Former Masters winner Danny Willett has been given the 2022 PGA Recognition Award for his outstanding contribution to golf. Eight-time DP World Tour winner Willett, who shot to global attention with his epic Masters victory at Augusta in 2016, received his award from PGA Captain Sarah Bennett at the annual PGA Lunch held in London on December 16. Sheffield-born Willett was a member of Rotherham Golf Club and won the English Amateur Championship in 2007, the same year he played […]
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Danny Willett three-putted the 18th green from inside four feet after watching Max Homa hole a chip as the 34-year-old Yorkshireman missed out on the PGA Tour’s Fortinet Championship title by a shot. Willett was a stroke ahead of the defending champion and looked set to win as he lay three feet from the pin while the American faced a tough chip. But Homa chipped in for birdie, meaning the ex-Masters champion now needed to hole his birdie putt to win. Willett […]
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Billy Horschel is to defend the BMW PGA Championship title he won in 2021 when the American is joined by fellow former champions Tyrrell Hatton and Danny Willett at Wentworth Club from September 8-11. Horschel soared to a maiden Rolex Series title last year when he birdied the famous 18th hole at Wentworth’s West Course to clinch a one-stroke victory. Horschel, who had previously spoken of watching the BMW PGA Championship on television as a child when growing up in Florida, was […]
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Six years after his stunning victory at Augusta, Danny Willett is bidding to get his game back into top gear as he returns to the scene of his finest hour and embarks on his 14th season on tour As he heads off to the airport to travel to Augusta next month, there must be a moment when Danny Willet has to pinch himself that he is a member of exalted group of 90 players who have earned the right to […]
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Danny Willett celebrated his birthday in style with victory at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews. The 2016 Masters winner, who turned 34 on Sunday, started the final round on the Old Course with a three-stroke lead and remained at the top of the leaderboard throughout the day, making the turn in three under par. His fifth birdie of the day followed on the tenth hole and he parred his way home to sign for a four under 68, a […]
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