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Dublin, Ohio … Struggling Russell Knox is confident of overcoming a mystery virus and being fit to take his place in today’s commencing Memorial in Dublin, Ohio. Knox returned to the States after contesting last week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth but having contracted the “bug” from his wife, Andrea. “Andrea has been really sick for about three weeks and I think I have managed to contract part of it, as well,” he said after contesting Wednesday’s Pro-Am in the Jack Nicklaus-hosted ...

  Dublin, Ohio … Greg Norman revealed his lives less than a mile from Tiger Woods residence on exclusive Jupiter Island in Florida. However in all that time Norman says he has never met Woods and remarkably in the many occasions they have been at a Tour event or involved in a Presidents Cup has never spoken more than 20 words to the 18 times Majors champion. But then the double Open winning Norman is no different to everyone else who has been asked to comment on the events of last Monday ...

Dublin, Ohio … Former double Major winning says his Memorial Tournament Induction is the next honour in his career after carrying the 2000 Olympic Games torch across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Norman became only the second Australian-born golfer since Peter Thomson in 1998 to be honoured with the award at Muirfield Village, and where the Queenslander won twice in his PGA Tour career. “I’d actually put it up in the top two”, when asked by Bernie here at www.golfbytourmiss.com “I ...

Dublin, Ohio … Padraig Harrington has praised the decision by Ryder Cup Captain, Thomas Bjorn to appoint Swede Robert Karlsson as his first Paris vice-captain. Karlsson, 47 has won twelve times in his career including 11 on the European Tour and in 2008 was crowned European No. 1 He played in two Ryder Cup’s in 2008 and 2010 while the Monaco-based golfer has also the wealth of four Seve Trophy and two winning Royal Trophy showings. “I know Robert really well and he will be great for ...

European Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjørn has named Sweden’s Robert Karlsson as his first vice captain for the 2018 contest against the United States at Le Golf National in France. Karlsson twice represented Europe in The Ryder Cup, first as part of the record-breaking winning team in 2006 at The K Club, in Ireland, and then at Valhalla, Kentucky in 2008, when he defeated Justin Leonard 5&3 in the singles. Later that year he won the Harry Vardon Trophy as the European Tour’s Number One player, ...

Muirfield Village, Dublin, OH … Legendary Jack Nicklaus was not about to single out Rory McIlroy for any criticism but did question the ethics of today’s superstar golfers who disappoint fans, sponsors and organisers by withdrawing with injury from events. After withdrawing from last week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, McIlroy also has elected not to contest this week’s Memorial as he continues to recover for a latest rib injury. Nicklaus, 77 hosted a press conference on ...

To understand why a slice of Scottish golf can be found in a corner of Indiana and laid out along the banks of the Ohio River, and with the Blue Grass State of Kentucky on the opposite bank, you have to know more about the course designer. The Links at Rising Sun in the town of Rising Sun was designed by Tim Liddy, who is a member of the American Society Golf Course Architects, works out of Yorktown, Indiana.  He honed his trade for two decades under legendary Pete Dye before branching out on ...