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TPC Potomac, Maryland ….. Seamus Power inches ever closer to securing his PGA Tour card for next season in easily making the halfway cut in the Quicken Loans National. Power celebrated his 21st event of his 2017/18 season adding a level par 70 to his opening 66 to be just five shots from the lead at four-under par heading to the weekend rounds on the TPC Potomac course in Potomac, Maryland. The West Waterford golfer, and lying 119th on the FedEx Cup points table, is just one shot behind Tiger ...

TPC Potomac, Maryland … Tiger Woods gave the new shortest club in his bag, a TaylorMade ‘Ardmore 3’ mallet putter, a huge endorsement after taking just 26 putts on day of the Quicken Loans National here in Potomac, Maryland. The double Quicken Loans champion grabbed seven birdies in a five-under par 65 in continuing heatwave conditions to head to the clubhouse at lunch sharing ninth place on five-under par. Fellow American Beau Hossler (66) was the early round leader in the $ 7.1m ...

Shane Lowry is excited to do battle early next month at Ballyliffin. Lowry will join a strong Irish contingent teeing-up in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open to be staged from July 5-8. The Offlay golfer will always be remembered for his stunning 2009 Irish Open triumph when he won at Baltray as a then amateur. The win meant forfeiting a cool Euro 1/2m first prize cheque but then the popular Irishman has more than made ammends in his now nine-year pro career. Indeed, in his now 202 European Tour counting ...

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 ...