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Marc Leishman was in a class of his own leading from start-to-finish and unchallenged to capture a second PGA Tour this season with a record-equalling Play-Offs victory in the BMW Championship at Conway Farms. Leishman also captured an 11th win of his professional career but easily the biggest in posting a closing round 67 to win by three shots with a 23-under par triumph. Leishman deflected everyone who sought to deny him the BMW title including fellow Australian Jason Day, American golfing heart-throb ...

It has taken some time but Frenchman Romain Wattel is now a European Tour winner in capturing the KLM Open in Spijk. Wattel, 26 posted a final round 69 to win by a shot with a 15-under par tally. The Montpellier-born Wattel, who now resides in Dubai, has previously recorded two seconds, four thirds and 23 other top-10ss in his previous 186 events. Wattel also became the second French-born winnr on the Tour this year after Alex Levy won the Volvo China Open.` He finished one shot in front of Canadian ...

A closing hole birdie was of little comfort to Rory McIlroy who ended a poorest PGA Tour season in failing to qualify for the defence of Thursday’s starting Tour Championship. McIlroy went to Chicago needing to break into the top-30 on the FedEx Cup standings to be assured of teeing-up in Atlanta. But after shaking hands with playing partner and fellow Open Champion, Zach Johnson, McIlroy was projected after a round of 71 to end an injured-plagued season 59th on the FedEx Cup standings. It is his ...

Aussie Marc Leishman sounded an ominous warning in declaring he will now draw on a record of winning by large margins after storming his way to a five-shot lead on day three of the BMW Championship. Leishman added a three-under par 68 to move to an impressive 19-under par in suburban Chicago. The Victorian-born World No. 22 remained in command atop of the board for a third day running in managing five birdies including an important ‘4’ at the last and dropping just two shots on the Conway Farms ...

In a wonderful outpouring of generosity Australia’s Jason Day not only earned the prize of a $100,000 scholarship donation but he presented the Evans Scholarship Foundation with the gleaming new BMW sedan he won on day two of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms. Day used a 6-iron at the par three, 17th hole to clinch the keys to a gleaming new BMW 760i that was parked behind him on the tee. The former World No. 1, who captured the 2015 BMW Championship, also earned a BMW Hole-in-One Scholarship, ...

Marc Leishman and Jason Day combined to launch Australia Day-like fireworks celebrations within the space of some 20-minutes on day two of the BMW Championship in suburban Chicago. Day was first with the golfing pyrotechnics when he holed a 28-foot chip shot from rough to the right of the flag for an eagle ‘3’ at the par five 14th hole. Minutes later Leishman, and who had led his fellow Australian by two shots at the start of the round, then brilliantly holed a 152-yard wedge shot for a birdie ...

Rory McIlroy revealed ‘outside expectations’ as part of a decision to contest the FedEx Cup Play-Off Series rather the likelihood of shutting down his season following the PGA Championship. Again, there was hardly any spark as McIlroy sought to keep alive very slim hopes of defending next week’s Tour Championship with a second round 69 at the BMW Championship in suburban Chicago. McIlroy’s 36-hole one-under tally left him in a then share of 48th place in the 70-only field but with Tour officials ...