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Padraig Harrington will take another step towards the 2022 Ryder Cup Team captaincy in surely being named early next week as another of Thomas Bjorn’s Versailles vice-captains. Bjorn is hosting a Ryder Cup press conference on Tuesday at Wentworth where the Dane is sure to confirm Harrington into his French back-room team and nearly a year after Bjorn announced Swede Robert Karlsson as his first vice-captain. The move will just add to Harrington’s credentials in being eventually handed the ...

Scotland’s Marc Warren still recalls vividly the time he was jokingly referred to World No. 1 ½ while sandwiched between World No. 1 Tiger Woods and then World No. 2 Vijay Singh.. It was late 2006 and Warren was making his debut in the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai and teeing-up as the then reigning Scandinavian Masters champion. The then 25-year old Warren was on the Sheshan Club practice range when triple Major winning Singh arrived beside him to begin hitting balls. The Fijian ...

Shane Lowry has entered a U.S. Open sectional qualifier in Ohio with the goal of winning through to next month’s Shinnecock Hills championship on New York’s Long Island. Lowry is set to contest the PGA Tour’s Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial starting on May 31st in Columbus, Ohio. Then on Monday June 4th Lowry will compete over 36-holes also in suburban Columbus at both the Brookside Golf and Country Club course and the Lakes Golf and Country Club layout. It will be one of 10 sectional qualifiers ...

Ponte Vedre, Florida … Webb Simpson and despite a final hole double-bogey has led from start-to-finish in storming his way to a four shot Players Championship success at TPC Sawgrass. Simpson, 32 signed for a final round 73 for an 18-under par-tally at Ponte Vedre in Florida. The North Carolina native was never headed since sharing the lead on day one and then storming five shots clear of his rivals on day two in shooting a course record-equalling 63. Simpson then extended his lead during ...

Ponte Vedre, Florida … Justin Thomas is celebrating after becoming the 21st different golfer to become World No. 1 after his share of 1tth place finish at the Players Championship. Thomas, 25 dethroned fellow American Dustin Johnson who led the ranking for 64 since. Johnson had teed-up at TPC Sawgrass under threat from those ranked No. 2 to No. 5 in the world and it was the World No. 2 ranked Thomas who taken Johnson’s place. ‘DJ’ needed the birdie the 72nd hole to tie Thomas on 11-under ...

Ponte Vedre, Florida … Webb Simpson heads into Mother’s Day will take a virtual insurmountable seven-shot lead into the final round of the Players Championship at Ponte Vedre in Florida. Simpson, 32 continues to defy the sceptics in improving on his second round overnight five-shot lead by signing for a day three four-under par 68 and move to 19-under par. Simpson’s 54-hole leading effort matched that of Australia’s Greg Norman in 1994 and with Norman eventually winning by ...

Ponte Vedre, Florida …. Tiger Woods brilliantly produced his lowest TPC Sawgrass score thanks to a sizzling a 65 on day three of the Players Championship in Florida Woods  bettered his prevvious low a shot in playing the Stadium course to put in the clubhouse then sharing the lead at eight-under It also was Woods’ lowest score this season by three shots and a lowest round since December 2016 in signing for a similar 65 on day two of the 2016 Hero World Challenge. Woods ended his round nearly ...