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Regnum Caya Resort, Belek, Turkey …. Shane Lowry is flying high coming off a second in Spain and also having shared the lead with a round to go in last year’s Turkish Airlines Open. Lowry’s returned to the stunning Regnum Caya resort course in Belek looking also to break into the Race to Dubai top-30 and guarantee himself a 2019 Open Championship tee time at Royal Portrush. Twelve months ago, Lowry was sharing first class in the Turkish Airlines event only to post a closing 72 to finish ...

Regnum Caya Resort, Belek, Turkey … Justin Rose is not only looking to successfully defend his Turkish Airlines Open title but also return to World No. 1. Rose went to World No. 1 in losing a play-off to American Keegan Bradley in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup BMW Championship in Philadelphia. However, the Englishman held the title for just two weeks ahead of Dustin Johnson returning to the top of the rankings while triple major winning Brooks Koepka currently is rated the game’s best. “It ...

Regnam Caya, Belek, Turkey … European Ryder Cup captain certainty Padraig Harrington believes his almost certain Whistling Straits rival, Steve Stricker will be a formidable choice as the USA team leader. Harrington, and despite an earlier report by www.golfbytourmiss.com he may now have a rival in taking over from Thomas Bjorn, should be voted as 2020 captain in the first or second week of December. Stricker meanwhile will more than likely be named early in 2019 when the PGA Tour heads into ...

Regnum Caya, Belek, Turkey … Padraig Harrington’s choice as the 2020 Ryder Cup Captain is now not as clear cut with possibly two others vying for the European Team captaincy. Harrington remains the clear favourite to be named early in December as the replacement to the triumphant Thomas Bjorn but Scotland’s Paul Lawrie is hinted to have thrown his name also into the Whistling Straits voting cap. As well, there is rumours Sweden’s Robert Karlsson has been asked to also put his arm up given ...

Rory McIlroy’s uneventful season continued with far too much Chinese sour than sweet after a horror four days at the WGC – HSBC Champions in Shanghai. For just a second time this season McIlroy failed to break 70 over four days in the event won by American Xander Schauffele. McIlroy posted round of 72, 77, 75 and 74 for a horror 10-over-par tally as the Northern Irishman struggled to get to grips with the tough Sheshan course conditions. One eagle, 13 birdies but also 11 bogeys, three double-bogeys ...

Ireland’s affable Seamus Power launced a back nine birdie blizt in posting a four under par 68 on day two of the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. Power jumped 33 places and into a share of 15th place at five-under par in his second event of the new 2018/19 PGA Tour wraparound schedule. The West Waterford golfer had missed the cut in the Safeway Open and Power’s first event after securing the very last automatic place into the new PGA Tour season. But Power put that ...

Shane Lowry will be looking to move well into the elite Race to Dubai top-60 with a hopeful top-3 finish over what will be now the third and final round of the seriously rain-affected Andalucia Valderrama Masters. Tournament host and defending champ, Sergio Garcia stormed his way to four-shot 36-hole lead birding four of his closing five holes, and including his closing three, in a score of 64 to lead at 10-under par. England’s Ashley Chesters (71) is lying second at six-under par. Lowry returned ...