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Hillside ….  Paul Dunne, and after eight tournaments on four different continents this new season, is hoping familiarity will breed a second Betfred British Masters this week at Hillside in England. Dunne broke through in brilliant manner two years ago capturing a maiden Tour title by denying Rory McIlroy in the then Lee Westwood-hosted British Mastesr at Close House. This week, local Southport hero Tommy Fleetwood is hosting the Euro 3.5m event at the Hillside course and lying adjacent to ...

Hillside …..In an historic European Tour first 10 members of the European Disabled Golf Association (EDGA) will tee-off ahead of the field on the final two days of this July’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at The Renaissance. The 10 male golfers, to be selected from the World Rankings for Disabled Golfers and many with sub-zero handicaps, will play from same championship tees as the all European Tour pros who make the weekend cut. Eight players will then head to Dubai for ...

• Qualification will start at the 2019 BMW PGA Championship and end at the 2020 BMW PGA Championship • The first four qualifiers will come from the European Points list, the next five from the World Points list • European Captain Padraig Harrington will have three wildcard picks • Points will be weighed by 1.5 towards the end of the qualification period • No qualification points will be available anywhere in the world opposite Rolex Series events. The European Tour today confirmed the qualification ...

Rory McIlroy spoilt a double 30th birthday and third victory celebration starring in yet another Sunday horror show at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte. There was no cork-popping champers, no birthday cheers though plenty of calls for pain-killers with McIlroy posting yet another awful-watching display in a final round 73 to share eighth place at se.ven under. A one-hour suspension to play at 5.10pm (Local time) momentarily halted the hurt with Mcllroy finding a greenside ...

Mikko Korhonen secured a second European Tour title of his career at the 25th anniversary edition of the Volvo China Open, the Finn overcoming Frenchman Benjamin Hebert on the first play-off hole after a thrilling finale at Genzon Golf Club. In an intriguing final day tussle, last week’s Trophée Hassan II champion Jorge Campillo, overnight leader Benjamin Hebert and Korhonen – all playing together – shared a three-way lead stepping onto the 17th tee, but the 38 year old from Helsinki ...

Rory McIlroy superbly kept alive a winning 30th birthday celebration and a third tournament victory toast muscling his way to within two shots of the lead heading to the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow. McIlroy grabbed four birdies, including back-to-back birdies at 14 and 15, to move to nine-under par and now within overtaking reach of the leading American trio of Jason Dufner, Joel Dahmen and Max Homa who share the lead on 11-under par. Homa and Dahmen posted one-under-par ...

In golf, a bogey is always disappointing but in Seamus Power’s case his very gutsy 18th hole bogey on the second day of the Wells Fargo Championship was a gem. For all intention purposes, Power was staring at ending his round for a second day running with a double-bogey ‘6’ on the Quail Hollow course in suburban Charlotte. The West Waterford golfer was four-under par for his round heading to the ninth and tied at six-under par in total with fellow Irishman Rory McIlroy, who himself had ended ...