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Phil Mickelson insists he still has plenty of goals left to achieve after his induction to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Mickelson was honoured alongside Sandy Lyle, legendary commentator and former player Peter Alliss, former LPGA star Hollis Stacy and journalist Dan Kenkins.
Four-time major winner Mickelson was delighted to be join such an elite list at the relatively young age of 41.

Well done Rickie well deserved and about time.

Trump National Golf Club, a course owned by real estate developer Donald Trump, will host the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament, according to two U.S. Golf Association officials who declined to be identified.
Trump National’s Old Course, which opened in 2004 in Bedminster, New Jersey, is about a 40-minute drive west of Manhattan. It’s also about five minutes from the Far Hills, New Jersey, headquarters of the USGA, which decides on host courses for the tournament first held in 1895. The people were granted anonymity because an official announcement hasn’t been made.
The USGA has scheduled a press conference at the club for tomorrow with Trump; Mike Davis, the USGA’s executive director; and Dot Paluck, head of the USGA’s Women’s Committee, to announce the site of a major championship.

Matt Every takes a three-shot lead into today’s second round of the Texas Open after shooting a course-record 9-under-par 63 while seeking his breakthrough win on golf’s U.S. PGA Tour.
Every, a 28-year-old Floridian, had a bogey-free start to the tournament at the TPC San Antonio yesterday. Hunter Haas, who had an eagle at the 18th hole, is second, a shot ahead of 2003 British open champion Ben Curtis, who is 5 under.

In the final round of the RBC Heritage, Carl Pettersson shot a 2-under 69 to win his first PGA TOUR event since the 2010 RBC Canadian Open.