SHANE Lowry has been drawn with LIV Golf rebels Phil Mickelson and Louis Oosthuizen for the first two rounds of the US Open at the Country Club of Brookline in Boston.

Séamus Power completed an epic 274-day journey from fighting for his card to world No 49 when he brilliantly birdied his last two holes to tie for third behind Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama in the Sony Open in Hawaii.

SÉAMUS POWER combined endless patience and unshakeable confidence in his game to birdie three of his last four holes to keep his second PGA TOUR win in his sights at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Leona Maguire fell two spots to 16th in the Race to CME Globe standings and saw her slim chances of winning the Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year title disappear at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea

Shane Lowry knows he must become a more tactical and conservative golfer if he’s to follow in the footsteps of Japan’s first male Major winner Hideki Matsuyama and win the Masters.

Patience is a virtue at Augusta National and it doubly rewarded Shane Lowry and Justin Rose as they recovered from slow starts to keep their Masters hopes very much alive on a day of hot scoring in steamy Georgia.

Impending fatherhood is just one of the challenges Rory McIlroy will have to deal with today after a third-round 73 left him three shots behind leaders Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama heading into the final round of the BMW Championship in Chicago.

Like the distracted student who suddenly finds some focus three weeks before a major examination, Rory McIlroy showed signs of emerging from his post-lockdown funk out the outskirt of Chicago last night.