MacIntyre Guttered After ‘Disastrous’ Dubai Final Round.
Robert MacIntyre returns to Oban guttered after a ‘disastrous’ last round of the season and losing out two-fold in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
MacIntyre let slip an automatic end-of-year invitation into next April’s Masters and also missed out on joining Sandy Lyle as the only back-to-back ‘Rookie of the Year’ and also European No. 1 the following year, in a horror final round 77.
The Oban lefty finished a whopping 10 shots behind England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick who ...
MacIntyre Headed To Join Lyle For Only A Second Tour First In 60-Years.
Robert MacIntyre is headed for a golf bag full of career firsts should he capture the European No. 1 crown.
MacIntyre brilliantly burst in frame to join fellow Scot Sandy Lyle as only two players in 60-years to win the ‘Rookie of the Year’ one year and No. 1 European crown the next after a stunning DP World Tour Championship bogey-free third day 66 on the Earth course at Jumeirah Estates course in Dubai.
As well, MacIntyre would also be the first Scot in 15-years since Colin Montgomerie ...
McDowell Ends ‘Very Strange Year’ With A DP World Tour C’ship WD.
Graeme McDowell ended his ‘very strange year’ on a disappointing note with a back injury ruling him out of the final two rounds at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
McDowell birdied the last hole in a bogey-laden second round four-over par 76 that handed him a five-over par tally in the no-cut event on the Earth course.
‘G Mac’, and returning to Jumeirah Estates for a first occasion since 2014, was then lying in a share of 58th in the 65-player season-ending European Tour ...
MacIntyre Pulls Off ‘Up-&-Down’ Of His Year To Boost Hopes Of Masters Invitation.
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre pulled-off his ‘up-and-down’ of the at the last on day two of the DP World Tour Championship to keep alive an invitation to next April’s Masters.
The official World Rankings body released its ‘Week 50’ projections just ahead MacIntyre posting a clearly frustrating second round level par 72 to drop 10 spots into a share of 12th at four-under par on the Earth course at Jumeirah Estates.
The Oban lefty now needs to pick-up at least eight spots over the closing ...
MacIntyre Muscles His Way To Within Sight Of Race To Dubai Crown
Robert MacIntyre immediately set about shooting for the European No. 1 crown with a superb share of second place on the opening day of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
The Oban lefty had been leading the £stg 6m event mid-round on route to four-under par 68 and just a shot behind Dundee-based Frenchman Victor Perez.
Perez, and winner of last year’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, posted a five-under par 67 to lead the 65-player, no-cut field competing on the Earth course ...
McDowell Again Struggles With Lift-Off On The Earth Course
Graeme McDowell again struggled to get lift-off on the Earth course in matching his scoring average with a 73 on the opening day of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
McDowell is returning to the event for a first time in six years but the Greg Norman-designed lay out again did him little favour in managing to squeeze out just one birdie but also two bogeys at Jumeirah Estates.
His score continues a run now of seven years when he’s not broken 70 on day one of the DP World while in now ...
Lowry Cites ‘Family Reasons’ Not Teeing-Up In Dubai
Shane Lowry has understandably cited ‘family reasons’ for a decision this week not to tee-up in the European Tour season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
It’s the first time Lowry has missed the hosting of the mega-millions last event of the year since the inaugural hosting of the Race to Dubai final money-counting tournament in 2011.
Three years ago, Lowry had a final round hole-in-one on route to a 63 to share second in the DP World
However, Lowry is focussing more on his young family as ...
