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In the three years since the MENA (Middle East Northern Africa) Tour has been in operation it’s gone from inititially four events in 2011 to six last year and now a 2013 schedule boasting 13 tournaments. The 2013 MENA Golf Tour schedule which also expand to new events in Morocco and the Gulf states, providing even greater opportunities for players to enhance their careers. The first-half of the season starting in March will see the tour schedule travel to Morocco for two events – one each ...

Dubai’s famous for it’s annual ‘Shopping Festival’ but we spotted a SALE of a different kind this week during Omega Dubai Desert Classic week. The SALE sign clearly greeting motorists stuck in a traffic jam on Sheik Zahed Road.

Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher is looking to finally end a nine-year winless drought despite having to send a caddy up a palm tree to locate his ball on day two of the Dubai Desert Classic. Gallacher the windy conditions, and also some intermittent rain, to snatch four birdies in a two under par 70 and join England’s Tommy Fleetwood (68) and Denmark’s Thornbjorn Olesen (66)  in second place on 11-under par. South African Richard Sterne broke a four way deadlock atop of the board in holing ...

Ireland’s Shane Lowry now faces a 10-day anxious wait to see if he qualifies for this month’s $US 8.75m WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship in Arizona. The current World No. 62 is certain to drop further down the rankings when they’re adjusted Monday morning after missing the halfway cut with scores of 74 and 72 for a disappointing two-over par tally. Lowry needs to be among the top-64 as at February 11th to be assured of an Arizona tee-time. “There’s not much I can do now but ...

Paul McGinley confessed he felt like screaming when legendary eight-time Major Champion Tom Watson was appointed a surprise 2014 USA Ryder Cup captain. Such was the reaction in Europe to Watson’s appointment many began calling for the appointment of a player of ‘presence’ to match the American at Gleneagles. Watson is the fourth multiple Major winner in the last 30 years to captain a USA team and when Lee Trevino (1985) and Curtis Strange (2002) failed only Watson (1993) and Jack ...

The golf world can stop guessing the whereabouts of World No. 1 Rory McIlroy as he’s been practicing high on the Monte Carlo Golf Club. McIlroy tweeted:  “Working on alignment and a little bit of swing path today… Swing is feeling better each day.” McIlroy’s girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki also tweeted a pic of the Mont Agel Club where she says McIlroy is ‘making golf look easy’. And Wozniacki is not in the Principality for tennis as the Monte Carlo Rolex ...

Spain’s Sergio Garcia revealed a nagging shoulder injury almost forced him withdrawing mid-way through his second round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.The current World No. 14 had to undergo on-course physio on a number of occasions before signing for a five under par 67 to move to nine under par in the event to end the day just three shots behind South African Richard Sterne (70). Garcia was observed grabbing the back of his left shoulder on a number of occasions and in a remarkable round that ...