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During the first round of the Honda Classic yesterday Rickie Fowler was granted a drop by a rules official and decided to do it a little bit differently, but still under the new knee high version of the Rules of Golf.

Keith Mitchell sealed his first win on the PGA Tour with a birdie on 18 at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens Florida beating Rickie Fowler and Brooks Koepka by a stroke. Fowler had a late charge to -8 with 3 birdies in the last 4 holes including a 45ft putt which he holed out on the 17th. Mitchell found himself in the upslope of a fairway bunker on 18, laid up with his second then hit a wedge to 15 feet below the hole and holed his putt for a win which had looked unlikely when he began his final round with two bogeys.

To add to the entertainment Vijay Singh was in with a chance to become the oldest man ever to win a PGA Tour title at 56 when had a birdie out for a share of the lead on 15 which he missed, and he fell back to place 6th. Sam Snead still holds the record of oldest man winning the Greater Greensboro Open when he was 52.

Dustin Johnson said he was “really happy” with his 20th tour victory this weekend at the WGC-Mexico Championship. His final round of 66 beat Rory McIlroy by 5 strokes, who was in the top 5 for the 4th consecutive start.

That’s about as excited as he ever gets. He was more interested in the implications of this win. It grants lifetime exemption on the PGA Tour, in particular from a rule which protects sponsor’s interests. The “strength of field” requirement requires players to add an event which they haven’t played in for the previous four years if they havent played in 25 events the previous season. “I was definitely thinking of that, it was my biggest concern, because I couldnt find somewhere I was going to add a tournament this year”.

All well and good until he was told that he can’t take advantage of this until 2022, because the second part of the exemption states that it must be 20 victories and 15 active years on Tour. Dustin has only been playing on the PGA Tour for 12 years and he has won every year.

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Most James Bond afficionardos will mention Goldfinger and the scenes shot at Stoke Park, but I prefer this scene from Dr No as it is a female playing, even if she is daftly wearing gold high heels.

I met Sean Connery once, not on a golf course. He came into my work to talk to the Minister I was working for at the time. The messengers were too overawed to ask him if he would like refreshment, but young Ned, who never made anyone a cup of tea in his life before, asked him if he would like one. And to make sure that Ned did that nicely I followed behind him and asked Mr Connery how his golf was. He said he had been too busy to play. But we did start up a lovely conversation about the tournament at Sun City and he agreed that Mickelson had played awful. But we both oohed over the swing of Ernie Els. I enjoyed that a lot. He was quite a bit older then than he was in this film but still devastatingly handsome.

On July 29 2019 at the Marriott Worsley Club in Manchester the Coronation Street Golf Day will be played, this year supporting the Blossom’s Legacy Charity. It is run by Alan Hallsall (Tyrone), Sam Aston (Chesney) and Andy Whyment (Kirk). This film shows what has gone on in previous years,

Arsenal FC legend Ian Wright plays Ping and has in his bag

G419 driver, 3 and 5 wood 4 hybrid

i500 5-pitching wedge irons

50, 55, 60 degree wedges

B60 putter

He has played golf since 2000 when he retired from professional football. He is a single figure handicap player and member at Brockett Hall GC and Loch Lomond GC