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…. Yas Island, Abu Dhabi  Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has assured Shane Lowry remains very much in frame to be heading to Rome later this year despite Lowry’s hurt in losing all four matches at the Hero Cup. Lowry’s disappointing on-course display ended at the hands of Continental European captain, Francesco Molinari with his fellow Open Champion never allowing the Irishman to get in front in delivering a Sunday Singles 3 & 2 defeat. The champion Italian, who won the 2018 Open ...

… in Abu Dhabi ​ Top-ranked Scot Bob MacIntyre may have been on a losing GB & I Hero Cup side but he reckons he’s come out a winner ahead of his next hopeful team event later this year in Rome.​ Continental Europe emerged from three days of Hero Cup competition four points winners with an impressive 14 ½ to 10 ½ triumph over the host Abu Dhabi host course. European captain Francesco Molinari led by example securing the first Singles win with a 2 & 1 success over fellow Open ...

… in Abu Dhabi  The Scottish duo of Ewen Ferguson and Bob MacIntyre are staring at bringing home a GB & I victory hero heading into the Sunday Singles at the Hero Cup here in Abu Dhabi. Ferguson and MacIntyre, who are out third and second last in the 15 matches, have been sent out at that position on the team list given so many team match-play matches are decided among the last few groups. Continental Europe take a two-point lead at 8 1/2 to 6 1/2 points into the final session on the host ...

….. in Abu Dhabi, Robert MacIntyre could not have been happier kick-starting ​a​ full team event in the pro ranks to deliver GB & I a 4 & 3 thumping over their European rivals on day one of the Herro Cup in Abu Dhabi. MacIntyre and current PGA Tour No. 1 Seamus Power teed-up in the last of five Fourball matches and began in holing ​with MacIntyre holing ​a testy six-foot birdie to halve the opening hole in their match with the Continental Europeans of Austrian Sepp Straka ...

 ….. in Abu Dhabi  In a surprise and very frank admission top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre says he initially struggled to get comfortable in the team environment of this week’s Hero Cup. MacIntyre is making his pro debut in a full team event after ending his amateur career as a member of the 2017 GB & I Walker Cup team. The quietly-spoken Oban lefty is among 20 DP World Tour players teeing-up Friday over three days on the Abu Dhabi course while Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has arranged ...

… in Abu Dhabi  It was while enjoying a BBQ steak and downing an ice cold beer on the new terrace, and under the eyes of the stunning falcon clubhouse that, overlooks the Abu Dhabi course, that tthe dozen Hero Cup players learned who they were being paired and also their rivals for the opening Fourball matches of the 2023 Hero Cup. Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald named Shane Lowry and GB & I captain Tommy Fleetwood to lead off first in the Foursomes format. Lowry and Fleetwood are former ...

… in Abu Dhabi  It may have been a bit of a squeeze trying on his GB & I Hero Cup team trousers but Scot Robert MacIntyre insists being present this week in Abu Dhabi is a perfect fit. MacIntyre, who last played in a team event as an amateur in the 2017 Walker Cup, earned his place in Tommy Fleetwood’s side on the back of his quality victory at the Italian Open. The top-ranked Scot fought his way into a play-off alongside reigning US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick and won at the ...