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Phoenix, AZ …  Rory McIlroy’s new season if off to a flyer and that’s more than can be said about the simple task ordering coffee. The current World No. 8 has always found trouble with those around him either trying to spell or pronounce his surname. There was the embarrassing scenario ahead of the 1997 Walker Cup when McIlroy was presented with his special GB & I golf bag and with his name spelt – McLlroy. At the 2011 World Cup of Golf at Hainan Island in China, McIlroy was introduced ...

Phoenix, AZ  … After spending two days trying to locate a missing credit card behind the dash of his Tour courtesy car, Shane Lowry is in the driver’s seat to win himself a spanking new $US 52,000 2018 Ford ‘Expedition’. Waste Management Phoenix Open organisers are offering the prize of the new Ford for the best aggregate ‘closest to the pin’ score at the infamous ‘Coliseum’ par-3 16th hole over the opening two rounds of the event at TPC Scottsdale. Lowry is among the first-round ...

Phoenix, AZ … “Friendly banter between Jason and myself is always healthy!” That was the comment from Marc Leishman after the Victorian found himself bumped off the top-ranked Australian perch last Sunday by Queenslander Jason Day. Day ended a long PGA Tour winless drought dating back to May 2016 in capturing the Farmers Insurance Open after a six-hole play-off against Sweden’s Alex Noren. The effort, and Day’s 11th success on the world’s most lucrative stage, saw the 30-year jump ...

Phoenix, AZ …. After ending his round tied for the early Phoenix Open clubhouse lead, an emotional Rickie Fowler spoke of his relationship with  Griffin Connell. The Phoenix-born seven-year old Connell passed away on January 23rd without getting to see his golfing hero post a five-under par 66 on the opening day of event at TPC Scottsdale. Fowler first met Griffin and his family at the 2013 Phoenix Open when informed Griffen had been diagnosed at birth with a rare airway disorder and passed ...

Phoenix, AZ … Martin Laird singled out a lengthy pre-tournament session with his coach as pivotal to producing a ‘best round of the year’ on day one of the Phoenix Open in Arizona. Laird, who resides some 15-minutes from the TPC Scottsdale course, was two-over par after five holes but regrouped superbly to sign for a three-under par 68. The effort handed the Scot an early clubhouse share of seventh place and just two shots adrift of the leading all-American trio of Rickie Fowler, ...

Phoenix, AZ  … Five-time Major winning Phil Mickelson is the first big-name American in the New Year to confirm he will contest this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Gullane. Mickelson has long been a great supporter of the Scottish event and finally broke through in 2013 to win the ‘Scottish Double’ in capturing the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart and then week later winning the 142nd Open by three shots at Muirfield. In fact, Mickelson made his Scottish Open debut ...

Phoenix, AZ .. For a third year running Shane Lowry reckons they’ll be nowhere to hide when it comes to the infamous 16th stadium hole at the Phoenix Open. “It’s like being thrown to the lions,” said Lowry smiling. The hole, nicknamed ‘The Coliseum’, is far and away the nosiest in golf with some 30,000 fans packed three stories high overlooking the entire length at the 163-yard par three on the ‘Stadium’ course. Last year saw attendance records again smashed for ...