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Old Course, St. Andrews … Kinsale’s John Murphy brilliantly tamed the famed Old Course with a sizzling six-under par 66 as he looks to celebrate an early 20th birthday with victory in the prestigious St. Andrews Links Trophy. Murphy turns 20 next Tuesday and after posting a Friday opening score of a one-under par 70 on the adjoining New Course he producing an eagle and five birdies on the historic Old Course to be in second place at seven-under par heading to Sunday’s 36-hole finale at ...

Memphis, TN … Seamus Power remains primed to lock-in his PGA Tour card for next year’s season despite falling from contention with a closing hole double-bogey on day two of the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis. Power, 31 can continue to hold his head high in signing for a one-under par 69 for a share of seventh place on six-under par. It left the West Waterford only four shots behind former FedEx St. Jude winner, Dustin Johnson who warmed-up for next week’s U.S. Open in sizzling manner ...

St. Andrews, Scotland …. Reigning Irish Amateur Open champion Robin Dawson was delighted to taming a fiery New Course with a level par 71 on day one of the prestigious St. Andrews Links Trophy at the Home of Golf. Dawson, 22 joined 143 fellow amateurs from as far as Argentina, New Zealand, Australia as well as South Africa and India along with golfers from the USA and Canada and one player each from Morocco, Egypt and `Slovenia in bright but increasingly windy conditions on the New Course ...

Memphis, TN …. Dustin Johnson brillaintly warmed-up for next week’s U.S. Open with his lowest score all year on day two of the FedEx Cup St. Jude Classic of a sizzling 63 and then was going for a dip with his kids in their Memphis hotel pool. After an opening hole birdie ‘DJ’ was one-over par after back-to-back bogeys at three and four before playing his next 13 holes in eight-under par for an eventual score of a seven-under par 63 and a one-shot 10-under paer clubhouse lead ...

Memphis, TN … Seamus Power superbly regrouped after his long-time being forced to withdraw before tee-off to brilliantly grab the clubhouse lead early on day one of the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee. Power posted six birdies, including a six-foot gem at the last, in a sizzling five-under par 65 in heatwave conditions on the TPC Southwind course. The West Waterford golfer, and contesting the event just for a second, broke free of some seven players in the clubhouse with four-under ...

The three players – Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Phil Mickelson – who have the best chance of joining golf’s ultra exclusive ‘Grand Slam Club’ have been drawn together for the opening two rounds of next week’s U.S. Open. McIlroy still needs a Masters victory to join only five players to be have won a Grand Slam while Spieth needs to capture the PGA Championship whereas Mickelson will tee-up next week in his 27th U.S. Open and needing a victory, and after being ...

American golfing heartthrob Rickie Fowler will return to the scene of his 2015 victory when he tees it up in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, a Rolex Series event, at Gullane Golf Club on July 12-15, 2018. Fowler captured a maiden European Tour win with scores of 66, 68, 66 and a closing 68 the last time Gullane hosted the event, birdieing the 18th hole on Sunday to deny compatriot Matt Kuchar, who is also part of the world class field gathering on Scotland’s Golf Coast this ...