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Graeme McDowell has not taken lightly his decision to contest week’s Dean & Deluca Invitational in Texas. McDowell is teeing-up the $US 6.7m event on the Colonial Club course in Fort Worth for a first occasion but it also has meant missing the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. In fact, McDowell has sat out the BMW PGA just once in the 13 years since he first walked onto the “Burma Road” layout in 2oo3 and that was in 2o14 when his wife, Kristin was giving birth to the couples first child. However, ...

Fort Worth, TX ….. Defending champion and double Major winning Jordan Spieth offered some simple advice to one of the youngest competitors in this week’s Dean & Deluca Invitational. Thai sensation Jazz Janewattananond celebrated his 21st birthday last November and since then he was won on both the Asian Tour and more recently the MENA Tour. And now Jazz is making his PGA Tour debut at the Colonial Club thanks to an invitation from the title sponsors Only 2o-year old Australian Curtis ...

Fort Worth, Texas ….. Harold Varner 111 confirmed he will return to Australia later this year to defend his Australian PGA Championship at the RACV Royal Pines Resort in Queensland. The 26-year old born in famed Akron, Ohio followed-up his second-place finish after a play-off in 2o15 to win the Joe Kirkwood trophy last December by two shots courtesy of nine birdies in a closing round 65. It was Varner 111s first success as a professional and he celebrated drinking champagne from the trophy. “I ...

Fort Worth, TX … It was one of those pinch yourself moments. Jazz Janewattananond was on the first tee of the famed Colonial Country Club course and venue for this week’s PGA Tour Dean & Deluca Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. Asking if he could join the exciting 21-year old Thai-born star for a practice round was Billy Horschel and just two days after the Florida-born golfer ended a three-year winless drought to capture the AT & A Byron Nelson. Jazz is no stranger to playing golf ...

Fort Worth, TX …  When a long-time fan wondered, “Geoff Ogilvy is such a fine golfer, and he has one of the best brains in golf. Wonder why he has not played to his potential in recent years?” So, it was time to ask him “As you’re known to be a thinker, what are you doing to bump up your game to the next level given that you’re probably interested in all things golf and know a lot about it?” The reply was, “I try to learn as much as I can really, like trial and error, cause and ...

Fort Worth, TX … After Billy Horschel encouraged his wife not to go public over her fight with alcoholism, the now four-time PGA Tour winner has reached out to those fighting the disease not to fear in silence. Unbeknown to Horschel, his wife Brittany went onto social media Monday, and while he was competing in a charity event, and releasing a brave statement declaring the reason for her husband’s slump in form the past few seasons was down to her alcoholism. Her revelations came just a ...

This week’s BMW PGA Championship has lost one Irishman in Rory McIlroy but gains another in Padraig Harrington who is returning to competition. Harrington has not played since the last week of February when he missed the at the Honda Classic. He returned home to finally undergo surgery at the Mater Hospital in Dublin on a long-time troublesome trapped nerve in his shoulder. And his recovery prediction is pretty much to plan, and in fact, it is a few earlier than expected as Harrington was targeting ...