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Syme Captures First Pro Win But Staying On The Challenge Tour

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 ...

Woods Masters Message Crystal Clear – ‘I Can Win A Fifth Masters & 15th Major’.

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 ...

Who Is Dr. Clayton Skaggs Now Working With Rory McIlroy

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. ...

McIlroy’s Path To The Masters – David & Goliath, Abraham Lincoln, Steve Jobs But Not Living With Nepal Monks

Rory McIlroy’s path to the Masters has had talking of reading ‘David and Goliath’, making reference to Abraham Lincoln and now arriving at Augusta National speaking of reading-up on the life of Steve Jobs and also taking-up meditation in his goal to become a Grand Slam winner. McIlroy had revealed ahead of the Genesis Open he was reading ‘David & Goliath’ but it was not the childhood fable we all know but a newer-look at the story of good over evil by Malcolm ...

It’s Official ‘Fooch’ Is Back On Rose’s Bag

It’s official with ‘Fooch’ bag on the bag of England’s Justin Rose. We saw Mark Fulcher behind the ropes at last fortnight’s WGC – Dell Technologies Match-Play in Austin but now the duo are back inside the ropes as a team for this week’s Masters. It will be Rose’s 14th bid for Masters glory and ‘Fooch’s’ return could not be more timely. It has been three months since the former caddy to Dame Laura Davies was forced ...

Harrington Predicting McIlroy To Be A Grand Slam Winner By 2020 Ryder Cup

Padraig Harrington predicts by the time he leads his European Ryder Cup team out onto the Whistling Straits each side will boast a grand slam champion. The rival USA team with have Tiger Woods either competing or in the backroom team while Harrington’s backing Europe will be able to boast Rory McIlroy as a sixth member of the most exclusive club in golf. It means McIlroy’s got two Masters, this week and the 2020 tournament, to bring Harrington’s prediction to fruition. Harrington was asked ...

G Mac’s Strong San Antonio Showing Edges Him Closer To Bethpage Park Tee Time.

Graeme McDowell’s Texas Open final round 66 has seen him edge closer to booking a PGA Championship tee time next month at Bethpage Park. McDowell, coming off a victory a week earlier in the Corales Puntacana Championship, did bogey the first on the final day but he then proceeded to play the remaining 17 holes in seven-under par. It was sevens all round for G Mac to eventually finish in a seven-way tie for seventh place for a 12-under par total on the Greg Norman designed TPC San Antonio course. The ...