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Tommy Fleetwood waiting for the call from Captain Bjorn

The phone call from Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjorn has got to come. Rory McIlroy described Tommy Fleetwood’s winning performance at Abu Dhabi this weekend as “incredible. To shoot 65 under those conditions, 6 under on the back nine was … Continue reading

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It will always be the Bob Hope to me

The third round of what has been called the Careerbuilder Challenge for the past 10 years is under way. But I’m beginning to feel like a dinosaur… I can only think of these famous tournaments as how they were called … Continue reading

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Dustin Johnson weighs in on the golf ball debate

Tiger Woods opened the debate again a couple of months ago when he said “we need to do something about the golf ball – 8,000 yard courses would be a problem”. Chambers Bay GC was the controversial host of the … Continue reading

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“It’s no big deal” says McIlroy about his heart condition

As a young person I was taught to play golf by a former tournament professional. When he was on tour he was so wary of the media that his press conferences were something else “driver, 5 iron, 2 putts” he … Continue reading

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Dustin hits it like King Kong

The first tournament and we’ve already probably seen the shot of the year. The final round of the Tournament of Champions at Kapalua’s Plantation Course on Maui Hawaii was dominated by Dustin Johnson who outclassed the field. He said that … Continue reading

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Making golf less boring

The results of the YouGov poll this week which placed golf as the most boring sport to watch (70% agreed, well ahead of darts and cricket) was refuted by European Tour Chief Keith Pelley “Totally disagree” he said “our fan … Continue reading

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Europe retain EurAsia Cup and Thomas Bjorn talks team building

The European team fought back from a one point deficit going into the singles matches to retain the EurAsia cup today. They dominated the singles at Glenmarie Country Club in Kuala Lumpur with wins for Alex Noren, Thomas Pieters, Henrik … Continue reading

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Simple Minds to play at Wentworth

Scottish rock band Simple Minds will be closing the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth this year, taking to the stage on May 27th after the last putt has dropped. With five No 1 albums and 70 million records sold, the … Continue reading

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Sony Open disrupted by fake news

World No 4 Justin Thomas revealed on Saturday that he had been preparing for the end of the world when his best friend, fellow PGA Tour professional Tom Lovelady showed him the above text which was send to millions of … Continue reading

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Devoted

In addition to this a devoted twitter campaign was waged by Mark Johnson, 40, with the hashtag #letmecaddyforyou. Sometimes funny, sometimes desperate it took him 205 tweets before Garcia finally relented last March after a great deal of perserverence and … Continue reading

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