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Graeme McDowell reckons Edoardo Molinari is ‘flogging a dead horse’ with the Italian golfer’s call for the Tour’s to act more on slow play. Molinari, and the younger brother to Open Champion Francesco, was outraged during last week’s Hassan 11 Trophy it had taken so long to play 18 holes on the host courses in the Moroccan capital of Rabat. The three-time Tour winner, went onto Twitter to voice his concern saying:  “It’s time that professional golf does something for ...

Rory McIlroy already has created Wells Fargo Championship history in winning two of the Charlotte events and he tees-up later this week looking to capture a third. The event was first contested in 2003 as the Wachovia Championship and in 2009 and 2010 it was without a sponsor and known simply as the Quail Hollow Championship. The 2010 championship remains very special to McIlroy as it was his first of now 15 PGA Tour successes and with the Ulsterman producing a blistering final day ...

Renowned as one of Europe’s premier golf resorts, PGA National Turkey Antalya Golf Club’s boasts an enviable golfing pedigree and is aiming to further enhance its global reputation when the sixth annual World Golf Awards are held later this year. The popular 36-hole golfing venue is in contention for two of the top honours at this year’s event – which will be held in Abu Dhabi in October – with its acclaimed PGA Sultan course shortlisted to be named as ‘Turkey’s Best Golf Course’ ...

In a fitting example of the growth of golf in Mainland China over the past two decades, a record 45 Chinese players will line up beside their counterparts from the European and Asian Tours at this week’s 25th anniversary of the Volvo China Open.To be staged from Thursday (May 2) at the Genzon Golf Club in Shenzhen, the RMB 20 million tri-sanctioned tournament will see 156 players compete in China’s National Open Golf Championship – and with more than a quarter of the field comprising Chinese ...

Scotland’s  Connor Syme will resist a move back to the main European Tour after securing a very first career pro victory in the second-tier Turkish Airlines Challenge. Syme, 23 rolled-in a five-foot birdie putt at the first extra play-off hole to defeat Italy’s Francesco Laporta after both players had posted final rounds of 67 t o finished tied at the top at 23-under par on the Samsun course laid out along the Black Sea shoreline to the north-west of Ankara. “I’m ...

The message was crystal-clear from the four-time Masters-winning Tiger Woods. “I feel like I can win,” he said just two days before he tees-up attempting to capture not only a fifth Augusta green jacket but a 15th Major Championship. And Woods cited his form with nine holes to play in last July’s Open Championship at Carnoustie and how he went close in last year’s PGA Championship at Bellerive “I’ve proven that I can do it and I put myself there with a chance to win the last two ...

There is a new member in Team McIlroy. Dr. Clayton Skaggs was photographed walking with McIlroy during a practice round ahead of McIlroy capturing a first Players Championship title and Skaggs has arrived at Augusta National to meet-up with McIlroy at this week’s Masters. And McIlroy referenced Skaggs when talking of the three ‘P’s’ he’s working on:- perspective, persistence and poise. In the early 1990s Dr. Skaggs established a private practice in St. Louis, Missouri. ...