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World No. 1 Dustin Johnson heads a log-jam of six players tied for the lead at six-under par but also on a day Tiger Woods shot 72 and Phil Mickelson a horror 79  in round one of the Players Championship at Ponte Vedre, Florida. Joining Johnson atop of the TPC Sawgrass leader board with scoress of 66 is fellow U.S. Open winner Webb Simpson along with compatriots Chesson Hadley, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Cantlay and in-form Swede Alex Noren. Of note, five of the leading six, and with the exception of ...

Ponte Vedre, Florida …. For a handful of holes early in his round Justin Rose revealed he had visions of finishing ahead of World No. 1 Dustin Johnson on day one of the Players Championship here at Ponte Vedre. Rose teed-up on the famed TPC Sawgrass course as the World No. 5 and realistically in with a chance of becoming the first Englishman to top the World Rankings since Luke Donald in just a few weeks shy of six years ago. Indeed, Rose commenced his round from the 10th hole and then after ...

Ponte Vedre, Florida … Rory McIlroy produced a frustrating putting display on the opening day of the Players Championship in Florida. McIlroy missed a bunch of birdie putts and clearly mis-reading his ‘lines’ in a one-under par 71 in glorious conditions on the TPC Sawgrass course. In fact, McIlroy recorded a respectable 30 putts that included four one-putts, 10 two-putts, one three-putt and chipping-in from off the green at the 13th hole of his round. The effort left McIlroy already trailing ...

Ponte Vedre, Florida …. Rory McIlroy has echoed the thoughts of so many sports fans with news Sir Alex Ferguson has been released from recent intensive surgery. Ferguson, 76 underwent emergency surgery on Saturday for a brain haemorrhage and will continue his rehabilitation as an inpatient at Salford Royal Hospital. The famed Scottish-born Ferguson retired as Manchester United manager in May 2013 after winning 38 trophies during 26 years in charge. McIlroy has long been a Manchester United ...

Ponte Vedre, Florida …. World No. 1 Dustin Johnson finds himself under threat from as many as four rivals who could later this week could move to the top of the World Rankings. Johnson has been atop of the rankings for a period of 64 weeks since early last year in capturing the Genesis Open in suburban Los Angeles. ‘DJ’, as he is affectionately known, extended his top ranking with victory in his next two events and then went further ahead defeating Jordan Spieth in last August’s Northern ...

Defending Carnoustie Open champion, Padraig Harrington believes Tiger Woods can capture a fourth Claret Jug this July on the ultra- tough Scottish course. Woods has confirmed he will tee-up in golf’s oldest Major for a first time since the 2015 Open and joins Harrington, who returned to Carnoustie Wednesday where he replayed the four play-off holes as he had done 11-years ago in claiming the first of three Majors. “Everyone will be glad to see him teeing-up at Carnoustie,” said Harrington. “We ...

Ponte Vedre, Florida … ‘Golf’s a beach’ declared Rory McIlroy heading into this week’s lucrative Players Championshiap. McIlroy is teeing-up on the Pete Dye designed TPC Sawgrass for a ninth occasion in 10-years but it has only been the past five years he’s been able to snare four top-10s. And McIlroy reckons that has much to do with a decision to stay off course and in one of the many hotels located on the closeby Atlantic Ocean beach front. “It’s funny as I started staying ...