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Koepka keeps calm to retain Wanamaker Trophy with his fourth Major win in 2 years

BROOKS Koepka secured his place in golfing history with a two-shot triumph at the USPGA Championship, where he went wire-to-wire to become the first male player to win his first four Major titles in less than two years. On a brutally challenging day at the famously difficult Bethpage Black Course, the 29-year-old was made to […]

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Koepka creates USPGA record at Bethpage as 65 opens up seven-shot lead

BROOKS Koepka made history at the US PGA Championship as the American recorded the lowest 36-hole score in Major Championship history, obliterating the rest of the field at Bethpage to move seven shots clear after a second round 65 moved him to 12 under par. The 29-year-old former European Tour winner and Challenge Tour graduate […]

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Caroline Berry beats cream of English crop to claim her second Senior Women’s title

CHESHIRE’S Caroline Berry was queen of the greens as she claimed her second win in the English Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Staffordshire’s Enville Golf Club. After holing a 25-footer for birdie on the 15th to beat Sussex’s Paula Carver 4&3 in the final, Berry said: “To say I am thrilled is the understatement of […]

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Thompson uses driver well to shoot 66 at Sotogrande

ENGLAND’S Charlotte Thompson said she was absolutely buzzing after shooting a six-under-par 66 – her career best score on the Ladies European Tour – to lead after the first round of the inaugural La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational. The 26-year-old from Chelmsford, Essex, said: “What a start! What a great course, what a great day […]

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USPGA champion Koepka lets class shine through at New York’s Bethpage Black

BROOKS Koepka’s USPGA Championship title defence got off to a perfect start at Bethpage Black  as an almost effortless seven-under 63 moved the American one clear of Danny Lee, while Tommy Fleetwood was three shots further back in outright third. Koepka is aiming to make it four victories in eight Major appearances this week and […]

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Solheim Cup captain Catriona Matthew calling time on her LPGA career

SCOTLAND’s Catriona Matthew – Europe’s Solheim Cup captain – has confirmed she will be stepping away from the LPGA this year and will be playing more on the Ladies European Tour in the future. The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, from July 17-20, will be her last LPGA event on US soil and she will […]

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Francesco Molinari who will play in the 2019 USPGA at Bethpage Black

Francesco Molinari ready to face Masters champion Tiger Woods at Bethpage Black

FRANCESCO Molinari is hoping to continue his impressive Major form at this week’s USPGA Championship, as The Open Champion prepares to once again tee it up alongside recently-crowned Masters winner Tiger Woods at Bethpage. The Italian played side-by-side with Woods at Augusta National as the American famously claimed his 15thh Major title. And Molinari is […]

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Rory McIlroy: Length will be key in bid for third USPGA title at Bethpage Black

RORY McIlroy feels the famous length and difficulty of Bethpage’s Black Course could play into his hands this week as the Northern Irishman targets a fifth Major Championship at the USPGA Championship. The 30-year-old has been on superb form in 2019, with a win in the Players Championship on the US PGA Tour supplemented by […]

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Phipps qualifies for The Brabazon at Hindhead – all the way via The Belfry

MORE than 60 players came through regional qualifiers to clinch their places in the field for the prestigious Brabazon Trophy, when Leeds’ Alwoodley Golf hosts the English Amateur Strokeplay Championship at the end of the month. Warwickshire’s Liam Phipps and Essex’s George Leversuch, led the way at the southern event, both scoring four-under par 66s […]

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Challenge Tour announces ISPS HANDA World Invitational at Galgorm

THE European Challenge Tour  has announced it will host the first ISPS HANDA World Invitational for men and women to be held in Northern Ireland, in August. The European Tour’s drive for inclusivity in golf  – starting with April’s Jordan Mixed Open and the announcement last week of the first disabled tournaments to be run […]

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St George’s Hill member Clive Edgington to be next captain of the R&A

THE Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has announced that 67-year-old Clive Edgington, a member at Surrey’s St George’s Hill, will serve as Captain in 2019/20. Mr Edgington has been nominated by the past captains of the club and will begin his year in office with the traditional driving-in ceremony on the first […]

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Lee Westwood and Close House owner Graham Wylie

Westwood to resume host role at Close House for Betfred British Masters

THE Betfred British Masters will return to Newcastle’s Close House in 2020. Former World No. 1 Lee Westwood will become the first player to host the European Tour tournament twice. Following the success of this year’s event at Hillside Golf Club in Southport, where Ryder Cup star Tommy Fleetwood took on the hosting duties, Westwood […]

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Last-gasp birdie by Kinhult denies Pepperell British Masters defence dream

MARCUS Kinhult held off challenges from defending champion Eddie Pepperell, four-time winner Matt Wallace and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre to win his first European Tour title at the Betfred British Masters. The Swede birdied the final two holes at Hillside Golf Club after dropping two strokes on the previous two holes, to finish one ahead of […]

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Bland begins climb back to top with share of lead at Prague Golf Challenge

HAMPSHIRE’S Richard Bland was one of five players tied for the first round lead at the Prague Golf Challenge after carding seven-under par rounds of 65 at Prague City Golf. Bland reeled off four birdies in a row starting at the 10th, in the Czech Republic, and after dropping a shot at the 18th, bounced […]

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Cascais ready for Ireland’s defence of GolfSixes crown at Oitavos Dunes in June

DEFENDING champions Paul Dunne and Gavin Moynihan will be hoping to have Irish eyes smiling once again, this time on Portuguese soil, when the pair combine again for their country in GolfSixes Cascais from June 7-8. Team Ireland emerged victorious in the second edition of GolfSixes last year at Hertfordshire’s Centurion Golf Club, when Dunne […]

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Jordan sees way to low round after late invite to Betfred British Masters at Hillside

ROYAL LIVERPOOL’S Matthew Jordan took full advantage of his late invitation to the Betfred British Masters with an impressive opening round of 63 to lead by two shots at Hillside Golf Club. The 23-year-old Englishman, who lives in nearby Hoylake, only got into the tournament on Sunday and is making just his ninth appearance on […]

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European Tour Rolex Series will host two Golfers with Disability tournaments

THE European Tour’s drive for inclusivity in golf continued apace with the announcement that two tournaments for Golfers with Disability will be run alongside two of this season’s biggest Rolex Series events. In conjunction with the European Disabled Golf Association (EDGA) – which founded the new World Rankings for Golfers with Disability (WR4GD) now administered […]

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Pepperell confident ahead of defence of Betfred British Masters at Hillside Golf Club

EDDIE Pepperell will defend a European Tour title for the first time in his career as he tees it up at the Betfred British Masters at Hillside Golf Club tomorrow (Thursday). The Englishman won last year’s British Masters at Walton Heath, his second title of the 2018 season, and has arrived at Hillside in a […]

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MacLaren races home for a big Golf Foundation date

THE Golf Foundation has welcomed Meghan MacLaren as an ambassador for the national golf charity that encourages young people from all backgrounds to benefit from the sport. Meghan’s first assignment was performed with skill and style at Golf At Goodwood on Sunday, as she struck the first official shot to launch the foundation’s national GolfSixes […]

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Europe’s 2021 Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington

Harrington cuts Ryder Cup wild cards at Whistling Straits from four to three

EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington has opted to reduce his number of wild cards from four to three when his team defends the trophy at Whistling Straits in 2020. The European Tour has confirmed the qualification period for Europe’s 2020 Ryder Cup team will start at the 2019 BMW PGA Championship. That is the […]

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