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European Ryder Cup Captain Padraig Harrington heads the field set to tee-up in next month’s 31st staging of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club. Joining the triple Major winning Irishman will be victorious 2018 European Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn and brilliant winner of the 2001 event when he denied then World No. 1 Tiger Woods as well as Harrington who shared second place and two shots behind the Dane. Defending champion, Bryson DeChambeau is returning along with former ...

… Albany, Bahamas  Patrick Reed will arrive in Australia Monday morning local time in readiness for Thursday’s start to the Presidents Cup and hoping there is no backlash following a controversial incident during the third round here at the Hero World Challenge. The 2017 Masters champion was slapped with a two-shot penalty when video evidence surfaced he had brushed back the sand behind his ball in taking a shot from a ‘waste’ bunker on the Albany course in The Bahamas. You ...

….. Albany, Bahamas  Jon Rahm will tie the wedding knot later this week when he marries long-time girlfriend and American-born, Kelley Cahill. Rahm, 25 ended what he ranked a 9 out of 10 season in finishing a gallant runner-up earlier today here at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. The Spaniard looked all set to become the first repeat winner since host Tiger Woods won back-to-back in 2006 and 2007 at the former host venue of Sherwood Country Club, and with the wins being Woods third ...

... Albany, Bahamas “We’ve got 23-hours in a tin can”. The words of USA Presidents Cup Captain, Tiger Woods ahead of boarding a charter flight from Nassau in the Bahamas early Saturday evening (Bahamas time) and arriving in Melbourne, Australia Monday morning (Australian east coast time). The flight will take up to around 25-hours as the jet will need to touch down in Mexico for a refuelling stop before the long haul south-west over the Pacific Ocean and carrying Woods and 10 other ...

…… Albany, Bahamas  Sweden’s Henrik Stenson delivered Tiger Woods and his Presidents Cup team a reminder ‘Europe Still Rules the World’ in capturing the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas Stenson superbly eagled the 15th in a final round 66 to win by a shot at 18-under par on the Albany course outside of Nassau. And Spaniard and defending champ, Jon Rahm made it a European one-two finish muscling his way to a 66 for a 17-under total thanks to a birdie-eagle-birdie run from the ...

… Albany, Bahamas Double Dubai Duty Free Irish Open winner Jon Rahm declared ‘I Love G-Mac’ in confirming he will defend his title next May at Mt. Juliet Rahm began a now six-tournament European Tour victory career in capturing the 2017 Irish Open at Portstewart and earlier this year at Lahinch was handed the gleaming trophy for a second occasion. Confirmation the current World No. 3 will return to Ireland is great news on the back that present World No. 2 Rory McIlroy will be joining the ...

… Albany, Bahamas  Masters champion, Patrick Reed has questioned the handing out of a two-stroke penalty after he was deemed to have moved sand in taking a practice swing while in a ‘waste’ bunker on day three of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Reed was preparing to play his third shot on the par-5 11th hole but in the process of taking two practice swings, the Texan moved sand from behind the ball. Though a player is allowed to ground his club in the sand, the moving ...