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Dundonald Links, Scotland …  Adam Scott has singled out Jordan Speith for special praise with confirmation the American will return to Sydney later this year to defend his Emirates Australian Open title. The current World No. 3 ranked Texan will tee up at The Australian club looking to win the prestigious Stonehaven Trophy for a third occasion and if successful, join a select group of six players who have won three or more Australian Open titles. Among those is fellow Masters winners Gary ...

Dundonal Links, Scotland …  Swede Alex Noren will tee up this week on Dundonald Links looking to become the first player in the 45-year history of the Scottish Open to successfully defend the title. Twelve months ago, Noren’s two-shot victory at Castle Stuart in northern Scotland was the first of four European Tour victories in the second half of last year, and with Noren in the process becoming the first Swedish-born golfer in the history of the Tour to win four times in a single season. Noren, ...

Dundonald Links, Scotland …  Rory McIlroy joked he is beginning to sound like a “broken record” as he strives to regain his four-time Majors winning form ahead of this week’s Scottish Open and next Thursday’s starting Open Championship. As World No. 4 he tees up on the Dundonald Links course, on the Scottish west course and just to the south of Glasgow, as the highest World Ranked player in the field. However, McIlroy is coming having missed the halfway cut by four shots in hosting ...

Spanish powerhouse sensation Jon Rahm brilliantly emulated legendary fellow countrymen Seve Ballasteros in capturing the Irish Open and now he is looking to do the same at next week’s Open Championship. Rahm has moved to Number 8 on the World Rankings following his dramatic six stroke success at Portstewart. The  22-year old, and in only his first full season on both the European and PGA Tour’s, is now just three places on the rankings being fellow Spaniard and reigning Masters Champion, ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland … You could understand David Drysdale was at first reluctant to be photographed with a commemorative 146th Open Championship flag after the Borders golfer birdied his closing seven holes, including a 35-footer at the last, in a new Portstewart course record of a nine-under 63. Dyrsdale ended his round near 1pm local time and for all intention purposes looked assured he was going to secure a place at Royal Birkdale. This is why the R & A official present asked ...

Portstewart, Northern Ireland … Jon Rahm benefitted by a new and fairer rules outlook to join the greats of Spanish golf, including the late Seve Balleseteros, in capturing the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Portstewart. The 22-year old Rahm was in a class of his own storming his way in steady rain to a six stroke success courtesy of a closing 65 for a 24-under par triumph. However, this was after Rahm was deemed not to have breached the rules in remarking his ball on the sixth green after first ...

Scots Scott Jamieson and Richie Ramsay head to the final round of the Irish Open agonisingly within reach of an Open Championship tee time. Jamieson, 33 jumped on the coat tails of double Ryder Cup winning and playing partner, Peter Hanson to match the Swede’s 66 and move to 11-under and tied with Ramsay, who posted a 67 in the Irish event on a sun-splashed Portstewart. The Tartan duo share 11th and trailing just five shots behind the leading pair of Spanish sensation Jon Rahm (67) and little ...