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JON RAHM – WORLD NO. 1 Born 10th November, 1994 in Barrika on the Bay of Biscay, Spain. Turned pro 2016 – Ends year as World No. 137 Won a first European Tour victory at the 2017 Irish Open winning by six shots at Portstewart & won the event again in 2019 at Captured a first PGA Tour victory winning 2017 Farmers Insurance Open winning by three shots at Lahinch. Career and a present high of 5th in 2017 on the PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings. Wins European Tour DP World Tour Championship & ...

Jon Rahm could add further insult to Rory McIlroy’s indifferent showing should the Spaniard win or finish runner-up in the Memorial. Rahm broke clear of the field picking-up four birdies in succession in a round of 68 and move four shots clear of the field at 12-under par on the Muirfield Village course in Dublin, Ohio. The second round leading American duo of Ryan Palmer and Tony Finau struggled in posting one-over par 73s to be now sharing second place at eight-under par. Finau was left licking ...

First he was inside the cut.  Next he was out and looking to having the weekend off but then at the end of the second round Tiger Woods was assured of playing all four rounds of the Memorial Woods returned to competition in Dublin, Ohio after a five-month competiton lay-off and to a Muirfield Village and on a golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus where he had won five times. Woods also had teed-up in the blue ribbon event on 17 prior occasions and in the course of those 17 appearances Woods have ...

Bryson DeChambeau crashed out of the Memorial amid a social media storm he broke the rules on two occasions in taking a ’10’ at the 15th hole late in his round. DeChambeau has been the most talked about player since the Tour returned to competition mid last month in Texas. The Hulk Hogan look alike capped a superb run of top-10s with an emphatic victory last fortnight in the aptly named Rocket Mortgage Classic. However, this new-look but still straight talking 26-year old was already ...

Rory McIlroy dug deep to regroup from a horror start and remain in contention on day two of the Memorial on the Muirfield Village course in Dublin, Ohio. McIlroy looked anything but the game’s best in dropping a shot at his first and then doubled the second to be three-over before capping his round with an eagle ‘3’ at the 15th in an even par 72 to remain at two-under par. American Tony Finau added a 69 to his opening leading score of 66 to be sharing the lead with Ryan Palmer (67 & 68) ...

Lee Westwood is not only hosting next week’s Betfred British Masters but at No. 34 in the world, the Englishman is highest ranked played to tee-up on the Close House course outside of Newcastle. Westwood is the only player inside the top-50 on the rankings but then there is fellow Englishman Eddie Pepperell at No. 77 in the world will joining his compatriot. Pepperell, 29 was brilliant winner of the 2018 British Masters at Walton Heath. Also inside the top-100 on the rankings is Jorge Campillo ...

Kingsbarns Golf Links is proudly celebrating its 20th anniversary (July 17th) with news the award-winning Scottish course is to officially re-open on Saturday 1st August (2020). It’s not quite the time for fanfare given Scottish golf courses are still under Covid-19 related restrictions but Kingsbarns Golf Links, and in conjunction with the famed courses in and around St. Andrews are now can counting the days till they eagerly again welcome visitors back to their links gem. “The worldwide Coronavirus ...