Paul McGinley Celebrating Start Of A 25th & Final European Tour Season In Qatar.
Paul McGinley celebrates the start of a 25th season teeing up today (WED) on the Doha Golf Club course in Qatar in what will be the first of a dozen events in his final year on the European Tour.
McGinley is among four players in the field to have first competed in Doha in 1998 however the sky-scrapper Qatar capital skyline nowadays mirrors nothing like a virtual barren desert landscape that greeted McGinley, David Howell and Paul Lawrie 18 years ago.
The Doha Golf Club course was then well on the ...
Louis Oosthuizen Joins The European Tour ‘Whiskers Brigade’.
Former Open Champion Louis Oostuizen has arrived for his first event of 2016 sporting a full-grown beard.
The South African, and current World No. 18, joins a host of European Tour players sporting plenty of facial hair including compatriot and defending Commercial Bank Qatar Masters champion, Branden Grace.
“The beard has been on for much of my off-season and it was only the other day I trimmed it for a photo shoot,” said Oosthuizen.
“We did a 4 x 4 trip in to the Namib Desert, ...
Australia Day 2016 – Bernie Flying The Flag At Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, Doha, Qatar.
Happy Australia Day from the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
I first began coming here to Doha in 1999 and a year after the inaugural event at the Doha Golf Club.
And it just so happens that Australia Day seems to have always fallen during the tournament.
Of course, January 26th is also India’s national day but for today I’ve bravely donned a pair of Aussie flag boxers for a few photographs to show my true colours.
A very special thanks to Sue and Nigel who have so kindly welcome Eoin ...
Rory McIlroy Surely Headed For Multiple Winning Season Despite Sixth Top-3 Showing In Abu Dhabi
Rory McIlroy is in for a multiple winning season if his share of third place in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship is any guideline.
McIlroy’s now had four seconds and now a third place result in the past six years competing in the UASE capital.
However, he’s then progressed into each season to capture four Majors and 13 other Tour titles.
McIlroy eagled the last for a second occasion in three days in a round of 68 to be tied on 11-under par with Sweden’s Henrik Stenson.
But for a third occasion ...
Jordan Spieth Working To Balance His 2016 Season Schedule That May Include Scottish Open.
World No. 1 Jordan Spieth is working hard balancing what is going to be a hectic season schedule that could see him make a first appearance in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.
Spieth is already planning to head to Royal Troon early to get a first look at this year’s Open Championship venue.
And working strongly in Spieth stepping onto the first tee a week earlier at Castle Stuart is a change in schedule for the PGAS Tour’s John Deere Classic.
In 2013 the then unknown Texan and ...
Rickie Fowler Reckons He’s Grabbed Ryder Cup Edge Winning Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
New World No. 4 Rickie Fowler reckons he’s scored an early Ryder Cup points boost in capturing the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
The new World No. 4 ranked Fowler captured a second European Tour counting event in six appearances since his victory at Gullane, and fighting back from a near crippling seventh hole double bogey to then eagle the eighth on route to a 69 and a one stroke 16-under par winning tally.
It is also Fowler’s fourth taste of success since being handed the Aberdeen Asset Management ...
Rory McIlroy Four Seconds, One Third In Past Six Abu Dhabi HSBC Starts.
Rory McIlroy should be staring at a multiple winning season if his share of third place in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship is any guideline.
McIlroy’s now had four seconds and now a third place result in the past six years competing in the UASE capital. However, he’s then progressed into each season to capture four Majors and 13 other Tour titles.
McIlroy eagled the last for a second occasion in three days in a round of 68 to be tied on 11-under par with Sweden’s Henrik Stenson.
But for ...
