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A golfing army of 10 Scots are teeing-up in this week’s 21st co-sanctioned anniversary South African Open in Johannesburg as former Open Champion Paul Lawrie gets an itchy foot. The SA Open is the second oldest national open championship in the history of the game, dating back to 1863 when staged as an exhibition in Port Elizabeth. Only the Open Championship is older. This year’s event at the Randpark Golf Club also marks the 21st staging of the event as being co-sanctioned jointly by the ...

Gavin Moynihan has the honour of teeing-off first in the 21st anniversary of the co-sanctioned South African Open in Johannesburg. The SA Open is the second oldest national open championship in the history of the game, dating back to 1863 when staged as an exhibition in Port Elizabeth. Only the Open Championship is older. This year’s event at the Randpark Golf Club also marks the 21st staging of the event since the staging in 2997 of the tournament being co-sanctioned jointly by the Sunshine ...

It was a question that was asked of Tiger Woods at last week’s Hero World Challenge and it was a question that just happen to pop-up in Melbourne when the 2019 USA Presidents Cup captain hosted a press conference. In twelve months time, the 2019 Presidents Cup will be staged in the week following the Woods hosted Hero World Challenge. We saw last week the logistical problems in getting from Nassau in the Bahamas when Woods used his own private jet to fly immediately after handing the trophy ...

‘Golden Bear’ Jack Nicklaus has expressed his disappointment the Florida-based PGA of America is severing a near 50-year Sunshine State relationship to move lock, stock and barrel to the Lone Star state of Texas. Not only is Nicklaus surprised but the golf world, in general, is somewhat shocked with the PGA of America moving from its present location at PGA National off PGA Blvd in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida to Frisco, Texas. The PGA announced the move Tuesday following votes by the ...

Nassau, Bahamas … Top-ranked Australian Jason Day is lending his full support to a proposal by cricketing legend Shane Warne to host a full Tour-sanctioned celebrity golf pro-am on Melbourne’s famed ‘Sandbelt’ courses. Warne has hinted the idea of staging a tournament to rival the likes of the Alfred Dunhill Links on the European Tour and the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the PGA Tour. “Everyone around the world had heard about the Melbourne Sandbelt courses and how good they are and I think ...

Nassau, Bahamas …. Tiger Woods ended a successful comeback season under a brilliant Bahamas sun but leaving the golf world second-guessing where he will commence the 2019 PGA Tour year. Woods, who will be embarking on what will be a 23-year on the world’s richest stage, is on record as stating he will again contest the January 24th starting Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines near San Diego, and as he did earlier this year. But as Woods left Nassau on his private jet headed west to Los ...

Albany, Bahamas …. Jon Rahm admitted a putting tip from tournament host, Tiger Woods helped in storming his way to a four-shot success in the Hero World Challenge Rahm, 24 was never challenged over the final round in shooting a bogey-free 65 for a 20-under par tally on the Albany course. The win is Rahm’s third success this season and a seventh victory in his short two-year pro career and in the process sees Rahm move to a career high of No. 6 on the World Rankings. Rahm had shared the lead ...