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DJ poised to dominate golf after WGC win in Mexico
Dustin Johnson has cemented his place over Australian Jason Day and Rory McIlroy atop the world rankings with an emphatic victory at the World Golf Championships event in Mexico City.
Dustin Johnson has cemented his place over Australian Jason Day and Rory McIlroy atop the world rankings with an emphatic victory at the World Golf Championships event in Mexico City.
A 212-metre hole-in-one was the highlight of Justin Thomas' upstaging of Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson on day three of the World Golf Championship in Mexico City.
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods led the praise for golf's proposed radical rules overhaul, with the former expressing his belief that the "revolutionary" modernisation and simplification could stop people turning away from the game.
Rory McIlroy has apologised "to anyone I p----- off" for playing with President Trump, but maintained that it was a chance he was simply not going to turn down.
Adam Scott has concluded his Honda Classic title defence with a creditable two- under-par 68 at the US PGA Tour event in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Australian world No.2 Jason Day will miss out the chance to return to the top of the rankings after withdrawing from the World Golf Championship event in Mexico City.
World No.7 Adam Scott will use the final-round of the Honda Classic to fine-tune his scratchy swing ahead of next week's World Golf Championship event in Mexico.
Rory McIlroy has been in the dock for playing a round of golf with the President. Why the outrage?
From teenaged tearaway implicated in a gangland murder to multi-millionaire professional athlete. From party animal with three positive tests for recreational drugs to major champion. From game's pariah wasting all that god-given ability to world No 1 for whom rivals have nothing but praise.
Perth's revolutionary $1.75 million World Super 6 golf event is set to gain even more of a party vibe next year.
President Trump, who pledged as a candidate to limit his golfing to when it was also conducive to conducting business, played a full round last weekend with world No.3 golfer Rory McIlroy.
Adam Scott will revamp his 2017 major championship schedule in a bid to add to his historic 2013 Masters title.
Canbera's Matt Millar says big time ahead for Thai young gun.
Nineteen golfers, including the Genesis Open's non-playing host, Tiger Woods, have ascended to the men's world No. 1 spot since the rankings were introduced in 1986. On Monday, Dustin Johnson will become the 20th.
Korean golfer Ha Na Jang has produced a stunning late surge to win the women's Australian Open at Royal Adelaide.
Jason Day's golf world No.1 ranking is under siege as American Dustin Johnson sits atop the leaderboard at the US PGA Tour's Genesis Open.
Adam Scott has battled to stay amongst the US PGA Tour's Genesis Open leaderboard midway through a weather-delayed second round at Riviera Country Club.
By Justin Chadwick
European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley can picture a golf event being played at a stadium one day, saying the revolutionary World Super 6 in Perth is just a taste of what's to come for the sport.
With a stellar record at Riviera Country Club, it is no mystery why Australian golfer Aaron Baddeley feels at home at the famed Los Angeles course.
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