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Frenchman Victor Dubuisson emerged from a lengthy late afternoon lightning delay clearly still in command with a two-shot lead on day two of the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City in South Africa. Dubuisson, 27 had just birdied the 15th to move three strokes ahead of the field at seven-under when play was halted. The double Tour winner returned from the two-and-a-half hour stoppage to par both his 16th and 17th holes but dropped a shot at the last in an eventual two-under par 70 for a six-under ...

Darren Clarke will be eligible to make his Champions Tour debut at the 2018 Dick Sporting Goods Open at Endicott, New York. The 2011 Open Champion and 2016 Ryder Cup Captain will turn 50 on August 14th and it being two days prior the $US 2.05m event to be staged on the En-Joie Golf Course located in upstate New York and some 200 miles from New York City. The PGA Tour highlighted Clarke’s eligibility to compete on the Tour in announcing the 2018 Champions Tour schedule. The new Champions Tour ...

Scotland’s Russell Knox brilliantly reacted in having to take two penalty drops on one hole by displaying the form that has earned him two PGA Tour titles with a blistering finish to the opening round of the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. The Scot was one-under par standing on the par three third hole that Knox was playing as his 12th when he was soon taking a penalty drop after an errant drive. Knox, who was runner-up in ‘Mexico’s Major’ two years ago, had earlier recorded three ...

The Irish trio of Shane Lowry, Padraig Harrington and Paul Dunne produced a mixed bag on day one of the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City in South Africa. Lowry’s level par 72 left him trailing five shots behind Austrian giant, Bernd Wiesberger who posted a five-under 67 in hot but windy conditions on the Gary Player designed course. The Vienna-born Wiesberger also birdied his last to break clear of four players – Frenchman Victor Dubuisson, American Julian Suri, local South African hero, Branden ...

Scott Jamieson ignited hopes of second South African victory some four years after the first in superby mastering the tough conditions for a share of second on day one of the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City. Jamieson, 34 ignored the fact it is his inaugural showing on the third longest course in European Tour history with six birdies in a four-under par 68 in hot but windy weather on the host Gary Player designed course. Austrian golfing giant Bernd Wiesberger birdied the final hole to snatch a one-stroke ...

Austrian golfing giant Bernd Wiesberger desposited eight birdies including one at the last to snatch a one-stroke lead with a five-under par 67 on day one of the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City, South Africa. Wiesberger’s birdie saw him break clear of four players – Frenchman Victor Dubuisson, Scotland’s Scott Jamieson, American Julian Suri and local South African hero, Branden Grace – tied in second with four under par 68s. Sweden’s and defending champion, Alex Noren had capped his ...

Good friends Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell will team for PGA Tour sanctioned QBE Shootout from December 4th to 7th at Naples in Florida. The duo will be among 24 players teaming in the event formerly known as the Shark Shootout on the Ritz Carlton Tiburon course. “G Mac and I have tried to enter the event before and I didn’t qualify but now that I am a member of the PGA Tour I do,” Lowry said. “We talked about it during the year and we were fortunate as we received an invitation as we would ...