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Dublin, Ohio …. PGA Tour player Bud Cauley is hospitalised in nearby Columbus after Golf Channel reports of being seriously injured in a car accident late Friday night local time. The 28-year old Florida golfer was a passenger in car and with Cauley’s manager advising he suffered five broken right ribs, a collapsed right lung and a fracture to his lower left leg. Cauley had been contesting the Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio but missed the halfway cut by nine strokes with scores of 77 ...

Dublin, Ohio …. Bryson DeChambeau brilliantly birdied four of his closing five holes to seize a one-shot lead on day three of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. DeChambeau, 24 signed for a bogey-free 66 to move to 14-under par as the Californian looks to secure a second PGA Tour victory after capturing last year’s John Deere Classic. Three players – the American duo of Patrick Cantlay (66) and Kyle Stanley (70) along with red-hot Chilean sensation Joaquin Niemann (70)  share second place on ...

Dublin, Ohio …. Tiger Woods was left to rue to two bogeys over his closing three holes on day three of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. Woods was tied for the then lead at 11-under par with a birdie at the par-5 15th only to spoil his continued drive to the front with bogeys at the 16th and final holes in a round of 68 for a nine-under par tally on the Muirfield Village course. The former five-time winner of the Jack Nicklaus hosted event went into day three at five-under par and once again ...

Dublin, Ohio … Rory McIlroy boosted hopes of a second Tour victory this season and also warmed-up for next fortnight’s U.S. Open shooting a sizzling eight-under par 64 on day three of the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. The effort was McIlroy’s lowest score since a similar 64 over the final round in capturing this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando. McIlroy leap-frogged 64 places from his overnight level par tally to snatch the Muirfield Village clubhouse lead and some two hours ...

Dublin, Ohio … Tiger Woods sent spectators into a frenzy sensationally holing an eagle chip shot only for a 90-minute storm delay to dampen his charge on day two of the Memorial at Dublin, Ohio. The three-time Muirfield Village champion had three-putted his opening hole but soon made amends with four birdies from his third to ninth holes and move to three-under par. Woods then had 97-yards to the flagstick at the par-5 11th before landing his wedge shot some six-feet behind the flag and with ...

Graeme McDowell posted a second straight 66 to continue boosting hopes of capturing a second Italian Open crown and 14-years after a first Italia prima vittoria. McDowell grabbed five birdies in a brilliant bogey-free display to move to 10-under par and just a stroke behind Germany’s Martin Kaymer. The double Major winning Kaymer tore-up the rain-softened Gardagolf course with a blistering eight-under par 63 and move a shot clear of the field on 11-under par. McDowell had been out in the morning ...

Dublin, Ohio … It has taken Australian-born and Cleveland-based Jason Day now nine appearances in the Memorial to finally put himself into contention for victory on his ‘local’ course at Muirfield Village. Day, 30 birdied four of his closing eight holes in a second straight score of 68 to move to eight-under par and a clubhouse share of the lead on day two of the $US 7.1m event. Joining Day early atop of the board is 2014 Memorial winner, Hideki Matsuyama of Japan (71) and the American ...