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England’s Ross McGowan, 38 ended an 11-year and 15-day winless drought in holing a 20-foot birdie putter in a last round 71 and win by a shot with a 20-under par tally and capture a first Tour title since his 2001 Madrid Open success. McGowan had, for a second day running, eagled the par-5 sixth hole but the standout shot of his round was holing a greenside bunker shot for birdie at the par-4 16th. After 11 years and 15 days, @RossMcGowan is a winner again on the European Tour 🏆#ItalianOpen ...

Like a fine bottle of Chianti, Clandeboye’s Jonathan Caldwell just gets better with age producing a career best of fifth at the Italian Open in Brescia Caldwell posted a third straight 68 to then share the clubhouse lead on 17-under par before settling for a fiveway share of fifth place on the Chervo course on a sunny, warm and benign day in northern Italy. The 36-year old arrived in northern Italy on the back of a career-best seventh at the Scottish Championship and now the Ulster golfer has gone ...

Was it a plane?  Was it a train?  No. it was a Bryson DeChambeau drive with a flight time of 8.2 seconds over  a distance of 401.3 yards. The US Open winner produced the drive while warming-up for the Masters by claiming a 400-yard golfing missile in his home town of Dallas. Compare DeChambear’s drive to the 12 seconds flight time and just 40-yards the Wright Bros managed in their historic first ‘heavier-than-air’ powered flight. While most of the top players are preparing for ...

Seamus Power returns to competition this week joining his 2016 Irish Olympic Games partner, Padraig Harrington teeing-up in the Bermuda Championship. Power is returning to the PGA Tour for a first occasion in six weeks after having contested the opening two events of the 2020/21 wraparound schedule – the Safeway Open and Corales Puntana Championship – but missing the halfway cut in each. The West Waterford golfer is no stranger to the Bermuda event having teed-up a year and capped his ...

Scotland’s Marc Warren remained a picture of consistency on day two of the 77th Italian Open in Brescia. Warren 39, birdied the same opening four holes on the scorecard as he had done on day one in adding a 67 to his first day 66 and moved to seven-under par on the Chervo course. The effort handed the Glaswegian, and reigning Austrian Open champ, the joint leading Scot role heading to the weekend rounds. He said:  “Yes, it was good to birdie the same front nine holes again today as there ...

Jonathan Caldwell continues to impress in adding a four-under par 68 to his opening 67 and move into the top-10 at nine-under par heading to the weekend rounds of the Italian Open in Brescia. The Clandeboye club attachd Caldwell grabbed six birdies and trails seven shots behind England’s Laurie Canter who moved two clear of the field at 16-under par in the 77th edition of the event A week ago Caldwell grabbed a Tour best of T7th at the Scottish Championship and now he’s on target to hopefully ...

Rory McIlroy’s frustration boiled over when he snapped a wedge in horribly missing the green at the final hole to post a double-bogey on the opening day of the ZoZo Championship. McIlroy was one-under par coming to the 18th hole but then sent his tee shot way right and over trees to an adjoining hole on the Sherwood Country Club course near Thousand Oaks to the north of L A. The four-time Major winning then superbly found the 18th fairway slap bang in the middle and just 135-yards from the ...