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Miguel Angel Jimenez already enjoys the tag of being ‘The Oldest Winner’ twice on the European Tour and now he has set out to surpass the record for a firt time and by more than three years. Jimenez along with England’s Tyrrell Hatton and Aussie Scott Hend head the opening round of the European Masters with six-under 64s on the Alpine Crans-sur-Sierre course. The Spaniard has taken a break from the US Champions Tour to return to the Crans-sur-Sierre course when he won by three strokes ...

England’s Lee Slattery has given new definition to not missing his tee time but also being present for the birth of his second child. Slattery, who had finished a gallant runner-up last week in the Czech Masters, is contesting this week’s European Masters high up in the Swiss Alps but with his wife, Faye back in Britain and about to go into labour. However, instead of rushing back home to be wife the 39-year old Slattery got onto ‘FaceTime’ to see his wife give birth late on Tuesday ...

MENA Tour patron Darren Clarke will be looking to end a 13-month long dry spell of not having played four rounds when he tees up later today in the Dubai Creek Open. Clarke will join defending champion and Dubai Creek prodigy Rayhan Thomas in a strong starting line-up, blazing with the ranks for 15 winners on the tour at the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club where the popular Ulsterman jointly holds the course of a 63 with Lee Westwood and Australia’s Benjamin Eccles. It maybe be Clarke’s second ...

In comes as no surprise Internationals President Cup Captain, Nick Price is placing his trust in this year’s Presidents Cup in the cornerstone foursome of the Australian pair of Adam Scott and Jason Day along with the Springbok golfing duo of Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen. Price, who was a member of that 1998 Royal Melbourne winning side, spoke of the impace the four will hopefully have in today’s announcement of the two International Team and also the pair of USA Team ‘wildcard’ ...

TPC Boston, MA ... There is at least one golfer Paul Casey need not fear heding to the final round and that is Rory McIlroy as England’s top world ranked golfer seeks to win the Dell Technology Championship at TPC Boston. For a second year running Casey has put himself in contention to win the event and also in the process claim a long overdue second PGA Tour triumph since capturing the 2009 Shell Houston Open. Casey birdied three of his closing six holes in a four-under par 67 to move into third ...

TPC  Boston, MA … Russell Knox is assured of playing all four rounds in the Dell Technologies Championship after posting a pair of 72s for a two-over tally. However, the Scot had to call for a referee at his last hole with he and playing partners, Anirban Lahiri and Bud Cauley could not determine when Knox’s ball had crossed into a hazard pin-high right of the flag at 18. He said:  “We all were not sure where my ball had rolled into the hazard so hence the call for a referee. “Overall ...

TPC Boston, MA … Adam Scott is unexpectedly returning home, and in what will be a 32,000 klm round trip, to be with his family in Australia after missing the cut by one stroke in the Dell Technologies Championship in Boston. Needing to par his last hole, Scott was some 25-metres short of the green in three but then took three shots, including missing his par from two metres, in a bogey ‘6’ for a four-over par 75 and a four-over par tally. It meant missing the closing two rounds of the $US ...