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There was no Turkish delight for a tired-sounding Padraig Harrington after he failed to qualify for this week’s final event in the 2013 Race to Dubai. Needing to finish top-10 Harrington shared 50th place with an eight under par tally at the close of the Turkish Airlines Open. Quietly-spoken French golfer Victor Dubuisson brought the loudest cheers when he birdied the closing two holes to win by two shots with a last day 69 and a 24-under par victory tally. Last year’s Irish Open winner, Jamie ...

Craig Lee cancelled a trip home and instead was aboard a special charter flight bound for Dubai and this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship. The Stirling golfer jumped three spots from outside the top-60 and into 58th place on the back of his final round 71 for a share of 36th place on 11-under par in the Turkish Airlines Open. It will be Lee’s first appearance in the Tour’s $8m season-ended and the Scot could not be happier. He said:  “I had a flight booked to go home and ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson could be in doubt for the final event on the 2013 Race to Dubai – the DP World Tour Championship. The Swede shot a final Turkish Airlines Open three under par 69 to share seventh place on 18-under par. However Stenson has seen his lead has been slashed from Euro 343,866 to Euro 213,468 over Rose who has moved in second place ahead of the absent Graeme McDowell. However the leading four contenders for the European No. 1 title are now separated by Euro 343,906. And ...

Frenchman Victor Dubuisson has upstaged some of golf’s biggest stars including World No.1 Tiger Woods to win the inaugural Turkish Airlines Open. Dubuisson, 23 shot a final round 69 to claim a first Tour victory by two shots with a 24-under par tally. The Andora-based golfer was sprayed with champagne by countrymen Julien Quesne, Gregory Bourdy and Gregory Havret seconds after holing an eight foot putt for birdie. The former top-ranked amateur, who went into the last round leading by five shots, ...

Welshman Jamie Donaldson has won himself the amazing prize of 1 million Turkish Airlines air miles for an ace at the par three, 16th hole on the final day of the event here in Belek. Donaldson recorded the first-ever hole-in-ace in the event when he hit a 180-yard 7-iron that found the bottom of the cup. It helped him post a final round nine under par 63 to grab second place at 22-under par behind Frenchman Victor Dubuisson. Donaldson remarked the ace was the fifth of his career but only his second ...

Adam Scott has began his four-event  Masters celebration in winning style and also capturing Australia’s golfing ‘Big 3’ with an emphatic victory in the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines in Queensland. Scott went into the last day leading by three shots and despite visiting American Rickie Fowler putting up a superb challenge, Scott was never in any real danger of defeat. There had been a thunderstorm delay with Scott and Fowler in the middle of the 12th fairway and when ...

The YouTube ID of Insert video URL or ID here is invalid. Eight-time European Tour No. 1 Colin Montgomerie donned the apron to turn chef for a bar-b-que he hosted in the backyard of one of the stunning villas lining the Maxx Royal course. The back yard was filled with Turkish Airlines Open guests and officials along with a handful of players including current European No. 1 Henrik Stenson and Ireland’s popular Damien McGrane. “We have bar-b-ques all the time back at Dunning,” ...