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Marc Warren might consider offering a small ‘thank you’ of sorts to George Coetzee after the hapless South African gifted Warren second place in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. Coetzee was sharing second place with the Scot in the Victoria course clubhouse on 16-under par when he found water left off the tee at the final hole in taking a horror triple-bogey ‘7’ and tumble to a share of seventh. So, instead of sharing second Warren’s full second-place prize-money, and a cheque for ...

Atlanta, GA … Paul Casey is on target to celebrate the birth of his daughter with a whopping $Us 11.5m victory celebration at the Tour Championship in Atlanta. Casey brilliantly grabbed a sixth hole eagle and five birdies in a third round 65 and take a two-shot lead at 12-under in the final round on the East Lake course in Atlanta. The Americans Kevin Kisner (64) and Xander Schauffele (65) share second place on 10-under par while Justin Rose struggled with a 71 to be sharing ninth place on ...

Atlanta. GA … Jason Day was delighted to bouce back from dropping three shots in succession from his 12th hole to birdie two of his closing three holes in a round of 67 to stay well in sight of the leaders heading to the weekend rounds of the Tour Championship in Atlanta. Day ended his round sharing 11th place at four-under par and only three back of the leading trio of England’s Paul Casey (67) and the American pair of Justin Thomas (66), and with the reigning U.S. PGA winner eagling ...

Atlanta, GA .. Justin Rose shrugged off a left shoulder concern to muscle his way into contention on day two of the PGA Tour season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. Rose produced a superb up-and-down from a greenside bunker at the last in first playing a 100-foot wedge shot from the forward slope of the bunker and then was clearly pleased to see his 10-foot birdie putt drop in a round of a four-under par 66. Rose’s round, that included four other birdies and just one bogey, handed him ...

Scot Marc Warren has brilliantly boosted hopes of retaining his Tour card for next season by muscling his way to a share of second and into contention at the Portugal Masters. Warren produced a flawless display of five birdies and then capped his round with a 17th hole eagle in a sizzling seven-under par 64 in ideal scoring conditions of the Victoria course at Vilamoura. Warren, 36 heads to the weekend rounds sharing second place with Dane Lucas Bjerregaard (65) and with 29-year old Italian Nino ...

Atlanta, GA … Shane Lowry produced his lowest round in over three years to now be knocking loudly on victory door for a second Portugal Masters success. Lowry, winner of the event in 2009 and his first as a pro, snatched eight birdies and dropping just one shot in a sizzling seven under 64 in ideal conditions at the Victoria course at Vilamoura. The Clara golfer heads to the weekend enjoying a six-way tie for sixth place on nine-under par and trailing just three shots behind Italian Nino Bertasio, ...

Atlanta, GA … When Rory McIlroy was seen recently walking during his Dell Technologies Pro-Am outing in the company of PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan we now have an insight what they may have been chatting about. Monahan’s father was among McIroy’s amateur partners that day at TPC Boston and Monahan’s son was naturally a very interested spectator. For the most part of 17 holes, as the Commissioner left the group once they had putted out on 17, Monahan and McIlroy were in constant ...