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Sweden’s Henrik Stenson stole a march on his Race to Dubai rivals shooting a four under par 68 on the opening day of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Despite a bogey a three-putt bogey at the last Stenson remained in front or nearest European Number One rival and playing partner Justin Rose, who shot a round of 70. England’s Ian Poulter, and third on the money list, shot a three under par 69 while Northern Ireland’s fourth placed Graeme McDowell birdied three holes in ...

The sight of Caroline Wozniacki and the sound of the RAF’s crack Red Arrows Aerobatic Team failed to lift Rory McIlroy on the opening day of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. It was Wozniacki’s first appearance at a golf tournament since she donned those ‘unfashionable’ white Augusta National caddy overalls to caddy for McIlroy in last April’s Par 3 Contest ahead of the Masters. The latest set of rumours surrounding the supposed break-up of McIlroy and Caroline ...

The RAF’s Red Arrows Aerobatic Team surprised everyone with a stunning flypast on the opening day of the 2013 season-ending DP World Tour Championship here in Dubai. The famed Red Arrows are in the UAE for the Dubai Air Show and the European Tour was able to coax them into a 17th and 18th hole flypast just after 12.30pm local time. The Red Arrows fly in an ^ formation over the Earth Course trailing red, white and blue smoke. Spain’s Alejandro Canizares looked up and thought it was the ...

Rory McIlroy and tennis girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki clearly squashed rumours they are no longer an item when Wozniacki walked the first round of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. McIlroy failed to capitalise after birding three of his opening four holes on route to a one under par 71 in the defence of his last tournament victory. Just two holes from the end of his round, Wozniacki looked visibly surprised when the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows Aerobatics Team fly over the 17th and 18th holes ...

England’s Lee Corfield birdied the first extra hole in a playoff to win the MENA Golf Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship with it was countryman Zane Scotland who sealed the 2013 MENA Order of Merit title at the Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf Club. A good five shots behind overnight leader Faycal Serghini, Corfield closed with a 67 to reach an 11-under-par total of 202 and that stood up as the Moroccan settled for a one-over 72, resulting in a playoff. Corfield hit the green in ...

Craig Lee could finish dead last in this week’s Race to Dubai decider and the Scot would be happy. Lee is making his debut in the season-ending event after breaking inside the top-60 following last week’s mid-field finish in the Turkish Airlines Open. The Stirling golfer is already assured some Euro 25,000 if here were to finish 56th given four players – the South African pair of Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel plus Spain’s Sergio Garcia didn’t play the mandatory number of Final Series events.   As ...

Graeme McDowell has returned to competition for this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship and defending his decision not to contest last week’s inaugural Turkish Airlines Open. McDowell contested the first two events of the Final Series finishing well down in 53rd place in the BMW Masters and he remained in Shanghai to grab third place in the WGC – HSBC  Champions at Sheshan. However in not competing last week in Turkey McDowell lost his second place on the Race to Dubai ...