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Scot David Law was singing the praise of his coach after being assured of playing all four rounds of the Ras Al Khamiah Championship in the UAE. Law, 32, capped his round with an eagle ‘3’ at the eighth and then birdied his closing two holes in a second round 69 for a seven-under tally on the host Al Harma course located around an hour north of Dubai. Dane Rasmus Hojgaard, whose twin brother Nicolai won the inagural Ras Al Khamiah event in 2022, posted a 64 to share the lead at 14-under with ...

Very sad news in learning the passing of double-major winning American John ‘Jack’ Burke Jr, just 10 days shy of his 101st birthday, and a person I had the great pleasure of meeting in his Houston office five years ago just ahead of the 2018 Masters. Burke was the son of a professional golfer, Jack Burke Sr., and capped his career winning two major titles, both in 1956, the Masters and PGA Burke also won 16 PGA Tour events between 1950 and 1963. He won four times in 1950 and five times ...

Very sad news in learning the passing of double-major winning American John ‘Jack’ Burke Jr at the age of 100, and a person I had the great pleasure of meeting in his Houston office five years ago just ahead of the 2018 Masters. Burke was the son of a professional golfer, Jack Burke Sr., and capped his career winning two major titles, both in 1956, the Masters and PGA Burke also won 16 PGA Tour events between 1950 and 1963. He won four times in 1950 and five times in 1952, including ...

EXCLUSIVE .... Top-Scot Robert MacIntyre has arrived in La Quinta eagerly looking forward to building on last week’s ‘rusty’ PGA Tour career opener in Hawaii. MacIntyre birdied the last in a closing round 67 to finish at seven-under and just outside the top-50 in the event won by American Grayson Murray, who holed a monster birdie at the first play-off to capture a second Tour title and just over six-years after his first. The Oban lefty MacIntyre admitted to be a little rusty following the ...

Questions will continue to be asked after American golfer – 54-year-old Ken Weyand – posted a 53-over-par tally to finish last by 39 shots at the inaugural Dubai Invitational. Weyand, 54, ended the four rounds with an incredibly unheard 72 strokes behind champion Tommy Fleetwood’s 19-under victory tally on the host Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht club course. The Florida-based Weyland posted scores of 87, 82, 82 and a closing 86 for a horror 337 tally and so far adrift of Sweden’s ...

A first in golf was created at the stroke of midnight, Saturday 1st January, 2000 when I proudly hit the first golf shot on a golf course of the new millennium. This historic golfing achievement took place on the Tonga Golf Club course in the capital of Nuku‘alofa. The nine-hole Tonga Golf Club course, and also known as the Manamo’ui Golf Course, is the only golf course on this tiny Pacific Island nation.  Also, it is the first golf course to the left of the International Dateline Tonga ...

Newly-married Grant Forrest reckons World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is a ‘super power’ when it comes to driving the golf ball. Forrest, who was married just prior to the end of last year at a lavish ceremony at the Archerfield Golf Club to the east of Edinburgh, is among five Scots contesting this week’s inaugural Dubai Invitational in the UAE. Forrest has posted scores of 73, 68 and 71 for a one-under tally and just inside the leading 30 heading to the final round being played in this ...