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French golf has the victory champagne on ice in anticipation of Victor Perez going all the way in the WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas. Perez superbly muscled his way into Sunday mornings semi-final after comfortably defeating Sergio Garcai 4 & 3 and now faces American Billy Horschell who defeated England’s Tommy Fleetwood at the 19th hole Perez, and with Rory McIlroy’s former long-time caddy J P Fitzgerald on the bag, had five winning birdies in his round ...

Rory McIlroy’s now got just 12 days to find winning form before teeing-up in the year’s first major at Augusta National. McIlroy was jetting home to Florida after scrambling his way to a half in his match against Aussie Cam Smith on day three of the WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas. Though it was all too late with both McIlroy and Smith bundled out after Ian Poulter made it three wins from three matches in their group match in defeating American Lanto Griffin 2 & 1. Smith, ...

Tommy Fleetwood pulled-off the par of all pars to not only win 1-up and leave a more fancied Bryson DeChambeau bog-smacked but also clinch the group win on day three of the WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas. Fleetwood’s caddy Ian Finnis had earlier broken a wooden crosswalk sign in half in trying to remove it so Fleetwood wouldn’t hit it while playing his shot. Finnis looked surprised as what he’d down and then after he threw down the top half of the sign, he shrugged ...

Calum Hill returns home proud after having secured a career-best tied third result and just missing out by a shot in joining a play-off at the Kenya Savannah Classic in Nairobi. Hill, 26, produced a whirlwind seven birdies in eight holes mid-round only to produce a 72nd hole bogey in a score of 64 for a 20-underpar tally on the Karen Country Club course. South African Daniel Van Tonder captured a maiden European Tour birdieing the third extra play-off hole to defeat Thai sensation Jazz Janewattandanond ...

Rory McIlroy has spoken for the first time formally following news that legendary coach, Pete Cowen has now officially joined ‘Team McIlroy’. Of course, Cowen has been offering assistance to McIlroy for a long time, and since McIlroy was a junior, but it was following the recent Players Championship that it became official that the 70-year old Cowen will join McIlroy’s long-time coach, Michael Bannon, as an additional coach for the present four-time major winner. And after having ...

Robert MacIntyre has secured a maiden Masters invitaiton after World No. 1 Dustin Johnson forced his way to a half with the young Scot on day two of the WGC- Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas The present World No. 44 ranked MacIntyre was almost assured of teeing-up next fortnight at Augusta National but his half point over Johnson now guarantees he will remain inside the top-5o on the World Rankings. All those inside the top-50 next Monday morning (UK time), and already not exempti, will ...

Rory McIlroy revealed he hit 11 bags of range balls following his humbling round one loss at the hands of Ian Poulter to come out on day two to defeat American Lanto Griffin 4 & 3 at the WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas. McIlroy now faces Aussie Cam Smith in a must-win third round match after Smith lost to Poulter 1-down and for Poulter to be undefeated in his two matches. Whoever wins the McIlroy -v- Smith match will need for Griffin to beat the undefeated Poulter to ...