Abu Dhabi Invitational, Yas Island – 2015 Draw For Professionals.

Hereunder is the draw for tomorrow’s (Sunday, January 25th) 2015 Abu Dhabi Invitational being played at the Yas Island Links course in the UAE capital. And please note Stephen Gallacher’s surname (last match) should be spelt Gallacher.

Marc Warren On Verge Of Sealing Fourth Scottish Qatar Masters Win.

Mark Warren is staring at becoming the fourth Scottish-born champion after muscling his way to a share of the lead with a round to play in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Warren grabbed six birdies and dropped only one shot in a five under 67 to join three others on 13-under par in ideal conditions on the Doha Golf Club course. Those also sharing the lead include South African Branden Grace, who birdied the last in 68, along with Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo (67) and Austrian Bernd Wiesberger ...

Matteo Manassero & Dave McNeilly End Three Year Relationship.

Irish-born caddy Dave McNeilly is on the lookout for a new bag after he and Italy’s Matteo Manassero agreed to part. The decision came when the 21-year old, and four-time Tour winning Manassero missed the halfway cut for a second week in a row here in Doha. And the young Italian was clearly in no mood for a fireside chat looking very unhappy after two rounds in Qatar. Manassero, who has also slumped to No. 158th in the world, also sat out the weekend rounds of his closing two events of 2014. McNeilly ...

Rory McIlroy Heads Back To Abu Dhabi Looking To Be 4th Time Lucky.

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy returns to Abu Dhabi tomorrow (SUN) again looking to win in the UAE capital for a first time in his career. A week after recording a fourth second place finish in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, McIlroy will tee-up in the Abu Dhabi Invitational on the Kyle Phillips designed Yas Island Links course. The course is located literally across the road for the Yas Island Marina Formula One circuit and with McIlroy joining victorious Gleneagles winning team mate Stephen Gallacher ...

A Unique Year’s Golfing Opportunity In Qatar … Doha Golf Club.

There is something very unique in travelling to Doha each year for the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. It is the only country on the 2014/15 European Tour International schedule that boasts just one golf course. (NB: At the time of writing this article in 2015 the Jose Maria Olazabla designed course had not been built) Fortunately the Doha Golf Club is a 27-hole complex with the 18-hole championship lay-out that has played host to the event since 1998, and there is a nine-hole Academy layout. And ...

Log-Jam Atop Of Commercial Bank Qatar Masters 3rd Round Leader Board.

There is a four-way log jam atop of the leader board with a round to play in the 2015 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. South African Branden Grace produced the shot of the day to end the round tied on 13-under par after another day of ideal scoring conditions in Doha. The four-time Tour winning Grace,  who captured last month’s Alfred Dunhill Championship, was one over through four holes when he drove into trees down the right of the fifth. With no obvious escape route, Grace snap-hooked a wedge ...

Marc Warren Pulls Off ‘Shot Of His Career’ To Be In Qatar Masters Contention.

Marc Warren pulled off what he described as the ‘Shot of his Career’ to move into fourth place but only one shot off the lead after two rounds of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Warren muscled his way towards a fourth Tour success and bouncing back after missing the cut last week in Abu Dhabi in posting a seven under par 65 in ideal scoring conditions on the Doha Golf Club course. Austrian Bernd Wiesberger (66) and the South African pair of George Coetzee (67) and Branden Grace (68) share ...