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World No. 1 Rory McIlroy set up a season ending shootout with World No. 2 Luke Donald and then praised the player ranked 188 places lower on the rankings – Scotland’s Marc Warren. McIlroy stormed home on day three of the event to be five under par of his closing eight holes in a round of 66 to match  the same score as Donald for both players to be three shots clear of their nearest rivals on 17-under par. The Major winning South African duo of Charl Schwartzel (67) and Louis Oosthuizen (68) ...

 In a dream end to a dream European Tour season the world’s two top-ranked players will go head-to-head in the final round of the final event of the 2012 Race to Dubai season. And Rory McIlroy is fiercely determined to underscore his World No. 1 stature in defeating World No. 2 Luke Donald after both finished the third round three clear of their rivals on 17-under par. McIlroy stormed home on day three of the event to be five under par of his closing eight holes in a round of 66 to match  ...

The 2013 European Tour will feature 45 tournaments and with hardly any surprises. Next year’s Race to Dubai will actually commence next month with the December 6th starting Nelson Mandela Championship presented by ISPS Handa and will end on November 17th with the fifth staging of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. In between there is three other new events – the February 28th commencing Tshwane Open in South Africa, the July 25th starting Russian Masters at a venue to be confirmed ...

Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell will end his 2012 season and revealing he will be starting his 2013 year in L.A. Dowell will skip competing in the European Tour’s Middle East Swing and intsead tee-up next February in the Northern Trust Open. “I’m going to give the Middle East Swing a miss next year and start my season at the Northern Trust Open in L. A simply so I can have an extended break,” he said. “I haven’t had a proper, proper break in years so I’m taking 10 weeks ...

Irishman Shane Lowry has had to be readmitted to a Dubai hospital as he strives to overcome a mystery virus. Lowry withdrew from the season-ending DP World Tour Championship after first being hospitalised on Tuesday but continues to be able to keep anything down. Horizon Sport’s Conor Ridge was heading back to hospital after McIlroy’s round to visit Lowry and with the uncertainty of when Lowry will be able to return home. Lowry has entered the two events in South Africa next month, and the ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy had his lemons squeezed by girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki as he battled sun stroke in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. McIroy posted a second round 67 before being joined by Donald who birdied the last in a score of 68. Joining the trio is Scotland’s Marc Warren, currently ranked 189th in the world, who carded a 67 and will play alongside McIlroy on day three of the $8m event on the Earth Course. McIlroy battled the after effects of sun stroke but still shone ...

Darren Clarke described being presented with an OBE as an experience to equal winning The Open and competing in the Ryder Cup. The 2011 Open Champion attended Buckingham Palace in the company of his wife, Allison and sons Tyrone and Conor where he was presented with the OBE by Queen Elizabeth 11. Clarke appeared thrilled with his honour and said he was delighted to  be able to share the moment with his family. Referring to his first wife Heather, who lost her fight with breast cancer in  2006, ...