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George O’Grady sorry for ‘coloured’ gaffe
THE European Tour’s flagship event continued to be shrouded in controversy after George O’Grady, the circuit’s chief executive, joined Sergio Garcia in making an “unreserved apology” during the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
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Wentworth: Scott Henry revels on big stage
THE man for the big occasion revelled on his first appearance on the biggest stage on the European Tour.
Paul Lawrie thrilled by Sir Alex clubs bid
SIR Alex Ferguson might get a second-hand driver for free to go along with the irons he’s coughing up £5,000 for after winning an online auction in aid of Paul Lawrie’s junior foundation.
Tom English: Sergio Garcia’s humility genuine
Sergio Garcia didn’t have to utter an idiotic and borderline racist comment about Tiger Woods at an awards ceremony on Tuesday evening to make people believe that he’s a bit of a brat.
4 commentsErnie Els urges acceptance of anchored putting ban
ERNIE Els, who is unlikely to warm up for his Open Championship defence at Muirfield by teeing up in this year’s Scottish Open, has urged the PGA Tour to “play ball” over anchored strokes being banned.
Colin Montgomerie eyes 30 seniors events
AFTER rubbing shoulders with celebrities and travelling round Italy in a vintage car, Colin Montgomerie is ready to get back to the day job.
Rory McIlroy clears air with Graeme McDowell
THERE’S a danger of a golf tournament breaking out this morning. It will be refreshing after a week so far of verbal jousting between Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods in which the Spaniard took a step too far with a perceived racist comment, as well as those one-time bosom buddies, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, needing to kiss and make up after a spat of their own.
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Sergio Garcia sorry for ‘racist’ Tiger Woods jibe
SERGIO Garcia yesterday offered an unreserved apology to Tiger Woods over a perceived racist comment, admitting it had been “stupid and out of place” and that his regret over the incident had left him close to pulling out of the BMW PGA Championship starting today.
Colin Montgomerie backs ban on anchored putting
COLIN Montgomerie last night threw his weight behind the decision to ban anchored putting strokes in golf and urged fellow players not to take legal action in a bid to get it overturned.
1 commentPaul McGinley opts for three wild cards
EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has increased his picks for next year’s match at Gleneagles to three – one more than Jose Maria Olazabal had at his disposal at Medinah – but the Irishman reckons Martin Laird is facing a difficult task to make the team in Perthshire.
Anchored putting: Peter Dawson urges acceptance
IT IS not a matter that has been taken lightly. A 32-page explanation of the “most controversial decision in golf for a long time” is proof of that.
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Sergio Garcia refuses olive branch to Tiger Woods
SERGIO Garcia’s response to being asked by The Scotsman if he had ever discussed his dislike for Tiger Woods with Seve Ballesteros just about summed up how the Sapniard feels about the world No 1.
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Marc Warren to quit Twitter over Old Firm trolls
MARC Warren, one of Scotland’s leading golfers, has admitted he’s being driven off Twitter by Old Firm trolls, describing abuse he received in the wake of a meltdown in last year’s Scottish Open as “ridiculous”.
1 commentClubgolf product Clara earns place in record books
GOLF: Clara Young became the youngest player to reach the final of the Scottish Ladies’ Amateur Championship at Longniddry last week – and the North Berwick High School pupil is one of the first of Scotland’s ClubGolf programme to make a serious mark in the game.
Martin Dempster: Unity needed over anchoring ban
WHILE the outcome is surely inevitable, there is still a certain amount of intrigue surrounding today’s press conferences on either side of the Atlantic that will determine if “anchoring” is being consigned to the depths of the golfing seas.
Dubai trophy replica struck by Gallacher
STEPHEN Gallacher has paid for a replica of his Dubai Desert Classic trophy to be presented to the winner of a new event being hosted by his Foundation in the Borders this weekend.
Laird’s Open hopes hit by 72 in Texas
MARTIN Laird’s hopes of securing a spot in this year’s Open Championship at Muirfield through the International Final Qualifier in America appeared slim after he could only muster a two-over-par 72 in yesterday’s opening round at Gleneagles Country Club in Texas.
Graeme McDowell wins World Match Play
Graeme McDowell expressed his delight at becoming the first Irish winner of the Volvo World Match Play Championship as he joined an illustrious list of champions with a hard-fought victory over Thongchai Jaidee in Bulgaria.
Kevin Craggs hails Scottish golf’s girl power
HAVING discovered someone who is prepared to work even harder than him, Kevin Craggs knows full well that Catriona Matthew has no intention of taking her foot off the gas for a while yet.
1 commentCrichton’s ace helps Fife regain Area Team title
TWO years after winning the event for the first time, Fife regained the GolfKings Scottish Area Team Championship with victory over record holders Lothians in a weather-affected event at Crail.
Martin Laird and Knox bid to secure Open spots
MARTIN Laird is amongst the hopefuls in today’s Open Championship qualifier at Gleneagles Country Club In Texas.
Craig Lee fourth as Uihlein triumphs in Madeira
STIRLING’S Craig Lee missed out on a breakthrough European Tour win as American Peter Uihlein shot four birdies on the back nine to claim the Madeira Islands Open by two shots.
Ryder Cup volunteers could stay in Nazi POW camp Picture gallery
A FORMER prisoner of war camp which once held some of Hitler’s crack SS troops could be given a new lease of life - as a temporary home for the army of volunteers at next year’s Ryder Cup clash in Scotland.
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Ian Poulter ‘disgusted’ by World Match Play defeat
Ian Poulter yesterday labelled his performance as “disgusting, disgraceful and unacceptable” as he crashed out of the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria.
