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Gullanc, Scotland … Former Open Champion Darren Clarke is hopeful of one last Tour high this next fortnight before making his senior’s debut later next month in remote Washington State. After contesting last week’s DDF Irish Open at Ballyliffin, Clarke tees-up in today’s (THUR) commencing Scottish Open and then next week’s 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie. The Open, and with Clarke being handed the famed Claret Jug in 2011 at Royal St. George’s, will be his last European Tour ...

Gullane, Scotland … New Irish Open champion Russell Knox reveals he is considering playing more on the European Tour after his recent run of success. The Florida-based Scot was joint runner-up in last fortnight’s French Open and then last Sunday brilliantly holed not one but two 40-foot birdie putts on the 18th green to capture the Rory McIlroy hosted event. It was Knox’s maiden victory on the European Tour and his third victory in three different countries after capturing the WGC – HSBC ...

The PGA Tour has re-released its full schedule for the 2018-19 season, and with notable additions to golf on the world’s more-lucrative stage. The biggest change, of course, is the PGA Championshiip to be held in May and thus seeing the Open Championship, and golf’s oldest major become the fourth Major of this season though this is something we have known for some time. What is noteworthy is that the schedule will be shorter and this iss despite commencing in October later ...

New Dubai Duty Free Irish Open winner Russell Knox has worked out why he’s played so well in Ireland. Knox was runner-up to Rory McIlroy in the 2016 Irish Open at the K. Club and today holed two stunning birdie putts, the first on the 72nd hole and the second from nearly the same spot as the one to end regulation play, to win the premier Irish event. And the key to Knox’s victory – Guinness “Must be the Guinness I guess,” he joked, when asked why he has done so well ...

After one of worst apple core throws ever Russell Knox was chuffed to bits when he hurled his winning Irish Open golf ball deep into the stands surrounding Ballyliffin’s 18th green. Knox had just missed a caddy holding the flagstick on Friday with his ‘reverse shank’ and his sad effort to hurl the apple core into the rough. But not such chance after planting a kiss on the stunnin play-off winning golf ball before hurling it into the crowd. “I went for a sandwich snack the last ...

Rory McIlroy admits it’s been an ‘open-opener’ but he hands over the host reins to Paul McGinley of the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open rightly proud of elevating the event to unprecedented stature. McIlroy began hosting the event in 2015 and in these four years Ireland’s premier golfing event now possesses a positivity the envy of golfing tour’s around the globe. And all thanks to McIlroy, his own Rory Foundation and the commitment and foresight of sponsors, Dubai Duty Free. Of ...

Scotland’s Russell Knox has stormed into Ryder Cup selection contention and has also burst back into the world’s top-50 with a stunning play-off victory at the Irish Open. Knox not once but twice holed two birdie putts each of some 50-feet on the 18th green to win for a first time on European soil. The Scot first grabbed the 14-under par clubhouse lead with a curling 50-foot biride in a round of 66 before being joined by  big-hitting Kiwi Ryan Fox, who had posted a 68 and Knox then at ...