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Olympic Gold medal winning Justin Rose was told to strip of his trousers by Silver medal winning playing partner, Henrik Stenson early on day one of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Rose was in no fear of the alligator-infested hazards in playing a shot, with his trousers, shoes and socks. from the water’s edge at the third hole of the TPC of Louisana course. And the Englishman was getting plenty of ‘Dutch courage’ from Swedish-born Stenson. It was Stenson who had stripped down ...

Good friends Tommy Fleetwood and Chris Paisley got the rythmn right to brilliantly combine to produce a sizzling team score of 62 on the opening day of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. It was Fleetwood who extended the invitation to the 32-year old Paisley to join him in the second edition of the team event being staged on the TPC of Louisiana course. Their combined 10-under par score in a ‘better ball’ day one format was good enough for a clubhouse share of second place behind the ...

The United States Golf Association (USGA) has accepted a total of 9,049 entries for the 2018 U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. The U.S. Open will be held on Long Island for the 10th time on June 14-17. The number of entries is the eighth-highest behind the record of 10,127 accepted for the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2. Among this year’s total are 54 players, including 12 past champions, who are fully exempt into ...

Carnoustie, Scotland ….. Tiger Woods will not want reminding the last time he was at Carnoustie he drove his opening tee shot at the 2007 Open Championship out-of-bounds left of the first fairway and into the Barrie Burn. Woods eventually shared 12th place behind Ireland’s Padraig Harrington. Harrington captured a first Major in defeating Spaniard Sergio Garcia over a four-hole play-off and then headed to Royal Birkdale a year later to successfully defend the famed Claret Jug. Harrington ...

Carnoustie, Scotland …. Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington has declared his interest to become 2020 European Ryder Cup Captain declaring it to be too ‘risky’ if he waited for 2026 at Adare Manor in Ireland. Harrington, 46 has competed is six European Ryder Cup teams while he’s been a vice-captain under fellow Irishman Paul McGinley in 2014 and two years later at Hazeltine under Darren Clarke. As well, Harrington is strongly expected to be named later next month by current ...

Old Course, St. Andrews … Italy’s Costantino Rocca returned to the Old Course at St. Andrews 23-years on to attempt to hole the miracle 65-foot putt he sank to force a play-off in the 1995 Open Championship. Rocca needed a par at the last in the 124th Open to tie American John Daly and then after hitting his second short he proceeded to ‘duff’ his chip shot that landed short on the green in the ‘Valley of Sin’, a grassy depression the guards the left front of the ...

Alex Levy edged closer to qualifying automatically for this year’s European Ryder Cup team on his own home soil by holding his never to win a fifth European Tour title at the Trophée Hassan II. The Frenchman entered the final day at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam one shot off the lead but hit the front on the third and never looked back, signing for a 70 and finishing the week at eight under. That gave him a one-shot victory over Spaniard Alvaro Quiros, who had a birdie-birdie finish to leapfrog ...