Gallacher & Drysdale Wind Back The ‘Career Clock’ In Abu Dhabi
Seasoned Scots Stephen Gallacher and David Drysdale turned back the ‘career clock’ on the opening day in heatwave conditions at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Challenge.
Gallacher, 48, bounced back from 15th hole double-bogey to birdie two of closing four holes in a three-under 69 to hand Gallacher a share of 12th behind England’s Tom Lewis who signed for a 64 to lead by a shot in the Challenge Tour event on the famed National course in the UAE capital.
This week is Gallacher’s first full ...
Fifteen Years On After DP World Tour First Travelled To South Korea & What’s Changed?
Now 15- years after attending the maiden DP World Tour event in South Korea, and I somehow find myself asking what has changed?
Back in 2008, I had travelled from a European Tour co-sanctioned event in Malaysia north for the staging of the inaugural Ballantine’s Championship on the island of Jeju, located about 80 kms off the southern tip of the Korean peninsula.
There had been an outcry some nine months earlier in March 2007 when the European Tour announced it had signed an agreement with ...
DJ’s Manager In Damage Control Mode After LIV Adelaide Mis-Reporting
We don’t always get it correct but a handful of Australian newspapers had Dustin Johnson’s management team in damage-control mode following Sunday’s winner’s press conference at the close of the LIV Golf event in Adelaide.
DJ is a member of the Four Aces and also including Patrick Reed, Peter Uihlein and Pat Perend with the team coming from behind over the final round to secure the team prize at The Gange club in Adelaide.
The foursome attended the traditional victory ...
Gallacher Returns To Abu Dhabi Swapping A Microphone For His Golf Clubs
A little over three months after walking the course with a microphone in his hand, and Stevie Gallacher has returned to Abu Dhabi for this week’s impressive line-up in the inaugural Challenge Tour’s Abu Dhabi Challenge.
It is the first of two weeks in the UAE capital with the Saadiyat Beach course hosting next week’s UAE Challenge.
Gallacher is among 19 former DP World Tour winners boasting a total of 46 victories, including the Tour’s ‘Mr. 59’, Ollie Fisher and seven-time winning Spaniard ...
McDonald Storms His Way To Nine-Shot Battle Trophy Glory At Crail
Young Scot Jack McDonald has led from start to finish in securing a stunning and highly-impressive nine-shot victory in the famed Battle Trophy at Crail Golfing Society in Crail.
After being runner-up a year ago McDonald brilliantly rewrote the 2023 script posting opening scores of 73 and 74 on Saturday and then backed-up on Sunday with rounds of 69 and 70 for a two-under 72-hole victory tally on the 24th anniversary of the event on the Craighead Links course at golf’s seventh oldest club,
Making ...
Timely Boost For Scots In The Land Of The Rising Sun
Scottish men’s pro golf received a timely confidence shot in the arm with three players finishing inside the top-four at the close of the ISPS Handa International in Japan.
Gleneagles Calum Hill and Cragielaw’s Grant Forrest each led the inaugural hosting of the event during the course of the four days, and with both players well in the mix on the last day of the host course to the north of Tokyo.
Hill, and clearly back to his best after being side-lined for all but three events last year due ...
Four Wins On Four Continents For Herbert After Play-Off Success In Japan
Aussie Lucas Herbert has made it four wins on four different countries after his play-off success in the ISPS Championship in Japan.
Herbert defeated Canadian Aaron Cockerill at the second extra play-off hole after the two players ended regular competition locked at 15-under on the host PGM Ishioka course at Omitama, located just to the north of Tokyo.
The win for Herbert is his third on the DP World Tour after earlier victories in 202o at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and the 2021 Dubai Duty Free ...
