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Rory McIlroy looks ripe to plant a third victory cherry atop of his 30th birthday cake in storming his way to a share of the lead on day one of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in North Carolina. It was very much ‘business as usual’ for McIlroy who brought the Charlotte back-nine to its knees in a round of a stunning five-under par 66 before being joined by American Joel Dahmen atop of the board in the $7.9m event. “It’s just a fun golf course and it really suits my eye, ...

Paul Lawrie has plenty of fellow Open Champion’s and European Tour fellow former colleagues to feel right at home when he makes his Champions Tour debut this week in Texas. Lawrie turned 50 on the first day of the New Year but after dealing with an on-going foot injruy he’s made his way to north of Houston to tee-up for a first time in the lucrative Stateside senior ranks. He tees-up in Friday’s starting £stg 1.68m Insperity Invitational where prolific seniors winning Bernhard Langer will ...

Rory McIlroy admits he and wife, Erica had tears streaming down their faces watching highlights of Tiger Woods coming ‘the full circle’ in capturing a fifth Masters and 15th Major title. McIlroy sadly finished his own Augusta victory quest on the ninth green as Woods brought the sports world to their collective feet on the very close-by 18th in capturing to many disbelievers, the unthinkable. The McIlroy’s were back home in the comfort of their palatial Bears Club abode in Florida when they ...

Mighty Leona Maguuire lit-up the first round of the historic Moonlight Classic with a new Faldo course record 64 at the famed Emirates Club in Dubai. Maguire carded nine birdies and one bogey, completing her evening round by making a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole under the LED lights set against the glittering Dubai Marina skyline. “I guess I just need to play at 3 o’clock and then in darkness: that’s the way to go for me,” said Maguire, who spent 135 weeks at the top of the Women’s ...

The long-time manager to 15-time Major winning Tiger Woods has played down Tiger’s much talked about absence from this week’s Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in North Carolina. Since 5pm last Friday (US time) when entries closed for the $7.9m event there has been more talk about the one player who is not teeing-up than the combined 156 players actually teeing-up in suburban Charlotte. Woods has not competed on the PGA Tour since capturing a fifth Masters green jacket and in electing ...

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 ...