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Three of the world’s top-10 in Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama, along with five-time major-winner Phil Mickelson, found themselves with the weekend off after missing the cut in the Players Championship on Friday. World number six Fowler had to use a pair of binoculars in unsuccessfully trying to locate his golf ball in a palm tree on the sixth …

Phil Mickelson, playing alongside Woods and Rickie Fowler, ended his first round at The Players Championship in shocking style.

​Dustin Johnson got off to a strong start but still has work to do to hang on to his world number one ranking as six players shared the lead at TPC.

Rory McIlroy is turning his disappointing Masters finale into a positive as he prepares to tee off in the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday. The 29-year-old Northern Irishman’s latest quest for a coveted green jacket ended in disappointment last month, when he fell out of contention with a two-over-par final round. Yet McIlroy says he has shrugged off …

​​14-time major champion Tiger Woods has been paired with Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler in the opening two rounds of this week's PGA Player's Championship event.

Three-time British Open winner Tiger Woods is to play in this year’s championship for the 20th time but first, since 2015, tournament organisers announced on Wednesday. The 42-year-old American — a 14 time Major winner — returned to competitive golf this season after missing most of the previous two years through injury and finished tied for 32nd at last month’s …

Rory McIlroy followed up a fine first round at the Wells Fargo Championship with somewhat of a disaster. The four-time major winner turned 29 yesterday, but his first round 68 was cancelled out on Friday by a poor +5 round of 76. Five bogeys and a double at 12 saw him go from one off the lead to just about …

Rory McIlroy looks to be in fine form in his first outing since the Masters last month. Comments concerning that very tournament raised some eyebrows as the Ulsterman spoke ahead of this week’s Wells Fargo Championship, an event which represented his first win on the PGA Tour back in 2010. Rory was three shots off the lead in second place …

US Duo Horschel & Piercy Win PGA Tour's Team Event

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington has declared his interest in captaining Europe at the 2020 Ryder Cup. Harrington has played in six European Ryder Cup teams and has been a vice-captain under Paul McGinley in 2014 and Darren Clarke two years later. The 46-year-old is expected to be named by current European skipper Thomas Bjorn as a vice-captain for the …

France's Alexander Levy claimed his fifth European Tour title with a nerveless one-shot victory in the Trophee Hassan II on Sunday

​Pakistan will host its first golf tournament with the Asian Tour in 11 years, organisers announced Tuesday.

Patrick Reed won the Masters on Sunday, claiming his first major title in a tournament where Tiger Woods’ return to major competition dominated headlines. Here are five things we learned from the 82nd edition of the Masters at Augusta National: – Woods moves the needle – Expectations that Woods could contend in his first major championship since 2015 fueled an …

Despite his closest challenger prior to the final round, Rory McIlroy, fading away by the back nine, Patrick Reed still had a hell of a contest on his hands. He held a three shot lead over McIlroy, and five shots over the rest of the field prior to teeing off on Masters Sunday at Augusta National. A third round 67 …

Britain’s Paul Casey flirted with Augusta National 18-hole scoring records in Sunday’s final round of the Masters, but his charge at faded with a bogey-bogey finish. Casey, who only made the cut on the number after starting 74-75, followed with a 69 in Saturday’s third round and made a stunning run up the leaderboard after starting the last round on …

Charley Hoffman hasn’t had the best of luck at the business end of tournaments. Often leading events after the first round, the 41-year-old has struggled to convert those good starts into wins, with his good play often fading at the weekend. While still a long way from contending with the likes of Patrick Reed atop the leaderboard, Hoffman had a …

​Tiger Woods closed out his Masters return with a 3-under par 69 on Sunday that included a near-ace and his first eagle of the week, but was foiled in his bid to fin

The story heading into Masters Sunday centred on the epic duel between leader Patrick Reed and second-placed Rory McIlroy. That contest has lived up to the billing thus far, with the dynamic duo trading shots across the front nine without really extricating themselves from the chasing pack. Reed is even par for the day through seven holes, McIlroy is +1, with genius …