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Palm Beach Gardens, Florida …  Former U.S. Open and Open Champion Rory McIlroy is not the first to admit the conditions over first two rounds of the Honda Classic are far from warm-up prepartions for the up-coming Masters. The bright but very windy conditions have played havoc with the game’s best including the past three Honda champions in Rickie Fowler (71 & 76), Adam Scott (73 & 72) and Padraig Harrington (76 & 76) set to miss the five-over par cut. McIlroy capped his with ...

Palm Beach Gardens, FL … Graeme McDowell’s confident he’s buried last Sunday’s L A meltdown after birding his closing two holes on the opening day of the Honda Classic. McDowell managed four birdies, and three more than last Sunday, along with four bogeys in bright but windy condition for a level par 70 on the PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens. It handed McDowell a share of 21st place but only four strokes behind Sweden’s Alex Noren and former U.S. Open winner ...

Palm Beach Gardens, FL … Sweden’s Alex Noren is again knocking loudly on a maiden PGA Tour victory door after showing his fondness for the tough conditions and some already questionable greens to be sharing the lead on day one of the Honda Classic here at PGA National. Noren enjoyed the clubhouse lead thanks to a four-under par 66 for much of the day before being joined by former U>S. Open winner, Webb Simpson. Five players, including major winners Louis Oosthuizen and Justin Thomas, ...

Palm Beach Gardens,  Florida …. Rory McIlroy reckons Honda Classic officials could battle keeping a handful of PGA National greens ‘alive’ after doubling his last hole in a round of a two-over par 72 in very windy opening day conditions. McIlroy was two-under after four holes but gave both shots back at six and seven ahead of 10 straight pars before finding water guarding the green with his 3-wood second shot down the 18th at PGA National. The three-time Major winner showed his ...

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida …. Tiger Woods has had fans, signs and even a huge boulder removed in his career but never portable stands selling soft hot pretzels and another frozen lemonade s was the scenario on day one the Honda Classic at PGA National. Woods was playing the 12th hole as his third of his round when he sent his drive way left and with his ball coming to rest right in front of the mobile food stand. Also in Woods way was an adjoining ‘Frozen Lemonade’ concessions ...

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida …. Russell Knox has welcomed the start of the ‘Florida Swing’ in boosting his bid to earn a Masters invitation. Scotland’s top-ranked Knox tees-up in this week’s Honda Classic and the first of all three events Sunshine States events on the ‘Swing’. Knox is currently ranked 89th in the world having dropped four spots from last week by not contesting the Genesis Open and the closing event of the five-tournament ‘West Coast Swing’. Of course, the Jackonsville-based ...

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida … Tiger Woods tees-up in just a third event of the New Year and a second PGA Tour event in succession admitting he’s still learning to compete ‘under the gun’ ahead of this week’s Honda Classic. The Honda Classic is a ‘home’ event for Woods living, as he does, on Jupiter Island and around a 20-minute drive north of PGA National. However, Woods is no stranger to the host course but also a tournament he is yet to win and coming close ...