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TPC Potomac, Maryland … Tiger Woods confirmed the putter he used to win all but one of his 14 Majors will not be travelling with him to Carnoustie for next month’s 147th Open Championship. Woods and his Scotty Cameron putter have been virtually inseparable for nearly two decades. But the marriage is over, well for the time being. After trying a number of TaylorMade putters in the lead-up to this week’s Quicken Loans National, Woods teed-up with one of the company’s ‘Ardmore 3’ mallet-type ...

Graeme McDowell continued his French Open love affair and declaring he would delight in handing Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjorn a ‘positive problem in returning to Versailles later this year.. ‘G Mac’ grabbed seven birdies in a three-under par 68 to be sharing second place with England’s Andy Sullivan and with the duo a shot behind Welshman Bradley Dredge on the Le National course. McDowell, starting from the 10th, was three-under early in his round and after a bogey and birdie at his ...

TPC Potomac, Maryland … ​​ Growing-up it was Tiger Woods’ father Earl who proved instrumental in teaching his son to play golf while it was his mother, Kultida who stressed the importance of a good, solid school education. With the fondations set in place by his father, Woods won 14 Major Championships, a total of 79 PGA Tour sanctioned events and a golf bag full of other victories around the golfing globe. And it was the encouragment of his mother to work hard at school that Woods ...

TPC Potomac, Maryland … Tiger Woods confirmed he will contest just one further event in his goal to qualify for the final WGC – Bridgestone Invitational in early August. Woods has won the Akron, Ohio event an amazing eight times and it was the scene also in 2013 of what was his 79th and last PGA Tour counting victory. The current World No. 82nd ranked player is hosting this week’s $US 7.1m Quicken Loans National near Washington DC and the July 19th commencing Open Championship at Carnoustie. And ...

Double Major winning John Daly is furious and so angry with the USGA he’s withdrawn from this week’s U.S. Senior Open Championship at Broodmore in Denver, Colorado. Daly stormed out of the event after being denied the use of a motorised cart. The now 52-year old American had placed a request before the USGA, as organisers of the event, to use a cart and citiing the Americans with Disabilities Act. The USGA turned down the request and Daly has now turned his back on the event and headed ...

Justin Thomas was not born or would have never heard of the multi-Academy award winning movie – ‘An American in Paris’ – starring Gene Kelly. It burst onto the screen way, way before Thomas’ time but then the World No. 2 will be very much the focus of most cameras when he tees-up in this week’s ANA French Open. Thomas is the first of the big screen golf stars to make his way over coming weeks to the Le National course and host last this year to the Ryder Cup. USA ...

TPC Potomac, Potomac, Maryland … Tiger Woods has taken delivery of 15 new putters as he looks  for a winning edge heading into next month’s Open Championship at Carnoustie. Woods is returning to competition in hosting this week’s Quicken Loans National on the outskirts of Washington DC and also after crashing out of playing all four days at the U.S. Open. He played a nine-hole practice round Tuesday on the TPC Potomac course with a TaylorMade ‘Ardmore 3’ putter and abandoning the ...