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14th March 2012

Kuehne set for key comeback

Hank Kuehne will make a came-back to the US PGA Tour at this week's Honda Classic after being told by more than a dozen doctors he could never play Callaway RAZR X Irons again. He's not making any claims about winning right now, but he is hoping that, pl...

14th March 2012

Shocks as Tree, Porteous go out

South African Stroke Play champion Haydn Porteous and top English amateur Toby Tree both made shock exits from the Sanlam SA Amateur in Cape Town on Wednesday. Unheralded Harrismith golfer Louis Taylor killed off Porteous's bid to win the elusive double ...

13th March 2012

Mardan Eyes Return To The Open

Mardan Mamat of Singapore is aiming to sweeten his year by qualifying for The Open Championship through the International Final Qualifying (IFQ) – Asia which starts on Thursday. Mardan, who claimed victory at the ICTSI Philippine Open earlier this month...

12th March 2012

Dylan, 16, upstages the stars

Dylan Raubenheimer struck a resounding blow for the country's junior golfers when he won the Stroke Play Qualifier at Sanlam South African Amateur Championship on Monday. But there was a little more at stake for the 16-year-old golfer from the Western Ca...

07th March 2012

Westwood, McIlroy set to face off

World No 2 Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and England's World No 3 Lee Westwood are set for a desert showdown in the semi-finals of the Accenture Match Play Championship after each triumphed in their quarter-final match on Saturday. McIlroy overcame Ko...

06th March 2012

Gonzo thinks Tiger is "beatable"

Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano is not without hope that he can tame 'The Tiger' in Arizona desert country on Wednesday. Fernandez-Castano has been drawn to meet Tiger Woods in Wednesday's first round of the season's first World Golf Championship even...

21st February 2012

Kruger seals maiden European win

South Africa's Jbe Kruger finally shed his perennial bridesmaid tag when he closed with a final round three-under-par 69 to win the Avantha Masters on Sunday. Kruger, who had come close on many occasions, especially in 2010, where he had to settle for th...

21st February 2012

Whiteford holds off Prom charge

Thailand's Prom Meesawat, thriving in the chilly conditions, was the biggest mover of Friday's second round at the Avantha Masters with a flawless eight-under-par 64. It didn't give him the 36-hole lead in the clubhouse at the DLF Golf and Country Club i...

21st February 2012

Mickelson back on top at Riviera

A still-hot Phil Mickelson carried on from where he left off at Pebble Beach on Sunday when he secured the lead in Thursday's first round of the Northern Trust Open. The high-flying Californian left-hander shot a sparkling 5-under-par 66 on a difficult d...

16th February 2012

Lefty clobbers Tiger at Pebble Beach

Phil Mickelson bounced back from some alarming early season mediocrity to crush his long-time nemesis Tiger Woods in a final-round, face to face battle on Sunday. And this on the picturesque and storied Pebble Beach Golf Links in Northern California wher...

16th February 2012

Bolognesi hits the front in SA

Italy's Andrea Bolognesi has hit the front in Thursday's third round of the South African Amateur stroke play championship - courtesy of Brandon Stone. The South African No 1 amateur had looked unstoppable after the second round when he led by five strok...

10th February 2012

Fox in 3-way tie with Hend, Ormsby

Ben Fox of the USA reaped the benefits of extra hours in the gym when he shot a sparkling eight-under-par 64 to share Thursday's first round lead at the Zaykabar Myanmar Open presented by Air Bagan. Fox posted a flawless round that contained eight birdi...

10th February 2012

Lee leads Korean charge

South Korea's Bo-Mee Lee has set the pace in Thursday's first round of the Australian Ladies Masters, shooting a flawless 7-under 65 at RACV Royal Pines Resort in Queensland. The 23-year-old fired seven birdies to end the day a stroke clear of early clu...

10th February 2012

Palmer edges clear as night ends play

It was almost dark when late finisher Ryan Palmer snatched a one-shot lead from Webb Simpson in Thursday's first round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. But 42 players were still out on the course when an early-morning frost-delay caused the opening ...

10th February 2012

Stanley ready to move on after Torrey Pines collapse(2)

Stanley, like Garrigus, was going for his first PGA Tour victory. Both grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Both are in the top class of power players in Titleist 910 D2 Driver. The similarities end there. Stanley, who grew up in the Seattle area, was an Al...