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Seamus Power continued his impressive showing to end his round sharing fifth place late in the second round at the A T & T Byron Nelson to the north of Dallas in Texas. The West Waterford golfer added a solid second day four-under par 68 to his sizzling opening 65 to move to 11-under par in the Euro 6.6m event on the TPC Craig Ranch course. Power went into day two just two shots off the lead and wasted little time making his presence felt with three birdies in his opening five holes. Starting ...

Ireland’s Olympic Games team-mates Seamus Power and Padraig Harrington were soaring with 18th hole eagles to put themselves into contention early on the opening day of the AT & T Byron Nelson in McKinney, Texas. Power was out in the first group of the day, and in then overcast and very cool conditions, but turned-up the heat to save his best for last in holing a 25-metre chip-in eagle ‘3’ for a seven-under par 65 on the host TPC Craig Ranch course. Harrington, and commencing his round ...

European Ryder Cup Captain, Padraig Harrington is hoping Rory McIlroy will remain ‘dangerous’ for the next five months after finally ending an 18-month winless drought last Sunday at the Wells Fargo Championship. Harrington had ‘tongue in cheek’ recently spoke of hoping McIlroy would save his good form till closer to September’s Whistling Straits showdown but nonetheless he was delighted one of his European kingpins got back into the winner’s circle and also ...

Royal Dublin pro Niall Kearney is fiercely determined to take to a ‘proper golf course’ and build-on last week’s career high finish in today’s (WED) starting BetFred British Masters at The Belfry. The towering Irishman posted an equal Tenerife course record 61 to share fourth place in last week’s birdies galore Canary Islands Championship that secured his tee-time on this week’s famed Ryder Cup host venue. Though Kearney could have done without Sunday’s long night, first ...

It is a month since Hideki Matsuyama captured the hearts of golf fans the world over in winning the Masters. Matsuyama has now returned for a triumphant journey back to his beloved Japan homeland to tee-up in this week’s AT & T Bryon Nelson and what is also his third straight appearance in the event this year being held at the TPC Craig Ranch course in McKinney, Texas. Not many will remember that Matsuyama had previously contested the event (T 16th/2018 & T  23rd/2019) but everyone ...

  Dates: May 10-16, 2021 Where: McKinney, Texas Course: TPC Craig Ranch (36-36—72/7,468 yards) Defending champion: Sung Kang (2019) Purse: $8,100,000 ($1,458,000/winner) FedExCup: 500 points (winner) Field size: 156 Format: 72-hole stroke play Things to Know Due to COVID-19, the AT&T Byron Nelson was not contested in 2020; Sung Kang set to defend his 2019 title The AT&T Byron Nelson moves to TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, after two years at Trinity Forest Golf Club Hideki ...

At just 24-years of age Scotland’s top-ranked Robert MacIntyre is virtually on top of the world. He’s won on the European Tour and in his last event he superbly finished T12th in his first Masters to secure an automatic invitation to return next year to the famed Augusta National club in Georgia. The young Scot is currently ranked No. 45 in the rankings while he’s earned just over Euro 4.3m in his combined 54 European Tour events since the start of his 2019 winning European Tour ...