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St. Andrews, Scotland … Some two months out from the Ryder Cup and Paul McGinley reckons European Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjorn should be rubbing his hands with glee. Francesco Molinari’s victory in The Open not only broke an American stranglehold on the Majors, and dating back to last year’s U.S. Open, but has given Bjorn three Major Champions in his top eight qualifiers. “This is the best list of leading qualifiers I have seen in my lifetime of playing on the European Tour,” said ...

St. Andrews,  Scotland … Eight-time Major winning Tom Watson will tee-up this week in the Senior Open Championship and in what will more than likely be a last opportunity to win at St. Andrews. The Senior Open is being played for a first time on the famed Old Course at the Home of Golf and where Watson has contested the (British) Open Championship on seven occasions. Watson, and now aged 68, made his Open Championship debut in winning the 1975 championship at Carnoustie before his emotional ...

Crail, Scotland …. Double Major winning John Daly has warmed-up for this week’s first Senior Open Championship at St. Andrews playing bare feet on the closeby Balcomie Links at Crail. Daly recently underwent surgery on his injured right knee and despite missing both the U.S. Senior Open and last week’s Open Championship at Carnoustie, Daly has declared himself fit to take his place in Thursday’s start to the Senior Open. In fact, the 52-year old Daly’s surgery involved taking bone ...

Carnoustie, Scotland …Tiger Woods admits contending at the Open felt just like the old days and was delighted his two children finally got to see what all the fuss was about. Woods held the outright lead at Carnoustie heading into his back nine, as he looked to end his decade-long major drought, but dropped three shots in two holes and he never regained the momentum. The 14-time major winner eventually finished three shots behind eventual champion Francesco Molinari. However, swept along ...

Carnoustie, Scotland …. Quitely-spoken Francesco Molinari has created golfing history becoming the first Italian to win a major with his stunning two-shot success in the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie. Playing the final round in the company of Tiger Woods, Molinari kept his calm in the increasingly windy conditions registering 13 pars before his first birdie at the par-5 14th. Molinari, 38 headed to the last tied for the lead with American Xander Schauffele on seven-under par when he ...

Carnoustie, Scotland …  Open Championship history beckons for Jordan Spieth. The Texas heads to the final round locked in a three-way tie for the lead as he seeks to become the first back-to-back winner of the Claret Jug for a decade. But he could get the battle with Tiger Woods he has always pictured in his head with the 14-time major winner lurking ominously among the chasing pack after a thrilling day of low scoring at a defenceless Carnoustie. The tone was set when Spieth drove the ...

Carnoustie, Scotland …. Tiger Woods has single-handedly delivered the excitement missing over the opening two rounds storming his way into contention with an impressive five-under par 66 on day three of the 147th Open. The Carnoustie crowd rose in unison applauding the former three-time Open winner who posted six birdies including three in succession from the ninth to 11th holes before a two-putt birdie on 15 saw him move to a share of the lead on six under par. And Woods, who has bogeyed the ...