Lowry’s effort, and with stand-in South African caddy Gary Matthews calling the ...

Shane Lowry is hopeful his Open Championship winning caddy, Bo Martin will be able to return to the US for next month’s Wells Fargo Championship. Martin and Lowry’s long-time coach, Neil Manchip returned to Ireland following last week’s Masters so that they would be back before today’s (April 15th) new Ireland regulation that states that anyone entering Ireland from the US must enter an official ‘self-isolating’ hotel for a 10-day quarantine period. Lowry expressed his displease with ...

Super Scot Robert MacIntyre, and while admitting to a little tired following an impressive debut Masters, proved he still has plenty of bite in brilliantly saving par late in his round at the alligator-infested waters at the RBC Heritage. MacIntyre only just found the water right at the par-3 14th but after a penalty drop on the edge of the green the Scot rolled-in a 12-footer in an eventual one-under par 70 on the Harbor Town course at Hilton Head in South Carolina. Former Open Champion Stewart ...

Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson cheekily upstaged the advice of his stand-in caddy to put himself into contention in the bitterly cold conditions with a two-under par 70 on day one of the Austrian Open near Vienna. Ferguson, 24, birdied his opening two holes and while he bogeyed seven and eight, the young Scot  went against the advice of his caddy to be just two players in the 144 field to eagle the par-5 15 on route to a two-under par 70. The Glaswegian ended the day along with fellow Scots Grant ...

Scottish golf has been hit two untimely injuries both in the professional and amateur game. With the Home of Golf nation still on a high after Robert MacIntyre’s stunning Masters debut performance there is news fellow Tartan pro Marc Warren could be now side-lined for a few months with a major back issue. In the amateur ranks, ultra-talented Sandy Scott has been forced to withdraw from next month’s Walker Cup showdown against the US due to a wrist injury. Warren, 40, has been experiencing shooting ...