Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland were tied together four shots clear at the top of the leaderboard after a thrilling Saturday showdown which saw the pair fire matching third rounds of 66. Hovland, bidding to become Norway’s first major champion, made a fast start with four birdies in a row from the third, before McIlroy, bidding for his first major victory since 2014, chipped in from a greenside bunker to eagle the 10th hole and edged ahead with a birdie […]
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The Friday of an Open Championship is always fraught, as players close to the cut mark desperately scramble to ensure they’re around for the weekend’s play, but the second round at the 150th Open at St Andrews seemed especially emotionally charged. And all because, one man, albeit arguably the best player ever to grace the game, was long odds-on to miss the cut. That Tiger Woods was even at St Andrews was a minor miracle, given that he almost had […]
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On a day when the Old Course at St Andrews showed why it is just as happy to give as it is to take away, the field at the 150th Open Championship was split by a 19 shots after just 18 holes and almost 16 hours of golfing action. In between 1999 Open Champion Paul Lawrie hitting the opening shot just after 6.30am, and the last group walking off the 18th green just after 10pm, the opening day of the […]
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Tiger Woods continued his preparations for next week’s Open Championship with a round at Ballybunion Golf Club in the West of Ireland on Thursday, where he teed it up with Rory McIlroy, who was also putting in some finishing touches to his assault on the season’s final major. Having both played at the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor earlier this week, the duo took time to work on their game at one of the world’s most highly rated links […]
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Rory McIlroy successfully defended his RBC Canadian Open title after firing a final round 62 to win by two shots from Tony Finau at St George’s Golf & Country Club in Toronto. Sharing the lead with Finau after 54 holes, McIlroy covered the opening nine holes on Sunday in 29 strokes – the first time he has ever done that on the PGA Tour – with an electrifying display of controlled driving and precision wedge play, including holing out for birdie […]
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