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Great to see Australia’s Wade Ormsby making a return to golf at the game’s elite level at this coming week’s first World Golf Championships (WGC) event of the New Year. The World Golf Championship at The Concession Golf Club, in Florida, and replacing the WGC – Mexico Championship due to Covid-19 concerns, will be played from February 25 to 28 at Bradenton to the south of Tampa, and with course getting its name from the historic putting concession that Jack Nicklaus afforded ...

Fellow PGA Championship winner Rich Beem reckons Rory McIlroy will be home in time for a late supper in missing a first tournament weekend off in 19 months after a disappointing showing at the Genesis Invitational near Santa Monica. McIlroy was relegated to a ‘bit part’ on Hollywood’s golf course of the stars with scores of 73 and 76 for a seven-over par total to plunge to just a few spots from the cellar in the 120-player Riviera field. The effort is the first time McIlroy has missed ...

European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington emerged from a 10-day enforced quarantine period confirming he has entered additional PGA Tour events after being forced out of last week’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Harrington drove in the early hours of Monday morning south from the Monterey Peninsula to Santa Monica and said he was pleased with his efforts despite a four-over par 75 on the opening day of the Genesis Invitational. Harrington was one-under after just two holes but could not get off the ...

The only European Ryder Cup player to win all five of his matches against the USA insists he does not need to remind European captain Padraig Harrington of his credentials. Francesco Molinari created Ryder Cup history amid joyus scenes in September 2018 winning all five of his matches to help steep Thomas Bjorn’s side to a seven-point success on the outskirts of Versailles in France. It was Molinari’s third Ryder Cup and a third team success having been a member of the 2010 and 2012 winning ...

European Ryder Cup Captain Padraig Harrington has a private jet on standby ahead of his return to the PGA Tour at this week’s Tiger Woods hosted Genesis Invitational in suburban LA. Harrington’s 10-day self-quarantining after testing positive for Covid-19 symptoms ends Thursday morning (US time) when he’s free to re-enter the outside world. The 49-year old has entered this week’s Euro 7.7m event but it means he has to check out from The Lodge Hotel at Pebble Beach, and where he’s ...

World No. 1 Dustin Johnson ha described Rory McIlroy a ‘good dude’ following McIlroy’s historic appointment as the PGA Tour’s new chairman of the Players Advisory Committee McIlroy was voted by the rank-and-file Tour members to take over the role from American Charley Hoffman and in being voted the new Chairman, the four-time major winner becomes the first non-American born chairman since the establishment of the Committee in 1969. “I think it’s good Rory has ...

2021 The Genesis Invitational Pre-Tournament Notes Dates: February 15-21, 2021 Where: Pacific Palisades, California Course: The Riviera Country Club Par/Yards: 35-36—71/7,322 Field: 121 Defending champion: Adam Scott Purse: $9,300,000/$1,674,000 FedExCup points: 550 to the winner Format: 72-hole stroke play Things to Know The Genesis Invitational is one of three tournaments on the PGA TOUR schedule with elevated status, along with the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide and Arnold ...