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Russell Knox made the most of his late call-up into ‘Jack’s event’ in posting a four-under par 68 on the opening day of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. The lone Scot in the Jack Nicklaus-hosted tournament raced to four-under par through seven holes and then bravely fought back from a horror 11thhole double-bogey and head to lunch sharing fifth place in the £stg 7.2m event. American Ryan Moore, 36 signed for a 65 to grab the early lead as the five-time Tour winner looks to end a near three-year ...

Rory McIlroy has much work to do if he’s to be greeted late on Sunday by tournament host, Jack Nicklaus after posting a horror 75 on the opening day of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. McIlroy managed just two birdies but sadly soured his round with a pair of double-bogeys and a bogey. The effort saw the World No. 6 head to the Muirfield Village clubhouse then sharing a lowly 68th place but within an hour slumping to outside the top-100 and a massive 10 shots behind American Ryan Moore. Moore, ...

Rory McIlroy is prepared to give U.S. Open organisers one last  chance in getting next fortnight’s host venue Pebble Beach correct before becoming critical of the USGA. McIlroy found himself drawn into golf’s latest controversy on the eve of the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial event being again played in Dublin, Ohio. It will be McIlroy’s eighth appearance in the event where he’s enjoyed four top-10s including fourth in 2016 and eighth a year ago. Though the ancient club-and-ball game is under ...

Justin Thomas insists he’s not scared in again lambasting the USGA should they get the U.S. Open set-up wrong at Pebble Beach. The year’s now third Major, and commencing along the Pacific Ocean shoreline at Carmel in California, was rocked earlier this week with suggestions some of the game’s leading players, including past U.S. Open winners in Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson, were prepared to boycott the event due to continual concerns over the USGA simply ‘always getting ...

World No. 6 Justin Thomas is excited at making his debut in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open on July 11-14, 2019. The 26 year old American now fellow Major winners Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson and his American Ryder Cup team mate Matt Kuchar, the current rankings leader on the US PGA Tour, teeing up on the famed Renaissance course near Gullane in Scotland. It’s back to where it all began for Thomas, who made his first start as a professional in Scotland at the Alfred Dunhill ...

Dual U.S. Open winner’s Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson were among players believed to be considering a boycott of next week’s championship at Pebble Beach. This is according to a report appearing in US Golf Digest magazine. Talk of a boycott stems from the perennial complaints generated each year as the game’s best players tee-up in a U.S. Open. The common theme of all complaints each year has been the host course set-up and as we witnessed a year ago at Shinnecock Hills, including ...

Scottish lefty Robert MacIntyre could now purchase his mum a kitchen-making business after he grabbed the biggest pay-cheque of his career to now be Europe’s leading ‘Race to Dubai’ Scot in finishing a gallant runner-up in the Made in Denmark. The 22-year old West Highlander can stand tall taking Austrian giant Bern Wiesberger all the way to the 72nd hole before Wiesberger claimed a fifth Tour title in posting a closing 66 to win by a shot with a 14-under tally in bitterly cold ...