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Torrey Pines, CA … Top Scot Russell Knox admitted he would have snapped your hand off had he been handed a round of a three-under par 69 on day one of the Farmers Insurance Open. After dropping a shot early on the North Course, Knox bounced back with four birdes over his closing 13 holes on the Torrey Pines course. The effort handed Knox a share of 15th place and only four shots behind American Tony Finau who signed for a seven-unde par 65 and one fewer than the duo of Ted Potter Snr and Ryan ...

Torrey Pines, California … Tiger Woods in his much-anticipated return to the PGA Tour found himself buzzed by a hang-glider, two US F-35 fighter jets while he also took-in some dolphin watching and went close to an ace late in a round of 72 on day on of the Farmers Insurance Open. His scoring effort left the now 41-year old trailing seven shots behind fellow American Tony Finau who carded a seven-under par 65 to lead the $US 6.9m event by a stroke. While the roar of the fighter jets momentarily ...

Torrey Pines, CA … Seamus Power was not embarrassed to admit he found himself bringing his own practice to a halt and looking on in awe as Tiger Woods made his way to the practice range. The buzz that has been missing on golf’s international stage has returned with Woods resuming his place this week on the PGA Tour. The excitement was evident in Wednesday’s Pro-Am at Torrey Pines and it boiled-over Thursday morning when the 14-time Major winning stepped onto the first tee and for a first ...

Torrey Pines, CA … New U.S. resident Shane Lowry could not have been happier commencing a New Year with a three-under par 69 on day one of the Farmers Insurance Open. Lowry bounced back from being one-over par through 10 holes to birdie four of his last on the North Course at Torrey Pines. The new Mirasol Resort resident at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida enjoyed the leading Irish honours on the opening day of the $US 6.9m event just momentarily as in-form Seamus Power also signed for a 69. Power ...

Torrey Pines, CA … Tiger Woods return to the PGA Tour after fusion surgery on his back was marked by two birdies and just as many bogeys. He hit 8 of 14 Torrey Pines fairways and recorded 31 putts and none better than the virtual tap-in on the par-3 16th hole where Woods nearly holed-out for an ace. Here is details of every shot the 14-time Major winner played on day noe of the Farmers Insurance Open. HOLE 1 (par 4): Driver 292 yards into left rough. Approach finds greenside bunker. Blasts ...

Double Desert Classic winning Rory McIlroy quickly displayed his fondness for the host course posting a bogey-free seven-under par 65 on day one of the event in Dubai. McIlroy, who claimed a maiden Tour title in 2009 at Dubai and then won a second in 2015, needed just 25 putts to be among five players at seven-under par. Welshman Jamie Donaldson grabbed an eagle, nine birdies and just the one bogey in his 10-under par effort of 62. Donaldson, who took just 21 putts, was a shot clear of the English ...

Masters champion, Sergio Garcia has long mended ‘bridges’ with Tiger Woods so much so the Spaniard has complimented Woods ahead of the 14-time Major Champion teeing-up in this week’s Farmers Insurance Open. Garcia is in the UAE to defend his Omega Dubai Desert Classic title and arrived into Dubai in the best possible form have stormed his way to success in Sunday’s conclusion to the Asian Tour’s Singapore Open. Garcia’s win on the Emirates Club course eventually ...