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Justin Rose returns to Augusta National with no regrets, no play-off loss hangover and treating this year’s Masters as a fresh ‘body of work’. Indeed, Rose has won enormous praise over the past 51 weeks given how he’s handled his sudden-death loss to Sergio Garcia and that was no more evident at last year’s green jacket presentation ceremony. Now after three wins at the tail of last year and with four top-10s in six PGA Tour events this year, and the exact same number of top-10s ...

Houston, Texas … Four Irish will breast the bar at the Houston Open Last Chance Saloon seeking the final invitation into next week’s Masters. The four – Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry, Seamus Power and Paul Dunne – tee-up in the $7m event looking to join Rory McIlroy in the year’s first Major. Harrington is no stranger to the Golf Club of Houston course having contested the event on 1o occasions since 2006 with a best finish of eighth in 2011. Lowry is making his third appearance looking ...

Houston, TX …. New WGC – Dell Technologies Match-Play champion, Bubba Watson headed off on an ‘overseas’ family holiday but with Watson desperate later this year to be on a flight to Paris. Watson captured a second WGC title, a second victory this new season and the 11th PGA Tour win of his pro career with a convincing 7 & 6 triumph overfellow American Kevin Kisner in the final in Austin, Texas. It was the biggest margin of victory in a final since 2008 when Tiger Woods won 8 & ...

Austin, Texas … Bubba Watson heads to next  week’s Masters favourite to become just a ninth player to win three or more Augusta National green jackets. Watson, 39 was in a class of his own in handing out a 7 & 6 drubbing to fellow American Kevin Kisner in the final of the WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas. And while Kisner looked exhausted after his earlier six matches Watson took full advantage to also hand out the biggest event defeat since Tiger Woods won 8 ...

Austin, TX ….. It was double Irish delight for Paul Dunne and Seamus Power with each securing their best PGA Tour results by sharing fifth place in the Corales Puntacana Championship staged in the Dominion Republic. Both Irishman grabbed easily their highest PGA Tour finish  in two years with Dunne signing for a closing three-under par 69 and Power a 71 and with the duo among eight players at 11-under par and just a stroke inside the leading 10 given 10-under shared 13th place. The top-10 ...

Former Open Champion, Darren Clarke will contest his first regular PGA Tour event in over two years after accepting an invitation to contest next month’s 50th anniversary RBC Heritage. Clarke is among five players, including double event winner Boo Weekley, who will contest the $6.7m event commencing on April 12th on the Harbour Tour course at Hilton Head, South Carolina. It will be Clarke’s first appearance in a regular PGA Tour event since teeing-up in in the 2016 Valspar Championship ...

Austin, TX … All good things come to end as Dustin Johnson could find out around lunch on Sunday at the WGC – Dell Match-Play in Austin, Texas. For the past 57 weeks ‘DJ’ has ruled the World Golf Rankings but if Justin ‘JT’ Thomas should win his semi-final encounter against fellow American Bubba Watson to become the new World No. 1. Johnson, as current World No. 1 and the Dell’s defending champion, failed to win any of his three round robin encounters thus ...