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Rory McIlroy’s efforts to bridge a nine-shot deficit on defending champ, Brooks Koepka was off to a horror start when he posted a first hole double-bogey ‘6’ and a second hole bogey ‘5’ to commence his second round at Bethpage Park on New York’s Long Island. McIlroy, and starting his round from the 502-yard par-4 10th tee, sent his drive well right into knee-high rough from where his second shot veered way left into similar knee-high rough. There was plent deliberation ...

Graeme McDowell more than welcomes the ‘hope you make it into The Open’ comments but then the Portrush native is fully aware what he needs to do to qualify for golf’s oldest major. McDowell got one ‘gorilla’ off his back earlier this year in securing PGA Tour full membership to end of 2021 with victory in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship in March. Ahead for the G Mac is a goal of locking-in a tee-time In July at the 148th Open Championship. There is still a number of ...

Rory McIlroy’s first round in his 30s was much as painful as his last scoring effort as a 29-year old on day one of the PGA Championship at Bethpage Park on New York’s Long Island. McIlroy went without a birdie till the very last hole in posting a disappointing two-over par 72  leaving him trailing a massive nine shots behind defending PGA champ, Brooks Koepka who smashed the course record with a bogey-free 63. New Zealand’s Danny Lee also showed there is a very low score ...

Graeme McDowell found a US Open-like course set-up much to his liking in posting a level par 70 on the opening day of the PGA Championship at Bethpage Park. McDowell was in the clubhouse with three birdies and an equal number of bogeys minutes before defending champ, Brooks Koepka made a mockery of the Black Course ‘warning sign’ in storming to a four-shot lead with a seven-under par 63. Koepka, and with Portrush caddy, Ricky Elliott continuing to call the shots, became the first player on the ...

Tiger Woods returned to competition for a first time since capturing a 15th Major at Augusta National only to stumble his way to a two-over par 72 on the opening day of the PGA Championship. The Black course at Bethpage Park greeted Woods when he posted a double-bogey ‘6’ and while Woods eagled his 13th to get back to one-under, he then dropped three shots over his closing five holes. Nine years ago, Woods had produced an opening 67 on a same par-70 layout and was never headed in capturing ...

Defending champ, Brooks Koepka brought the Bethpage Park Black course to its knees with an historic back-to-back PGA Championship 63. Nine months after Koepka shot a final round 63 to capture the 2018 PGA Championship the three-time Major winner duplicated the score with seven birdies on the opening day of the year’s second major. Koepka set the record in sensational manner in holing a monster 33-foot birdie to also set a new Black course record. The current World No. 3 then described the ...

For a second Major Championship round in succession, Francesco Molinari finds himself grouped with Tiger Woods. The duo, along with reigning PGA Championship winner, Brooks Koepka are grouped for the opening two rounds of the season’s now second Major. Molinari played alongside Woods during the final round at Augusta National but letting slip all chance of a first Masters triumph in finding water guarding the green at both the 12th and 15th holes. There is many suggesting had not the champion ...