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Atlanta, GA … Presidents Cup Captain, Nick Price insists Marc Leishman’s brilliant BMW Championship will prove a huge boost for his International Team. Leishman had singled out Price’s input to his Chicago victory when returning to competition at this week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta and remarking how the Zimbabwean-born Price has been like a mentor to him in recent years. Price was not on hand at Conway Farms but he was among the first to text his congratulations to the Warrnambool-born ...

Rookie Scottish pro Conor Syme upstaged some of his more fancied opponents with a 68 on day one of the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. While Marc Warren, with a four-under 67 to be just three shots from the lead led the Tartan challenge, the Drumoig-based Syme looked very sharp on his play-for-pay debut. Syme, 22 is playing on an invitation and turned pro immediately following the recent Walker Cup. The young Scot managed five birdies and dropped two shots on the testing Victoria course on the ...

Defending champ Padraig Harrington again had plenty of Irish encouragement in a flawless four-under 67 on day one of the Portugal Masters. Harrington returned to the Victoria course clearly with a spring in his step and 12 months after ending an eight-year European Tour winless drought on the sun-splashed Algarve. The current World No. 158 looked refreshed after an ‘economy class’ share of 55th a week ago in the KLM Open. Harrington started his round from the 10th and picked-up three birdies ...

Atlanta, GA … European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’ certainty Jon Rahm has set his sights on becoming only the second Spaniard after the late, great Seve Ballesteros to capture the European Tour No. 1 crown. Ballesteros won the then named ‘European Tour Order of Merit’ title on six occasions (1976 – 78, 1986, 1988 and 1991). And in the intervening 26-years no Spainard, including double Masters winning Jose Maria Olazabal or current Masters champion Sergio Garcia, ...

Atlanta, GA … Rory McIlroy’s frustrating golfing season certainly hasn’t affected a mischieveous sense of humour. The four-time Major winner laughed when quizzed who if he had the chance to ‘trade places’ with, champion Irish racehorse, Galileo. Galileo, and foaled in March 1998, is now retired and a very active sire. But in a racing career of just one year from October 2000 to October 2001 Galileo contested eight races winning six and finishing second and sixth in the ...

Atlanta, GA …. World No. 1 Dustin Johnson sympathises with Rory McIlroy declaring it ‘sucks’ both he and McIlroy suffered injuries this season. In April, Johnson arrived at Augusta National a red-hot favourite to capture the Masters having won his three prior events in succession. But then of the eve of the new season’s first Major Johnson slipped down the staircase of his rented Augusta house injuring his back and was forced out of the Masters just moments before tee-off. McIlroy’s ...

Atlanta, GA … European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’ certainty John Rahm has set his sights on becoming only the second Spaniard after the late, great Seve Ballesteros to capture the European Tour No. 1 crown. Ballesteros won the then named ‘European Tour Order of Merit’ title on six occasions (1976 – 78, 1986, 1988 and 1991). And in the intervening 26-years no Spainard, including double Masters winning Jose Maria Olazabal or current Masters champion Sergio Garcia, ...