Golf: Saltman misses out in Classic play-off
Elliot Saltman was pipped for the £10,000 prize in a three-man play-off at the Astbury Hall Classic at the Cheshire venue.
Golf: Craig Lee moves into lead in Madeira
SCOTLAND’S Craig Lee moved into a one-shot lead at the Madeira Islands Open yesterday courtesy of a four under par second round of 68, on a weather-affected day when former US Amateur Champion Peter Uihlein threatened the magic number 59.
Golf: Clara Young on Catriona Matthew’s trail
PETITE as they come, Clara Young looks more cut out for a pommel horse than pummeling away with a golf club but today, in her native East Lothian, the 16-year-old will bid to follow in the spikemarks of Scotland’s greatest lady golfer.
Rory McIlroy to create own management group
World No 2 Rory McIlroy is set to leave Horizon Sports Management to create his own management group.
2 commentsKeegan Bradley fires 60 to grab lead in Texas
FORMER champion Keegan Bradley last night shrugged off two bogeys around the turn to set a course record with a sizzling 10-under-par 60 in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas.
Colsaerts and Poulter early World Match Play blows
DEFENDING champion Nicolas Colsaerts and former winner Ian Poulter face a battle to remain in the Volvo World Match Play Championship after losing their opening group games in Bulgaria yesterday.
Saltman’s 64 equals best round as professional
SCOT Lloyd Saltman hailed a virtually flawless round after equalling his best 18 holes as a professional on the first day of the Madeira Islands Open.
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Scott Jamieson sets sights on top 50 and Ryder Cup
HAVING already helped him become the first Irishman to secure the Ryder Cup captaincy, Scott Jamieson would love to be on Paul McGinley’s European team for next year’s match at Gleneagles.
Schoolgirl Young makes grade in Women’s Championship
CLARA Young may have to wait for the results of two Highers but the North Berwick teenager has already passed one test this week after safely qualifying for the matchplay phase of the Midlothian Women’s Championship at Longniddry.
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Carly Booth keen for another Archerfield win
MARBELLA may be her new home and a windy photoshoot out in the cold on a balcony above Princes Street definitely left her yearning to be in the Spanish sunshine yesterday.
Gallagher faces McDowell test at Match Play
STEPHEN Gallacher has been drawn in the same group as former US Open winner Graeme McDowell, the man he beat in a play-off to claim the Dunhill Links title nine years ago, in this week’s Volvo Match Play Championship in Bulgaria.
Walker’s first-tee fear unfounded as she leads
RACHEL Walker overcame a frightening first-tee flashback to set the pace at the halfway stage in the 36-hole qualifying for the Scottish Women’s Championship at Longniddry.
Hoylake to host Walker Cup
HOYLAKE’S return from the golfing wilderness has been rubber-stamped after it was awarded the Walker Cup in 2019 to coincide with Royal Liverpool’s 150th anniversary.
‘Let women join R&A’ says Catriona Matthew
SCOTLAND’S leading female golfer has urged the sport’s governing body to “lead by example” by admitting women members to the country’s most famous club.
2 commentsClubGolf @ the Castle aims to attract 500
Professionals Kelsey MacDonald and Pamela Pretswell plus Scotland’s 2012 Amateur of the Year – Jack McDonald – joined pupils from Allan’s Primary School at Stirling Castle to help launch ClubGolf @ the Castle, part of this summer’s exciting ClubGolf Festival.
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Tony Jacklin gave Europe necessary ‘self-esteem’
AS THE countdown clock to the Ryder Cup returning to Scotland for the first time in 40 years reaches 500 days, there’s surely no-one better placed to set the scene for next year’s match at Gleneagles than Tony Jacklin.
Hilary Wardell makes return to Scottish Women’s
EIGHTEEN years after winning the event under her maiden name of Monaghan, Hilary Wardell is an intriguing entry in the qualifying for the Scottish Women’s Championship starting today at Longniddry, where she will enjoy home advantage.
Martin Laird closing in on top-50 in rankings
MARTIN Laird is close to regaining his place in the world’s top 50 after making his presence felt on the last day in the Players’ Championship, golf’s unofficial fifth major, for the second year running.
Martin Dempster: What’s next after Vijay then the Sawgrass war of words?
THE way things are going golf could be heading for an unusual nomination – alongside the likes of Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale in the “Soap” category at the next national television awards.
1 commentPaul O’Hara heads for Coventry as top Scot
PAUL O’Hara, a two-time beaten finalist in the Scottish Amateur Championship, is being sent to Coventry but he won’t mind that one bit after winning the Scottish qualifier for the PGA Assistants’ Championship.
Robert MacIntyre surges to youths title victory
Oban teenager Robert MacIntyre produced the round of the championship – a three-under-par 67 – to achieve a come-from-behind victory surge to win the Golf Data Lab Scottish youths golf title at Lanark yesterday.
Irish Stroke-Play: Robertson is edged out
Scot Graeme Robertson, of Glenbervie, was beaten in a three-man play-off for the Irish men’s open amateur stroke-play championship at Royal Dublin Golf Club yesterday.
Tiger Woods secures his second Players crown
TIGER Woods claimed his 78th PGA Tour title and the richest prize in golf as Sergio Garcia’s hopes of a second Players Championship fell victim to the infamous 17th hole at Sawgrass.
1 commentTurkish delight for Laing and MacDonald
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR: Vikki Laing and Kelsey MacDonald flew home from Turkey in upbeat mood last night.
Mickelson confirms his place in this year’s Scottish Open
PHIL Mickelson has confirmed he will return to Castle Stuart to complete in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open from 11-14 July.
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