Like The No. 272 Bus …Clarke Waits Nine-Years For Victory & Two Come Along At Once
For Darren Clarke, it was another case of the No. 272 bus!
Clarke had waited nine years since his 2011 Open Championship victory to win for the first time and that materialised on November 1st last year in capturing the Timber Tech tournament in Boca Raton, Florida on the Champions Tour.
Now in his very first event since that long overdue success and the 52-year old Northern Irishman is celebrating in capturing a second straight victory with success in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at ...
MacIntyre Insists No Added Pressure Playing In Front Of Ryder Cup Captain.
Scot Robert MacIntyre insists there was no added pressure playing the first two Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship rounds in the company of Ryder Cup Captain, Padraig Harrington.
The restart to 2021 European Ryder Cup qualification began in Abu Dhabi after the Whistling Straits points race was frozen last July and the restart to European Tour competition post the lockdown.
Most observers put two-and-two together when the opening two round draw was released showing Harrington drawn Dundee-based Frenchman ...
Warren Puts Past Efforts To Shame To Be Staring At Abu Dhabi Success
Marc Warren continues to put past Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship efforts to shame to now be staring at victory in the UAE capital.
The Glaswegian holed an eight-foot birdie gem at the last in a third round 68 to be sharing fourth place at 10-under par and only three shots off the lead in the UAE capital
Rory McIlroy posted a 67 to head the near £6m event by a shot at 13-under after Tyrell Hatton missed his birdie putt on 18 in a round of 71.
McIlroy had regrouped from trailing five shots behind through ...
Clarke Staring At Back-To-Clarke Champions Tour Victory Titles.
Darren Clarke is just one round shy of winning back-to-back Champions Tour titles in sharing the lead heading into day three and the final round of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Hawaii.
Clarke added a 68 to his opening sizzling 63 to be tied with American Jerry Kelly who has signed for scores of 64 and 67 for 13-under par totals.
Clarke superbly rebounded from a bogey on the 11th with four straight birdies.
“I just didn’t really have it today, to be honest with you,” ...
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 ...
