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Wilmington, NC … As much as Adam Scott tries he just cannot get away from golf. Scott lives in a street named Woods Drive in the Bahamas while he also owns a house in Crans-Montana in Switzerland called “Turnberry” while another house he owns in Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia is named “Muirfield Place”. “All my life I have not been able to get away from golf being born in Woods Drive, a house in Switzerland named Turnberry and owning ...

Martin Laird is determined to kick start what he refers to as the “meat of his season” in taking a sizeable bite at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina. Laird took last week off to return to competition at the event, and boasting a vintage Wels Fargo stagecoach in front of the clubhouse, being staged for a first occasion at the Eagle Point course laid out close to the Atlantic shoreline in Wilmington. The $US 7.2m has switched for just one year given Quail Hollow in suburban ...

Graeme McDowell has paid tribute to fellow Irishman Gareth Maybin who last week announced his retirement from the Tour after being plagued by a long time wrist injury. Maybin, 36 competed i172 European Tour events enjoying three second place finishes, including runner-up to McDowell in the 2o1o Andalucia Masters, along with 16 other top-1os and among those a gallant 5th in the 2o13 Scottish Open for overall career earnings of  Euro 5o7,68o. However the very affable Maybin had his later career plagued ...

In the three weeks Dustin Johnson has been absent and re-cooperating from a back injury two things have not changed. Firstly, Johnson continues to be ranked the World No. 1 after being out injured in slipping on a staircase and injuring his back just prior to the start of the Masters. And secondly, you will continue never to savour a long fireside chat with the American if his pre-Wells Fargo Championship media conference in North Carolina remains the norm. “DJ”, as he is more affectionately ...

Jazz Janewattananond took advantage of the benign early morning conditions to haul himself back into contention going into the final round of the MENA Tour’s MahaSamutr Masters at Banyan Golf Club on Wednesday. The talented Thai backed his opening 70 with a bogey-free four-under 68 to join overnight joint leader Lionel Weber in a two-way tie for the lead at six-under 138, one clear of England’s Jordan Garnish, who returned a second-round 71. The Thai duo of Suradit Yongcharoenchai and Ratchapol ...

Wilmington, NC … Shane Lowry has returned to competition for the first of 1o events in the next 14 weeks and looking to secure a place into the event he won in the States two years ago – the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. Lowry kick-starts his busiest part of the season teeing–up in this week’s Wells Fargo Championship at Wilmington on the North Carolina Altantic shoreline. The $US 7.2m event has moved from Quail Hollow in Charlotte, and where Rory McIlroy captured a first PGA Tour title ...

Wilmington, NC … Russell Knox returned triumphantly to Connecticut eTight months on to hole exactly the same putt that won him the Travelers Championship. Knox hosted a media outing Tuesday at PC River Highlands and where the Scot claimed his second PGA Tour victory in dramatic manner. Knox saved par from a greenside bunker in holing a 12-foot putt on the final hole to beat hometown favourite Jerry Kelly by a stroke and hours after Jim Furyk shot the first 58 in PGA Tour history. Knox celebrated ...