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Pacific Palisades, California … Tournament host Tiger Woods boosted hopes of playing all four rounds with a brilliant last hole birdie from just off the green at the rain-affected Geness Open. Woods, who was right on the cut line standing over his 24-foot, drew a huge roar of approval in holing the putt in a level par round of  71 to complete his two rounds at one-under par. However, the current World N0. 13 was headed back to his hotel to catch-up on some sleep following a 7am restart to ...

Pacific Palisades, California … Rory McIlroy returned to brilliantly birdie four of his closing six holes in officially posting an eight-under par second round 63 in the rain-affected Genesis Open. When bad light halted Friday’s round at 5.20pm local time, McIlroy was lying at four-under for his round through 12 holes and three-under for the Riviera Country Club event. All those affected, including playing partners Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas, were then back to the course to be in place ...

Adare Manor’s bid to host the 2026 Ryder Cup will not be all plain-sailing with The Belfry now seemingly in the host venue voting picture. Reports suggest the club, that has hosted more Ryder Cup’s than any other venue (1985, 1989, 1993 and 2002), is keen to host the biennial event for a fifth occasion. However, it would seem this is news to The Belfry who went as far to issue the following statement:- “The Belfry Hotel & Resort is aware of recent media interest in the 2026 Ryder Cup,” ...

Pacific Palisades, California … Tiger Woods displayed plenty of brilliance when the tournament host holed-out for an eagle in his second round of the badly rain-affected Genesis Open near Santa Monica. Woods, and his other competitors, had less than 12-hours between ending Friday’s rain-drenched play and returning to the course and be in place at 5am Saturday local time to complete his second round. Woods had managed to play 12 second round holes when play was halted at 5.20pm local ...

Rory McIlroy had less than 12-hours between ending Friday’s play in steady rain and then return to the course to complete his second round of the weather-affected Genesis Open at the Riviera County Club. McIlroy had completed 12 second round holes when play was halted at 5.20pm local US time and with the World No. 9 having moved from outside the cut-off mark following his opening one-over par 72 to be four-under par for his round and three-under par for the $US 7.6m event. McIlroy had just 45-minutes ...

  Rare collectibles spanning more than a century and featuring many of golf’s greatest performers, personalities and championships shape the PGA REACH Collection, which will be unveiled for the first time in an online auction Feb. 15 to March 3. Managed through The Golf Auction (TGA) of Tampa, Florida, all proceeds will benefit the initiatives of PGA Foundation Inc., charitable foundation of the PGA of America. Highlighted items in the collection include memorabilia from President Dwight Eisenhower, ...

It was a toss of the coin who putted worst – Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods – in their opening rounds of the rain-affected Genesis Open in suburban L A. McIlroy, who again played alongside tournament host Woods for a second year running, got the start he wanted holing a 15-footer for birdie at the first and move to two-under par with a birdie on eight. It would be the highwater mark of McIlroy’s day after three-putting the short uphill ninth for bogey. Three days earlier McIlroy bet ...