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Rory McIlroy had just 30 minutes to grab a quick bite before heading straight into his final round of the rain-affected Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club. In fact, McIlroy sprinted-up the 53 stairs at the back of the 18th green to end his third round with a two under par 69 and be lying fourth at nine-under par. McIlroy was tailing eight shots behind the tearaway Justin Thomas who posted scores of 66, 65 and 65 to end the third round leading by three shots at 17-uinder par. “A lot of birdies ...

Pacific Palisades, California …. After brilliantly jumping nearly 40 places on the leader board, Tiger Woods indicated he was probably looking at a 2 to 3am wake-up call before he eventually resumes at 6.45am local time Sunday his third round in the rain-interrupted Genesis Open. Woods, and starting from the 10th hole at 3.40pm local time, had played seven holes and was staring at a 90-yard third shot into the par-5 17th or his eighth hole when the siren sounded to halt play. As is allowed, players ...

Pacific Palisades, California … Tournament host Tiger Woods breathed a huge sigh of relief making it two cuts from two new season starts at the rain-affected Genesis Open in suburban LA. Woods was among half the field back to the course early on Saturday local time to complete their second rounds and Woods, who had six holes to play, capped his morning holing a 24-footer from just off the green at his last. It handed Woods, who posted just 27 official putts and seven fewer than a day, a 71 ...

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 ...