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Matthew Fitzpatrick is one of Golf’s rising stars and is now the youngest player in the world top 100. The current world number 41 started his rookie year on the European Tour in 2015 in 413th place. After 10 top 10 finishes and six top three finishes including his maiden victory and the British Masters, […]
Englishman Chris Wood says it was great to see Danny Willet get over the line at by winning the Masters at Augusta National. Chris Wood says it was great to play at Masters but was disappointed with his final round. He told Sky Sports News: “Yes, anytime you play at the Master’s it’s a great […]
Spaniard Rafa Cabrera-Bello reflects on his debut week in Augusta National and the incredible victory of Danny Willet. Bello told Sky Sports how happy he was to finish T17th. He said: “Absolutely (happy with his performance). The first week over there is always very special. It was extremely difficult as you know it’s a very […]
Justin Rose has come out and said that he thinks it will be difficult to defend his title at this week’s Zurich classic of New Orleans open. Rose has not played since his T10th finish at the Masters nearly three weeks ago and feels like winning this week won’t be easy. Rose told Sky Sports […]
Rory McIlroy has said he will swerve the Bridgestone invitational in favour of playing in Paris as he will build up to the Open Championship. McIlroy told Sky Sports : “I feel that playing in the 100th Open de France at Le Golf National will be the best way to get ready for The Open, […]
Sky Sports golf pundit Richard Kaufman has been having his say on the emergence of the new wave of Asian players. He told Sky Sports: “The week that felt like it wouldn’t end had a fitting finale, and another potential star has emerged. “Six European Tour starts now for Soomin Lee and after a third […]
Sky Sports Golf pundit Richard Kauffman has said he would have preferred to see a male/female team at the Rio Olympics this summer rather than the current format. Kauffman told Sky Sports : “South Korea is a country where a gold medal is such a big deal, whatever the sport. In fact, win a gold […]
Sky Sports Golf pundit Rob Lee has said if you want to play in the Ryder cup then playing Le Golf National is ‘a no-brainer’. Lee told Sky Sports: “It’s great for Keith Pelley and the European Tour that Rory, our top player, is coming across and playing at the Open de France at Le […]
Joost Luiten has said it has been another really good week for him as he finished in a tie for second place at the Shenzhen International in China. The Dutchman finished two-shots off eventual winner Soomin Lee in a tie with South African Brandon Stone on 14 under par. After collecting a further 214,000 Race […]
Brandon Stone admits he feels a little bit of bittersweetness after the Shenzhen International in China but says it was a good week nonetheless. The South African, who won the South Africa Open back in January, has faltered a bit since then but has recently returned to form after finishing on 14 under par last […]
Charley Hoffman claimed a one-shot victory over fellow American Patrick Reed after shooting a final round 69. It was a pretty standard front nine for the American who bogeyed the third but got back to level par for the day after birdieing the fourth hole. It was a better back nine for the 39-year-old who […]
Soomin Lee won his maiden title in Shenzen today and says he blew a chance in Malaysia but has made it now. Lee resumed on Monday morning from the 14th hole in a tie at the top of the leaderboard with Alexander Levy and Lee Slattery. The South Korean parred his first two holes (the […]