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With thoughts of his ailing father occupying his mind, Joe Heraty kept his composure to win the inaugural Sahara Kuwait Championship, providing a fitting climax to a fantastic week of golf at the MENA Golf Tour’s inaugural event in the city on Wednesday. The 25-year- old Englishman closed with a bogey-free five-under 65 to finish at 13-under par, two clear of his compatriot Daniel Owen, who signed for a brilliant six-under 64 to climb up the leaderboard. It was Chile’s Matias Calderon, who ...

It was hardly a surprise Lee Westwood has chosen Close House as next year’s 2017 British Masters host venue https://closehouse.com/british-masters/ Westwood has been representing Close House, near Newcastle upon Tyne for some time and with the Tour  confirming the event will be staged from September 28-October 1 next year. In fact, just days after the 2013 Open at Muirfield, Westwood was on hand at Close House to unveil the Lee Westwood Colt and the Lee Westwood Filly courses having been involved ...

This week marks the first event hosted at an Arnold Palmer designed course since “The King” passed away last month. The Oceânico Victoria course, near Vilamoura on the Portuguese Algarve was designed by Palmer back in 2004 and has hosted the Portugal Masters each year since 2007. This year the tournament will pay tribute to seven-time Major winner as media and players gather on Tuesday night to watch a video of ‘The King’ and read a letter he wrote the course just three weeks ...

England’s Stuart Archibald fired a bogey-free four-under 66 to haul himself into contention for a maiden title on the MENA Golf Tour going into the final round of the Sahara Kuwait Championship on Tuesday. The 32-year- old Englishman, starting the day two off the pace, picked two shots in each half to reach 10 under for the tournament, a good two shots clear of overnight leader Joe Heraty and Scotland’s Paul Doherty. Germany’s Aaron Leitmannstetter, who returned a flawless 64, the day’s ...

Phil Mickelson kick-started his 2016/17 PGA Tour season sharing eighth place in the Safeway Open but heading into a three-month break lamenting a past season where he failed to win for a third year running in his career. Mickelson earned $US 162,000 but it was more about looking back on a 24th season in the pro ranks with disappointment, and ahead of not teeing-up again to January 19th. “It was a good year to build off of. I had some good performances. My iron play came back, my wedge play, ...

Joe Heraty kept his emotions in check to produce a career-best round on the MENA Golf Tour with a blistering eight under par 62 on the first day of the inaugural Sahara Kuwait Championship on Monday. The 25-year- old Englishman, whose father was diagnosed with brain tumor last week, also grabbed the maiden tournament’s course record and open up a two-shot lead over his compatriot Stuart Archibald and Fernand Osther of the Netherlands. England’s Craig Hinton, the winner of the Ascorp Golf ...

The Grove, Watford, England … Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell announced he’s pulled the plug on his European Tour season after a best finish in two years in sharing fourth place at the British Masters. The Orlando-based Northern Irishman posted a final round 68 for a 13-under par tally and end five shots behind Sweden’s Alex Noren at The Grove course north of London. McDowell’s effort, and after his bitter disappointment in not qualifying for the 2016 European Ryder Cup team, ...