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Paramus, New Jersey … Seamus Power admitted his knees were knocking in holing a testy three-foot putt on the final hole for par and be assured of contesting all four rounds of the Northern Trust at Paramus, New Jersey. Power was the last to tee-up on day two of the opening event of the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series and the very last to putt out in a round of a second straight score of a level par 71 and walk from the course at 6.28pm local time. As the proud West Waterford golfer emerged from the ...

Paramus, New Jersey … Tiger Woods made it a lucky 13th halfway cuts from his 15 events in a remarkable return to golf and this despite the frustration of 35 putts on day two of the Northern Trust in New Jersey. Woods struggled on the Ridgewood Country Club greens and managing just two birdies and an equal number of bogeys in a second straight score of 71 for an even par tally. It left Woods right on the level par cut-off mark and trailing 10 shots behind the leading duo of the fellow Americans ...

Panamus, New Jersey … A clearly re-energised Adam Scott joked after a sizzling Northern Trust second round 64 the presence of a standard-size putter in his golf bag has shocked his longer version putter into action The Australian recorded just 26 putts in using the long-handled putter on route to eight birdies and just the lone bogey and what is the lowest round all week on the rain-softened Ridgewood Country Club course Scott ignited hopes of a first victory since capturing the 2016 WGC – ...

Panamus, New Jersey .. The duo of Phil Mickelson and Tony Finau continued to boost hopes of Ryder Cup selection in moving into a share of the lead on day two of the Northern Trust. Mickelson added a second straight three-under par 68 to move to six-under while Finau birdied two of his closing three holes in a 67 to join Mickelson atop of the board near lunch in the opening event of the FedEx Cup ‘Play-Off Series’. Also in the Ridgewood Country Club clubhouse at six-under is fellow Americans Peter ...

Paramus, New Jersey …. Ireland’s Seamus Power’s ‘Play-Off Series’ pocket money is on Tiger Woods to bring down long-time arch-rival Phil Mickelson in their now eagerly-awaited $9m winne-takes-all Las Vega showdown. Woods and Mickelson went onto Twitter to confirm the staging of ‘The Match’ to be held under light in the evening of Thanksgiving Day (November 23rd) at the Shadow Creek club. There’s already been plenty of social media banter between the multi-Major winning duo ...

Paramus, New Jersey … Tiger Woods has all confidence for security arrangement for this year’s Ryder Cup in terrorism-alert France. Next month’s Ryder Cup at the Le Golf National host course in Versailles will see unprecedented golf-tournament security and with the likelihood of nearby businesses, including the worldwide HQ for Renault, being asked to shut down as an expected 50,000 fans flock to the venue. Woods is no stranger to up-front security and ever since stepping-out to make his ...

Paramus, New Jersey….. World No. 1 and defending champion Dustin Johnson rode the emotion of what was an eighth hole triple bogey ‘fat lady’ eight and then the near miss of an ace at what was his 15th hole on the opening day of the Northern Trust in New Jersey. Johnson began his round from the ninth and he raced to four-under with four birdies from his second to eight holes but then taking three shots to get up-and-down from a greenside bunker at the par-5 17th he was playing ...