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Paramus, New Jersey … It speaks volumes for Rory McIlroy that he should travel to within just less than a 10-minute drive of this week’s Northern Trust host venue even though he’s not teeing-up in the $US 9m event. McIlroy elected mid last week not to enter the opening event of the FedEx Cup ‘Play-Off’ Series. Then why was McIlroy teeing-up Monday on the nearby Arcola Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey that according to Google Directions is just 3.3 miles from this ...

Paramus, New Jersey … Tiger Woods revealed he’s been dreaming of being handed what would be an eighth USA Ryder Cup team cap. Woods is returning to competition for a first occasion since his brilliant share of second place in last fortnight’s PGA Championship in St. Louis and in what his best finish in a Major since a similar place result in the same Major nine years earlier. The current World No. 26 is also contesting this week’s Northern Trust, and the opening event of the lucrative ...

Paramus, New Jersey … Ever-popular Graeme McDowell  admits he will now need to hit the ‘reset’ button after losing his Tour card following a disappointing 57th place result at the Wyndham Championship and end his year 144th on the FedEx Cup standings. McDowell had been the only one of four Irish to make the Greensboro halfway cut but saw his season finish 15 shots behind American Brandt Snedeker and also 19 places shy of ending the year among the leading 125. It is a third year in the ...

Paramus, New Jersey … For a second time this season European No. 1 Tommy Fleetwood finds himself grouped with former long-time World No.  1 Tiger Woods. The duo, and along with Aussie Marc Leishman, have been grouped together for the opening two rounds of Thursday’s starting Northern Trust Open and the first of the four FedEx Cup Play-Off Series events being staged on the Ridgewood Country Club course in Paramus, New Jersey. Strangely, it is the second time this year the trio find themselves ...

Panamus, New Jersey … A gleaming new BMW 530i black sedan and his own parking place was awaiting Seamus Power upon arrival at this week’s Northern Trust Open in New Jersey. The BMW is among a fleet of 120 courtesy cars that will be parked at the Ridgewood Country Club course with five players, including Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler, who had qualified for the top-125 on the Tour money-list electing not to tee-up for this week’s opening event of the lucrative FedEx Cup Play-Off series. The ...

Ireland’s Seamus Power has brilliantly retained full playing rights by securing the 125th and last automatic place onto the 2018/19 PGA Tour season. Power entered today’s concluding Wyndham Championship lying 123rd on the FedEx Cup points table but after missing the halfway cut at Greensboro the West Waterford player looking for all intention purposes missing in projected to drop to 126th on the money list. But if there is anyone Power can thank then that is 2017 Masters champion, Sergio ...

Those Ryder Cup hecklers heading to Versailles intending to upset Tiger Woods beware. The warning comes after Woods’ caddy, Joe LaCava revealed an incident earlier this month during the final round of the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. Woods was on the 14th hole on the Firestone course and competing in an event he’s won eight times in the past when an alcohol- fuelled heckler began irritating LaCava. And as LaCava pointed out in speaking last week on an ESPN radio ...