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Former long-time World No. 1 Greg Norman is selling his Colorado ranch for $40m. The 12,000-acre property is located in White River Valley in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area, and the third largest such area in the Rocky Mountains State. The property boasts a 14,000 square-foot mansion, a 3km-long private fishing river, saloon, horse riding trail, dance hall and a 1,300 sqm lodge that includes no fewer than eight bedrooms. A full description of the property, located in the Rocky Mountains to the north-west ...

PGA Tour Players Advisory Committee Chairman, Charley Hoffman believes the players will be better prepared both mentally and physically when the Tour restarts on June 11th in Fort Worth, Texas Hoffman, a four-time PGA Tour winner, was speaking to the media on a telephone conference call from his San Diego  residence earlier today. Hoffman and the Committee, that includes the likes of World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, has been in regular discussion with the Tour over the last nine weeks weighing-up all options ...

European Ryder Cup captain, Padraig Harrington has ruled out returning to the U.S. for next month’s restart to the PGA Tour. Harrington would dearly love be travelling to Fort Worth in Texas and the June 11th commencement to the Charles Schwab Challenge on the Ben Hogan famed Colonial club course. The three-time Major winner has never teed-up in Fort Worth in more than 20-years competing on the PGA Tour but that’s not an issue. Harrington, and like all Tour players, wants to get back to competing ...

Good news for Northern Ireland but still no green light for the Home of Golf nation with golf courses across Scotland not to open until at least into June. The Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster said today (Monday) that groups of six people who do not share the same household will be able to meet from Wednesday. “Golf clubs will be relieved players will be returning to their fairways,” said the first minister. Ms O’Neill said there would be “no restrictions on ...

Rory McIlroy lived-up to his World No. 1 stature in leading he and playing partner, Dustin Johnson to an ‘extra hole’ victory in the TaylorMade Driving Relief charity skins match at Seminole in Florida. McIlroy and ‘DJ’ teamed to defeat Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff but only after 18 holes when the match went into to a nearest to the pin contest at the par-3 on the 17th hole of the famed Donald Ross designed course. At the close of 18-holes, McIlroy and DJ had teamed to earn $750,000 compared ...

Rory McIlroy believes the ‘Sunday at Seminole, and with four of the top golfer’s will superbly portray the social-distancing strengths of golf. The World No. 1 ranked McIlroy will partner former top-ranked Dustin Johnson in an 18-hole Covid-19 $US 3m charity ‘skins-like’ match against Rickie Fowler and up-and-coming youngster Matthew Wolff. The event will not only be the first tournament since the March 12th cancellation of the Players Championship but it will the first time in over 90-years ...

It’s 91-years since famed Scottish-born golf course designer left his ‘fingerprint’ in designing Seminole Golf Club at Juno Beach in Florida. The famed Dornock-born Ross must surely have felt right at home is being asked to design a golf course with the Atlantic Ocean right on the doorstep.  The site was chosen for a golf course as it featured a number of sand dune ridges that Ross skillfully brought into play with some fairways directed towards elevated green sites while others ...