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Sergio Garcia has avoided any suspension and/or fine with European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley declaring the matter ‘to be over’ after the Spaniard’s sensational disqualification from the Saudi International. Garcia, and an honorary Life Member of the Tour, was thrown out of the event on Saturday after reigning Masters champion, Patrick Reed and a number of other players complained that Garcia had damaged some five greens. Pelley first issued a statement indicating the 39-year old Garcia had been ...

Sergio Garcia is staring at yet another European Tour career fine and the possibility now of a first competition ban after being thrown out of the Saudi International. Nearly two years after being afforded the honour of Life Membership in capturing the Masters and Garcia was unceremoniously ‘red-carded’ out of the historic first Saudi Arabia by European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley. It was reigning Masters champion, Patrick Reed along with a number of Garcia’s fellow Saudi competitors who came forward ...

The Irish duo of Paul McGinley and Graeme McDowell have been drawn into the rules controversy that has erupted following an incident on the final green of last Sunday’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic. China’s and defending champion, Haotong Li was slapped with two-stroke penalty after it was deemed his caddy to have helped in lining-up his birdie putt. A European Tour rules official advised the actions were illegal and with the bogey that Li had to place on his card, and this after he had ...

A very special 96th birthday to golf’s oldest-living Major Champion – Jackie Burke Jnr and a person I had the great pleasure of meeting and sitting in his office at his beloved Champions GC in Houston, Texas in March of last year (2018). Burke Jnr was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1923. Thirty-three years later n 1956 he wrote his name into the golfing history books in capturing the 1956 Masters and also that same year, the PGA Championship at the Blue Hill CC in Canton, Massachusetts. In ...

China’s Haotong Li fell foul of the new Rules of Golf and with his subsequent two-stroke penalty on the final hole in the last round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic costing the China golfer a share of third place and some Euro 100,000 in prize-money. Li was preparing for his birdie putt on the 18th green at the Emirates Club when his caddie was seen standing behind him as he was taking his stance. The World No. 43 holed the putt, but European Tour officials decided that he had violated the ...

Shane Lowry returns home Monday morning (Irish time) triumphant and looking to celebrate his Abu Dhabi success ahead of the joy of returning to the States. Lowry also continues to head the Race to Dubai money list after storming his way to a share of 12th place in the Omega Desert Classic after posting a closing day 67 for a 14-under par total. The Offlay golfer was a brilliant 11-under par in playing the closing three holes of the famed Emirates course over the four rounds, including birding the ...

Torrey Pines, California …. Martin Laird produced one of the longest drives on day three down his last hole only to walk off with a bogey in a round of 69 on day three of the Farmers Insurance Open producing a three-under par 69 on the South Course at Torrey Pines, The Scot made his score over his opening seven holes thanks to five birdies and a bogey. Laird then played the nine holes at level par untill he stood in the middle of the ninth fairway or the 18th hole of his round.   Laird’s ...