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Ireland’s first Major Champion, Padraig Harrington had delivered a glowing tribute to Argentina’s Robert de Vicenzo who has passed away aged 94. Harrington was not aware of the news to being made aware by Irish Golfer Magazine following his round of a one-under par 71 in bright but windy afternoon conditions in the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. “I remember vividly meeting him when he attended the 2010 Open and he was a beautiful man”, said Harrington. “What a golfer as he contested the Former ...

Dublin, Ohio ….  A jet-lagged Shane Lowry settled into the front rows of cabin class to be sharing 35th place with a level par 72 on the opening day of the Memorial. Near the later stages of his round Lowry was running virtually on the smell of an oily rag walking off very late in the day local time after a round that included three birdies and just as many bogeys in the event hosted by legendary Jack Nicklaus. However, after being on time Monday for his flight from Dublin, Ireland Lowry he ...

Dublin, Ohio … Sam Saunders, and the grandson to the late, great Arnold Palmer, was asked a question not about his grandfather but his grandfather’s fiercest rival for almost their entire careers. That person is this week’s Memorial tournament host … Jack Nicklaus. “Mr. Nicklaus was at the funeral service for my granddad and he was as kind as ever — and he was obviously as kind as he’s ever been to me,” said Saunders after teeing off in the very last ...

Dublin, Ohio …. Russell Knox admitted he would not have believed you after a horror start to his round in taking a treble bogey “7” he would walk off inside the top-30 with a round of 71 on day one of the Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial here in Dublin, Ohio. Scotland’s leading golfer, clearly struggling with a mystery virus he contracted earlier in the week, blocked his first shot way right off the par four 10th hole he was tackling as his first, and with his ball cannoning off ...

Dublin, Ohio … Martin Laird brilliantly grabbed two eagles with the space five holes to shoot a 71 on day one of the Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. Laird had been two over–par after just four holes in the bright but windy conditions before landing his 5–wood 242–yard second shot at the 11th hole to four–feet and holed the first eagle putt in the Muirfield Village course. Then after a birdie at the 14th, Laird then reached the green with his 230–yard ...

Dublin, Ohio … Fellow Open Champion Jack Nicklaus has paid special tribute to the late Roberto de Vicenzo, who passed away Thursday aged 94. The Argentina Golf Association confirmed his passing on its website and indicating de Vicenzo had broke his hip last month at his home in suburban Buenos Aires, and his health had been deteriorating ever since. The Argentinean-born de Vicenzo, who was the oldest-living Open Champion, defeated Nicklaus by two strokes in 1967 at Royal Liverpool. At the ...

Argentinean golfing great Roberto De Vicenzo winner 1967 Open very sadly passes away aged 94 years. De Vicenzo, who was the oldest living Open champion, died at this home in Ranelagh after a long illness. Di Vicenzo was born in Villa Ballester, a northern suburb of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. He was raised in the Villa Pueyrredón neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, and acquired the game of golf as a caddie. He developed his skills at the Ranelagh Golf Club, and later relocated to the ...