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After a four-month absence David Drysdale and his wife/caddy Vicky arrived home to a chilly Scotland aglow after the proud Scot secured full 2024 Asian Tour membership. Despite the final event disappointment of missing the PIF Saudi Open cut, the 48-year-old Asian Tour rookie had done enough to easily retain his card for next year. It means a full 2024 schedule and including all of the dozen or so prestigious International Series events. What a different scenario to near this time a year ago when ...

Tiger Woods heads into the festive season saying he’s encouraged by his efforts in returning to competition these past few weeks of December following a more than seven month absence inside the ropes. Woods, who turns 48 on December 30th, admittedly looked ‘rusty’ in finishing 18th among the 20 players contesting the Hero World Challenge a fortnight ago in the Bahamas. Then on Sunday, Woods and son Charlie ended the two rounds of the PNC Championship sharing fifth place behind fellow ...

Ultra-talented 19-year-old Denwit ‘David’ Boriboonsub has made it three wins in succession on three different tours in comfortabley capturing the PIF Saudi Open in Riyadh. Boriboonsub posted a closing round of 64 to win by three shots at 18-under-par on the host Saudi club course. The win is Boriboonsub’s third official Official Golf World Ranking victory in succession, and each in Decemember, having arrived in the Saudi capital winning last fortnight’s Saudi Armco Invitational ...

Swede Henrik Stenson has secured his best World Ranking best finish in well over two years in finishing runner-up in the Asian Tour season-ending PIF Saudi Open. Stenson posted a closing six-under 65 to finish at 15-under and two behind Thai-born champion Dewit ‘David’ Boriboonsub. The ultra-talened 19-year-old Boriboonsub signed for a closing 64 to comfortable win by three shots at 18-under on the Saudi Club course in Riyadh. The win is Boriboonsub third official Official Golf World ...

If reports are correct then Paul McGinley’s recent transAtlantic audition for the vacant NBC TV hosting role may have be to no avail. Aussie Geoff Ogilvy has seemedingly bumped the Irishman out of favouritism for the prime PGA Tour TV commentary position. That’s the view according to Sports Business Journal naming the 43-year-old and former 2006 US Open winning Ogilvy as set to replace Paul Azinger for the next month’s opening event of the 2024 PGA Tour schedule. Ogilvy’s captured a ...

Golf fans around the globe know that Ireland is famed for some of the best links courses on the planet. Courses such as Royal Portrush, Royal County Down, Castlerock, Portstewart, Rosapenna, Enniscrone, Donegal, Portsalon and Ballyliffin in the north and north-west to the likes of Waterville, Ballybunnion, Dooks and Tralee in the south-west where there right there on the virtual front doorstep of Dublin is the likes of Portmarnock, Royal Dublin, The Island and then my favourite a little to the south, ...

Scot David Drysdale maybe a tinge disappointed but he’s heading home sky high delighted to have secured his 2024 Asian Tour card. Drysdale signed for a disappointing second round, not helped by the shortest club in his bag in posting a five-over-par 76 to miss the cut by four shots in the season-ending PIF Saudi Open in Riyadh. He recorded two early round double-bogeys to make the turn in four-over before dropped shots at 12 and 14 ahead of a birdie at the par-5 15th. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ...