Warren Celebrates Start Of 15th Tour Season With Abu Dhabi HSBC Equal Low
Marc Warren celebrated the first event of a 15th season soaring high with a tournament career equal low 66 second round at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Warren brilliantly drained a 12-footer for an eagle ‘3’ at the last to be sharing sixth place on six-under par in the £5.86m event in the UAE capital.
England’s Tyrrell Hatton opened-up an impressive five-shot lead, moving to 12-under par and still with five second round holes to play when play resumes early Saturday (UAE time).
The ...
Hatton Sails Five Clear As Abu Dhabi HSBC Ill Winds Blow For McIlroy
Rory McIlroy painfully had the wind sucked from his new season sails to sink seven shots off the lead while Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell anxiously awaited their fate when poor light halted play on day two of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
McIlroy was soaring clear of his rivals at 10-under par after just three holes of his second round but as the wind picked-up, the World No. 6 was going backwards to be at seven-over par through 15 holes.
England’s Tyrrell Hatton opened-up an impressive ...
The ‘Promise’ Of Two Million Mangrove Seedings For Every Abu Dhabi HSBC Ace.
Fans of professional golf are so used to seeing either a gleaming new car, jewellery, watches or cash on offer for a hole-in-one during competition.
And the par-3 seventh on the National course in Abu Dhabi there is not a prize but a ‘promise’ on offer, the like that has never before been offered in major tournament golf.
When I first travelled to Abu Dhabi for the inaugural 2006 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship the prize, and usually at the par-3 15th, was a few nights, all expenses paid ...
Gallacher Delights With Abu Dhabi HSBC Start To A 25th Season.
Stephen Gallacher delighted in celebrating the start of a 25th full season with a gutsy 69 on day one of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Gallacher emerged from a near 3-hour fog delay and race to three-under par through just five holes but then gave the three shots back at the 10th and 11th holes in the UAE capital.
The Bathgate pro bogeyed the par-5 10th and doubled the next to find himself back at level par before superbly regrouping with birdies at 13, 15 and 17 for his 69.
He said: “I ...
McIlroy Sees European & PGA Tours Agreement A Means To Heal Fractures & Build Cohesion.
Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy returns to competition this week in Abu Dhabi seeing the first step in a bigger picture European Tour and PGA Tour merge as a means of mending current ‘fractures’ in the professional game.
The European Tour had announced in late November that the long-time rival PGA Tour had acquired a minority stake in the European Tour’s media production company as part of an alliance.
The announcement was seen as a big first step toward developing a more unified ...
Thomas Confesses Left ‘Upset’ By Ralph Lauren Stripping Him Of Clothing Contract.
Justin Thomas admits he was ‘upset’ when clothing giant Ralph Lauren stripped the American of a mult-million dollar clothing contract.
Thomas was wearning a plain dark blue shirt when he spoke to the media ahead of this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and his first event since the controversy of uttering a homophobic slur during the third round of last fortnight’s Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.
And no sooner had the visiting American settled behind the microphone ...
Thomas Will ‘Be A Better Person’ Says McIlroy Following Controversy.
Good friend Rory McIlroy insists Justin Thomas will respond ‘really, really well and be a better person’ following the controversy resulting from his homophobic slur during the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Both McIlroy and Thomas are competing at this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in the UAE capital.
“I think Justin has already responded really, really well,” said McIlroy.
“He realised he made a big mistake as soon as it was brought to him out in Hawaii ...
