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Paul McGinley celebrated his first event in the over-50s brigade with a rousing three under par 69 on day one of the Allianz Championship in Florida. McGinley was grouped with Major’s winning duo of John Daly and David Toms for the event being played on the Boca Raton course about an hour’s drive north of Miami. The Irishman’s round was rock-solid and included four birdies and just the one bogey in warm and slightly windy conditions, and in field boasting seven Ryder Cup Captains including ...

Austria’s ultra-talented Bernd Wiesberger banked a remarkable run of nine birdies in a row as he fired a 63 to take the second-round lead at the Maybank Championship. The 31 year old entered day two at Saujana Golf and Country Club six shots off the lead but that incredible sequence of gains from the seventh to the 15th got him to 12 under and handed him a one-shot lead over Masters Tournament champion Danny Willett. No other player in European Tour history had ever made nine consecutive birdies ...

The shadow has lengthened over Tiger Woods return to competition after releasing a statement he will not contest next week’s Genesis Open or the following weeks Honda Classic. “My doctors have advised me not to play the next two weeks, to continue my treatment and to let my back calm down,” Woods said in a statement on his website. “This is not what I was hoping for or expecting. I am extremely disappointed to miss the Genesis Open, a tournament that benefits my foundation, and The Honda ...

Double Masters winning Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal finally makes his debut on the PGA TOUR Champions Friday, and one year and five days after celebrating his 50th birthday. But he’s not approaching his debut at the Allianz Championship thinking he has to make up for lost time. “I consider myself a very fortunate guy,” Olazabal said Thursday to good friend Vartan Kupelin covering the event for www.pgatour.com “I’ve dedicated my life to what I love.  I’ve actually managed to do ...

Pebble Beach, CA … In a first visit to the region for many a year it’s been a bleary return to the Monterey Peninsula. Apart from some respite on the eve of this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am it has been winds and rain spoiling what is a wonderful region of California. I was first here in ‘inspecting’ the Pebble Beach Links course, and one of three host venues this week, in November 1989 and in what was a first visit to the States. But I worked out it was 1988 ...

Pebble Beach, CA … Future European Team captain Padraig Harrington believes 2018 USA Captain Jim Furyk is correct in admitting the Americans are 20 years behind Europe when it comes to the committee business of the Ryder Cup. In a first major initiative since his appointment a month ago, Furyk yesterday announced changes to USA Team qualifying and with more emphasis on increasing qualifying points awarded in winning the Majors. Among the changes is doubling the points awarded to two points ...

Report by Susanne Kemper, Pebble Beach. The 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (February 9-12) teed off Thursday morning an hour early due to the correct forecast of inclement conditions due to greet the 156 Pro’s and their amateur partners at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club (MPCC) on California’s Monterey Peninsula around 1pm local time. Teams play all three courses in the rota the first three days with the cut coming Saturday evening. All pro’s and ...