Lowry Shattered: “A Disaster. I Hit A Shocking Shot. Tried My Best But Not Good Enough”.

No prize for knowing Shane Lowry was naturally guttered, horribly letting slip a first DP World Tour in victory in well over three years at the final hole on the last day of the Dubai Invitational. The double Ryder Cup winning Irishman was leading by a shot heading to the last when, after finding a greenside bunker with his second, he thinned his third shot across the putting surface and into the water guarding the green. Lowry took a penalty fourth shot ahead holing out for a double-bogey ‘6’ ...

McIlroy’s Simple Three-Word Message Post A 13th Top-3 Finish In 19-Years Starting A New Year

“Hit more fairways”. This was Rory McIlroy’s simple three-word message post the Dubai Invitational after going so close to just a second victory in 19-years at a first tournament of a New Year. The Grand Slam winning McIlroy was struggling early on, posting a 10th bogey of the four days when he bogeyed the seventh hole at the host Dubai Creek Golf Club course. He earlier had birdied the third but for a second day running, McIlroy bogeyed the fourth hole before finding a greenside ...

Past Tour Winner Among Eight Scots Teeing-Up In Egypt MENA Tour Opener

A big field of eight Scots will be teeing-up in Monday’s start to a historic MENA Tour first in Egypt. The relaunched MENA Tour staged its opening  two events of the wraparound 2025/26 late last year and now is set to host four events in succession and in the country known as the Land of the Pharoahs, the remarkable pyramids, the mighty Nile River, and an incredible history. Heading the eight Scots taking to the impressive-looking New Giza course will be Glasgow’s Scott Henry, a past ...

Lowry Shows-Up His Grand Slam Winning Best Friend Who Made A Four-Time Dubai Splash.

Shane Lowry showed-up his Grand Slam winning best friend and muscle his way into a share of the lead heading into the weekend rounds of the Dubai Invitational in Dubai. Lowry and Rory McIlroy were playing partners for the opening two days in the first tournament of the New Year and with McIlroy emerging with the leading first round honours at five-under. However it was Lowry’s turn to shine on day two in the limited field event, picking-up five birdies in a three-under 68 to join Spaniard Nacho ...

McIlroy Fires Salvo At LIV Golf Over Bryson

Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy has fired a salvo at LIV Golf over an apparent lack of ‘any huge signings this year’ and also some words on LIVs  star player in Bryson DeChambeau. Indeed, it may seem McIlroy takes some pleasure in LIV Golf losing Brooks Koepka, who is returning to the PGA Tour ;ater this month at the Farmers Insurance Open. Let you be the judge. RORS FIRES SALVO @livgolf_league …. “It’s not as if they made any huge signings this year, is it?’ ...

Scot-Born Syme Shines In A Sombre Dubai Season-Opener

Scot-born Conor Syme has kick-started his 10th season in the pro ranks with an eye-catching display on what was a sombre day on day one of the Dubai Invitational in the UAE. Syme, 31, birdied five of his inward nine holes in a four-under 67 to be sharing second place on four-under-par on the host Dubai Creek course. Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy, sporting new clubs and a new ball, shot straight to the front thanks to seven birdies in his five-under 66, and in the event he finished runner-up when ...

Moving Moment Remembering Super-Talented Young Golfer Emanuele Galeppini

It was a moving moment with players, caddies, officials and others standing still, their heads bowed when the DP World Tour’s maiden event for 2026 paused for a minute’s silence remember Emanuele Galeppini who so tragically, and so unncessarily lost his life on Janurary 1st in the devestating Cran Montana nightclub blaze. The second edition of the Dubai Invitational is being staged in honour of the 17-year-old Italian golfer, who was based in Dubai, and who among 40 people to lose their ...