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Ireland’s Gavin Moynihan almost doubled his career earnings on the European Tour for two days’ work when he partnered Paul Dunne to victory in the second edition of GolfSixes. Moynihan, 23, who has not made a halfway cut in eight events this season, chipped in for a birdie on the first play-off hole to secure victory over South Korea in the semi-finals at Centurion Club in St Albans. The Irish pair then made three birdies and an eagle in the space of five holes to beat France’s Romain Wattel ...

Tiger Woods heads to this week’s Players Championship with an unwanted first in more than four years. Woods failed to record a solitary birdie in Wells Fargo Championship closing round of a three-over par 74 for a two-over tally that included 31 putts on the Quail Hollow course in suburban Charlotte. Not since the 2014 WGC – Cadillac Championship at Doral in Florida has the former long-time World No. 1 played a PGA Tour event without a birdie. And it was just the sixth time Woods has failed ...

It was a case of business as we have to expect from Rory McIlroy in posting a round of 66 on day three  of the Wells Fargo Championship. A day after posting a shock equal highest round of 76 and McIlroy grabbed seven birdies including four in succession from the 14 hole and improve by 32 places to move into a share of 16th with a round  to play in the $7.2m. Australian Jason Day seized a two shot lead in second straight 67 to move to 10-under par and two clear of American Nick Watney (66) on the ...

Rory McIlroy failed to get the golfing 29th birthday gift he sought as he slipped well out of contention to blow out the candles on a third Wells Fargo Championship victory cake. McIlroy had wished for a hopeful gift-wrapped second round 62 but what he received was an unwanted horror five-over par 76 for a two-over-par tally on the Quail Hollow course in suburban Charlotte. McIlroy’s score is his equal highest in the event he’s won twice before and matching the 76 he shot on day two of the 2104 ...

Rory McIlroy sought to clarify the remarks he made on the eve of the Wells Fargo Championship in relation to the U.S. Open and the Open Championship. McIlroy was asked to reflect on his Masters disappointment on Wednesday saying:  “The Masters has now become the biggest golf tournament in the world and I’m comfortable saying that,” adding: “I don’t care about the US Open or the Open Championship, it is the biggest golf tournament in the world, the most amount of eyeballs, the most ...

A red hot Cormac Sharvin snatched a two shot lead with a seven under par 65 in chilly conditions on day one of the Challenge de España. The Northern Irishman carded seven birdies and no bogeys as he drew clear of the rest of the pack after a morning of tough scoring conditions. Six players, including Swede Oscar Lengden and France’s Julien Quesne, shared the lead on three under par after the morning groups finished at Izki Golf. The temperature was just four degrees Celsius when the first groups ...

Tyrrell Hatton found a shorter route at Quail Hollow’s famed ‘Green Mile’ in posting a four-under par 67 on debut in the Wells Fargo Championship. The Englishman birdied both the 17th and 18th holes to be well in contention on day one of the event in suburban Charlotte. Hatton holed putts of 43-feet at the par-3 17th and then a near 20-footer at the uphill par-4 18th and the closing two holes of the ‘Green Mile’. The ‘Green Mile’ is a tribute of the 1999 ...