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Scotland’s David Drysdale has travelled to South Africa so many times in his career the Rainbow Nation could consider affording him honorary citizenship. This week’s co-sanctioned Joburg Open marks Drysdale’s 56th tournament in South Africa since first travelling to the country in 2002 to compete in the Dunhill Championship at Houghton Park in Joburg. That’s near 11% of his now 511 Tour events have been in South Africa. Drysdale had first visited the African continent both ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy has led the outpouring of praise for new Masters champion, Dustin Johnson. Johnson captured a second major title in record-smashing manner posting a new championship low of 20-under par to win by five shots at Augusta National. The golfer affectionately known as ‘DJ’ also is among just four players to have won the Masters while ranked World No. 1 and also wins in joining a handful in being fitted with an Augusta National members green jacket the very next ...

Shane Lowry got to play three rounds alongside his ‘golfing idol’ on route to securing a best career finish at the Masters. Lowry drove out the Augusta National front gates and headed east to Thursday’s starting RSM Classic at Sea Island, Georgia in signing off for 72 and five-under par total for his best Augusta finish of a T25th after sharing 39th place in 2016. Lowry headed into the final round of just a fifth Masters at five-under par having got better with each round after earlier scores ...

Rory McIlroy was both delighted to secure a share of fifth but he also singled as key his nine horror closing nine holes of his first round early on Friday morning in again coming so close to a maiden Masters victory. McIlroy produced a final round 69 to share fifth place at 11-under par and nine shots behind record-breaking new Masters champ, Dustin Johnson. ‘DJ’ captured a second Major title in four years and a maiden Masters posting a closing score of 68 to win by five shots with a new Augusta ...

Dustin Johnson, and the golfer who grew-up just over an hour’s drive from Augusta National, produced a masterclass display to become the 84th Masters champion. It was not just a maiden Masters for the 37-year old Johnson but it was an historic victory.  Not only did the golfer affectionately known as ‘DJ’ become only the fourth player to win the Masters as the game’s No. 1 ranked but he won by five shots and in the process set a new 72-hole tournament record of 20-under par ...

In the many years I’ve been travelling the States since a first visit in late 1980/early 1981 I have enjoyed inspecting some of the most famous battleships and aircraft carriers in the world. This interest was first fostered in sight of the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea moored in Sydney harbour in 1970 and then stepping aboard the USS Missouri (BB 63) when it visited Sydney in 1986 and also the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-41) that sailed through Sydney Heads a year later. I inspected ...

Working on the European Tour in Germany and France. For a number of the years the Tour scheduled listed on the schedule the BMW International Open in Germany and the following week would be the French Open. The German event would alternate with either Munich or Cologne but in 2015,and when these snaps were taken, the event was hosted by the Nord-Eichenreid course in the north of the Bavarian capital. It was customary on the Monday following the German event to travel by train to Paris and boy, didn’t ...