Rory McIlroy has retained his best friend Harry Diamond as his caddie for the 2018 season. Diamond worked the bag for the four-time major winner for seven events in 2017 following McIlroy's split with long-time caddie JP Fitzgerald. At the QBE Shootout in Florida, Irish duo Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell are five-under after seven holes on day one. On the European Tour, Tapio Pulkkanen has a one-shot lead at 14-under par after two rounds of the Jo-Burg Open. Shubhankar Sharma leads the chase at 13-under with Erik van Rooyen and Mikko Korhonen both 12-under into the weekend.

Source: Evening echo December 08, 2017 18:45 UTC