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England’s Luke Joy fired a course-record 64 to join Gabriel Canizares atop the leaderboard heading into the final round of the MENA GolfTour’s American Express Dirab Golf Championship on Tuesday. Starting the day, a good four shots behind, Joy rattled off one eagle and seven birdies, including five on the front nine, against a lone bogey to reach nine-under for the tournament along with joint overnight leader Gabriel Canizares of Spain, who carded a second round 70. England’s Craig Hinton, ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy has saved himself $20,000 with a simple apology on live TV McIlroy hit the headlines in March when he hurled his 3-iron into a lake at Doral during the WGC-Cadillac Championship in suburban Miami. The PGA Tour will never reveal how much players are fined for such incidents, but McIlroy confirmed: “The fine was reduced from $25,000 to $5,000 because I said I was sorry on the TV interview afterwards.” McIlroy’s stats were produced by the team at Santander ...

Ireland’s rookie professional Paul Dunne was heading straight to the British Masters where he will look to draw upon his winning Woburn ways. Some three months ago Dunne finished the leading Open Championship qualifier posting rounds of 70 and a sizzling 65 to win by three shots and thus earn a place in the 144th Open where he would go onto to share the lead with a round to play. And the 22-year will need a good showing around the Marquis Course in the second of three straight invitations he’s ...

History beckons this weekend for either England’s Jimmy Mullen or Ireland’s Paul Dunne. Why? Because in the long history of the European Tour no one has captured a Tour title in their first event as a professional. This information was confirmed by the Tour’s ‘Mr. Stats’ Steve Doughty despite reporting he was in the process of moving house when www.golfbytourmiss.com phoned him late Friday. In fact, there’s been two players – England’s Tom Lewis and ...

Ireland’s Paul Dunne grabbed a narrow narrow points decision rematch over the famed Old Course but the rookie professional could still be facing  another career-defining occasion during Sunday’s final day of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. Dunne, who carded a round of 70, heads to today’s (SAT) third round at Carnoustie sharing third place at 10-under par with three others, including 2014 Ryder Cup winning hero Jamie Donaldson, and just a ...

Scotland’s top-ranked Marc Warren bounced straight back from missing cut in last week’s Porsche European Open with a superb four under par 68 at Carnoustie on day one of the Afred Dunhill Links Championship here in Scotland Warren had looked a lone figure last week on the Bad Griesbach practice range but that time on the range paid dividends on a glorious ‘South of Spain’ like day in County Angus. The current World No. 56 posted a four under par 68 to be trailing just four ...

Paul Dunne is hoping history can repeat itself with the rookie pro looking to follow in the same footsteps of Rory McIlroy and secure his European Tour card at this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Eight years ago a then 18–year old McIlroy stood at the back of 18th green on the Old Course watching Scotland’s Paul Lawrie putt for birdie on the final day of the Dunhill-sponsored event. “If Lawrie misses this putt that’s my Tour card,” said McIlroy at the time. Lawrie missed the putt and McIlroy’s third place finish, and also in a  second tournament as a pro, ...