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Former champ Padraig Harrington this week celebrates a 21st PGA Championship declaring ‘experience is not all it’s cracked up to be’ as he seeks to unlock the door on a second Rodman Wanamaker Trophy. Harrington made his PGA Championship debut in 1997 at Winged Foot and three months later he and Paul McGinley teamed to deliver Ireland World Cup of Golf victory at this week’s host venue at Kiawah Island. The Dubliner then won the back-to-back 2008 Open and PGA Championships and teed-up in ...

Adam Scott is this week among a small number who contested the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island. For Scott, it was the bitter sweet very next major championship after he had bogeyed the closing four holes at Royal Lytham and St. Annes to let slip the 141st Open Championship. Scott had been well in contention at Kiawah Island for the opening three days sharing sixth after day one, tied for seventh after the second day and when play was suspended on day three the proud Aussie was sharing third ...

The initial 2020 Ryder Cup has been a sell-out long before the COVID-19 pandemic struck and now with many parts of the world getting back to normal the PGA of America, as organisers of the Ryder Cup when played in the U.S., is confident this year’s rescheduled Rydert Cup will be a ‘full attendance experience’ come September. The now 2021 Ryder Cup is set to take place from 24th to 26th September at Whistling Straits located along the shores of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. As we know, ...

Royal Portrush’s continued attractiveness to host golf’s oldest major has been given another big shot in the arm with proposed plans for a luxury hotel and spa hotel overlooking Royal Portrush Golf Club look set to receive the green light when Causeway Coast and Glens Planning Committee meeting on May 26. A planning application for a proposed golf lodge/hotel, associated spa facility, car parking, landscaping, access, and ancillary development at 109 Dunluce Road, Portrush, has been ...

Old Tom Morris nor his fellow Open Championship winning son, Young Tom wouldn’t know what you’re talking about while the likes of Peter Thomson and Arnold Palmer would be turning in their graves. Allowing players and caddies to use rangefinders in this week’s 103 PGA Championship is probably the most controversial decision ever made in the 169-year history of the majors. The PGA of America made the decision earlier this year announcing that it would allow the devices in its three major championships: ...

It’s not lost on Shane Lowry in heading into this week’s 103rd PGA Championship his best two finishes this year have been on Pete Dye designed courses. Two months ago, Lowry posted his first PGA Tour top-10 since winning 2019 Open Championship in finishing a superb eighth at the Tour’s flagship Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Five weeks later, Lowry bagged a second top-10 with a share of ninth place in the RBC Heritage on the Harbour Town Links at Hilton Head in South Carolina. Both ...

For the ultra-keen golfer, a visit to St. Andrews is a quintessential ‘must do’ undertaking. Though for those of us who have stood at the back of the 1st tee or 18th green at the Old Course, there’s nothing to remind you of the full history that has unfolded over the 18 holes laid-out in front of you. Who is aware when the first Open was played at St. Andrews and also, how many times has the Old Course hosted golf’s oldest major? You could walk into the little café just off the right ...