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Oban lefty Bob MacIntyre was again leading the Tartan charge in posting a four-under par 67 to be one off the lead on the opening day one of the Made In Denmark event MacIntyre, 22 battled the bright but very breezy conditions posting five birdies and just one dropped shot to be sharing sixth place at four-under with four others. Among those tied with the Scot is England’s in-form Matthew Wallace coming off a PGA Tour card-securing third at the PGA Championship last week at Bethpage Park. Five ...

Shane Lowry has come to the defence of Rory McIlroy declaring he’s deserves a break from the criticism of not contesting this year’s Irish Open. After formally advising he would not be teeing-up at Lahinch, McIlroy has come under renewed criticism with official confirmation he will contest the following week’s Scottish Open. Lowry reckons given McIlroy’s contribution to bringing the Irish Open back from the brink, the four-time Major winner deserves plaudits and not brickbats. “I saw that ...

What has been known since the start of the year has been nearly confirmed nearly  six months on by the European Tour. Rory McIlroy will contest this year’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club to the east of Edinburgh being held from July 1th to 14th, 2019. The news will now impress Irish Open host Paul McGinley but then McIlroy decision to again compete in Scotland is all about being tournament sharp for the following week’s 148th Open Championship  a ...

Shane Lowry’s star is clearly on the rise and a first reward being a start in next month’s US Open at famed Pebble Beach after his gutsy top-10 showing in last week’s PGA Championship. A second reward materialises this Sunday night with Lowry to be officially exempt into July’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush by virtue of being inside the world’s top-50. The new World No. 39 ranked Lowry has climbed to a highest world ranking in some three years on the back of sharing eighth place with ...

Despite being battered and bruised by Bethpage Park, Graeme McDowell returns in a month Pebble Beach for the 2019 US Open buoyed by his four-round showing in the PGA Championship. McDowell ended his first Major of the year with four birdies but also a similar number of bogeys for a final day 70 and top-40 finish on the ultra-tough Bethpage Park course on New York’s Long Island. ‘G Mac’ had birdied three of his opening five holes before the Black course jumped-up to bite him on the inward half. “My ...

Rory McIlroy had good reason to sound his pride in finally managing to break par on the last day of the PGA Championship at Bethpage Park. McIlroy grabbed three birdies and one less bogey in a one-under par 69 for a then clubhouse share 13th place at one-over par on the brutal Black course on New York’s Long Island. It is McIlroy’s best PGA finish in five years since capturing his last of four Majors with victory in the same event in 2014 at Valhalla in Kentucky. McIlroy continued to show his ...

Should Brooks Koepka capture this year’s PGA Championship the American will achieve something that neither Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan or Walter Hagen managed in their own illusrtrious careers. If Koepka does win on the Black Course at Bethpage Park he would not only capture a second straight PGA Championship but it means the 29-year old would have won back-to-back US Open titles (2017-18), as well. Tiger won back-to-back PGA titles in 2006 and 2007 and while he also ...