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American Kurt Kitayama has joined countryman Dustin Johnson making it two wins  on this year’s Race to Dubai schedule posting a closing 70 for a one-shot seven-under par Oman Open victory total. The 26-year old birdied to his closing three holes to break a deadlock that saw six sharing the lead, including Jamieson, at one stage of the last round. The Las Vegas golfer started his third round in horror manner posting a first hole quadruple bogey ‘8’ and then a pair of bogeys and then ...

Top-Scot Russell Knox superbly sent a 250-yard second shot down the last to 14-feet and duly two-putted for birdie to boost hopes he plays all four rounds of the Honda Classic in Florida. Knox had bogeyed his closing two holes on day one in a round of one-under par 69 and then added in what was an overall disappointing second day two-over par 72 for a one-over par tally and right on the cut-off mark in the $US 6.8m event at PGA National. Prior to his 36th hole birdie, Knox had birdied his ...

While you may want to hold off backing Graeme McDowell to win this week’s Honda Classic, G Mac’s is odds on with regards the new PGA Tour casino sponsorship policy. McDowell posted a disappointing two-over par 72 on the first day of the event at PGA National to be well adrift of the leaders. Two days earlier, he joined fellow Tour members who were seated in front of Tour Commissioner, Jay Monihan to be advised of a decision to allow them to be sponsored by certain types of gambling companies ...

This year’s Masters is still two months away but it has not stopped an American punter wagering $10,000 on Tiger Woods to be fitted with a fifth Masters green jacket. The Las Vegas-based Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook Casino has accepted the 12/1 bet on Woods and if successful, that’s a whopping $120,000 pay day for the unnamed ‘regular’ resort guest. The casino tweeted the bet with Westgate SuperBook is the company’s single largest bet they have taken on a player ...

Scott Jamieson produced his a second stequal-lowest start of the new season to be just a shot off the lead with a five-under 67 on day one of the Oman Open in Muscat. Jamieson took a big bite out of Greg ‘Great White Shark’ Norman designed Al Mouj course with five birdies in a bogey-free display to lead the big contingent of 11 Tartan golfers. The effort, and coming after a first round 67 in his last event at the Saudi International, left Jamieson tied in second with Japan’s Yusaku Miyazato. Las ...

Rory McIlroy reckon he’s got a good reason for not playing the Irish Open but he has a totally bizarre excuse in not contesting this week’s Honda Classic. And it’s got nothing do with the fact McIlroy, who won the event in 2012 to go to World No. 1) has played poorly in recent years at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. What then would be the issue teeing-up less than a 10-minute drive from his palatial Bears Club abode and where he and wife, Erica get to spend the week of a ‘home’ event ...

R & A CEO Martin Slumbers has assured every effort will be made to help ensure the presence of double Open winning Greg Norman at the 150th Open Championship celebration in two years time at St. Andrews. The R & A is hoping to have on hand currently 34 living Open winning including Norman who captured the 1986 Open and the 1993 Open. Indeed, next year will also mark 27-years since the late, great Gene Sarazen handed Norman a second Claret Jug with victory at Royal St. George’s. This July ...