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Philadelphia, PA … Call it the ‘Playing Alongside Tiger Woods Factor’. Aussie golfer Marc Leishman, and this week’s defending BMW Championship champion, revealed he is now finding it difficult not to go anywhere without being noticed. And this, he says, is all down to having played  lot of golf this year alongside Woods. Indeed, Leishman responded to a Tweet put out by @tourmiss at the start of last week’s Dell Technologies Championship confirming the number of occasions ...

Philadelphia, PA …. Rory McIlroy insists he is prepared to partner any of his 11 colleagues if it means returning the Ryder Cup to European hands. McIlroy remarked also there was no surprises in Captain Thomas Bjorn’s four Versailles ‘wildcard’ picks and despite Bjron overlooking the in-form Rafa Cabrera-Bello for the out-of-form but easily more experienced Sergio Garcia. McIlroy received a phone call from Bjorn on Tuesday morning (US time) advising of his four picks but was competing ...

Philadelphia, PA …. Justin Rose has won 22 tournaments around the globe but there is only one city where he’s won more than once. That city is Philadelphia and venue for this week’s BMW Championship and the third event of the lucrative FedEx Cup ‘Play-Off’ Series. Philadelphia is known affectionately as the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ or ‘The Cradle of Liberty’ and it is where you will find a statue of the fictional Rocky Balboa of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky movies ...

Aronimink GC, PA … Red hot Bryson DeChambeau tees-up in suburban Philadelphia two days after being picked for a first Ryder Cup looking to become the first play to win three successive FedEx Cup events. DeChambeau’s selection on Tuesday as one of Jim Furyk’s France ‘wildcard’ picks was a mere formality for the Florida-based golfer. What is uncertain is if the new World No. 7 can now create PGA Tour FedEx Cup Play-Off history in winning three Play-Off Series events after capturing the ...

Newton Square, PA …. A  heat-exhausted Tiger Woods opted out of a first Pro-Am event this season while Japan No. 1 Hideki Maysuama withdrew after nine holes due to heat exhaustion in the near 100-degree Philadelphia heat. Woods was perspiring profusely during a nine-hole practice round Tuesday alongside Rory McIlroy and had remarked after signing autographs:“This heat is brutal”. The 14-time Major winner also declined a PGA Tour request to attend the Aronimink GC media centre ahead of ...

Philadelphia, PA ... Tony Finau is quietly confident of realising a childhood dream next Monday, and three days before his birthday, in being handed a ‘wildcard’ pick for the USA Ryder Cup team. Jim Furyk will announce his fourth and final France pick at 9am (US Eastern time) that will complete the final make-up of both 12-man Ryder Cup teams teeing-up on September 28th in Versailles. After confirmation in the selection of Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, Finau is a strong ...

Philedelphia, PA … European Captain Thomas Bjørn has provided no surprises in naming Paul Casey, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson to complete his 12-player team for The 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National, France. The four captain’s picks join Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Alex Noren, Thorbjørn Olesen, Jon Rahm and Justin Rose in Bjørn’s side to take on Jim Furyk’s United States team as Europe seeks to regain The Ryder Cup in Paris from ...