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… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  Henrik Stenson is confident next month’s courtroom showdown will rule in favour of LIV golfers re-joining both the PGA and DP World Tours. Stenson has returned to the DP World Tour for two events, starting this week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and also next week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic sending the LIV Golf flag high to be inside the top-10 following an opening round of 68 in bright but windy conditions on the Yas Links course. European Ryder Cup captain ...

…… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  The Tartan trio of Marc Warren, Richie Ramsay and Scott Jamieson head into 2023 boasting a combined 50-year of competition on the DP World Tour. Warren joined the Tour in 2002 playing a handful of events and now at the start of a 21st season the 41-year-old Scot, and four-time Tour winner, is teeing-up this week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship contesting a 466th event. Ramsay is two years younger than Warren and is also a four-time DP World winner, capturing ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  Masters champ Patrick Reed dispelled all suggestions ‘tension’ will be on the menu for April’s Former Champions Dinner at Augusta National. Reed will be among six LIV golfers who are past Masters champions and who were recently given the green light by the green jacket club to attend the dinner and tee-up on the Georgia golfing gem. They include: Phil Mickelson (2004, 2006, 2010), Charl Schwartzel (2011), Bubba Watson (2012, 2014), Reed (2018), Sergio Garcia ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  Holywood’s newest golfing starlet Tom McKibbin wasted little time getting a first look at this week’s host Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. McKibbin, who turned 20 a week prior to Christmas, had been a reserve in this week’s record $US 9m event before getting a call Monday to advise he was into the $US 9m field and easily the richest of his short pro career. He was in Orlando at the time, so fortunately McKibbin could jump aboard a direct flight to nearby Dubai and ...

….. Yas Island, Abu Dhabi  Richie Ramsay has dusted down his tools of trade and is ready to jump straight into the deep end of a 16th straight season on the DP World Tour here at this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi. Ramsay will have a scorecard in his back pocket for a first occasion since sharing 16th place two months ago, and ‘up the road’ at the 2022 season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The Scot’s last season effort of 19th on the ...

Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has singled out Robert MacIntyre’s grit and determination as pivotal if his European Team is to wrestle the Ryder Cup off the Americans later this year in Rome. MacIntyre’s GB & I Hero Cup squad went down fighting, eventually losing by four points and with Continental Europe winning six of the 10 closing Singles matches at the hosting of last week’s event in Abu Dhabi Though the Oban lefty could hold his head high, handing out a 5 & 3 drubbing ...

… Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has singled out Robert MacIntyre’s grit and determination as pivotal if his European Team is to wrestle the Ryder Cup off the Americans later this year in Rome. MacIntyre’s GB & I Hero Cup squad went down fighting, eventually losing by four points and with Continental Europe winning six of the 10 closing Singles matches at the hosting of last week’s event in Abu Dhabi Though the Oban lefty could hold his head high, handing ...