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…. Emirates Club, Dubai Rory McIlroy says it’s a ‘storm in a tea cup’ an incident earlier this week when it’s been widely reported Masters champ Patrick Reed allegedly hurled a tee at the current World No. 1. McIlroy was on the Emirates club range and was bending down beside his golf bag when Reed walked over to wish both McIlroy and long-time caddy Harry Diamond a ‘happy new year’. Diamond responded with a similar wish but when Reed reached out to McIlroy, the Irishman reacted ...

  Patrick Reed has presented his side of the story that has the golf world abuzz declaring he did not throw a golf tee at World No. 1 Rory McIlroy. It was reported widely by websites and newspapers around the globe, and following a story written in Spanish on the Ten Golf website that Masters champion Reed hurled a tee in disgust after the Texan was blanked by McIlroy while each were on the Emirates Club practice range. In speaking with them this morning with Ten Golf’s Alejandro Rodrigeuz ...

…. Dubai, UAE The opening event of the 2023 Asian Tour schedule clearly boasts the strongest field of any Tour of the New Year if the number of major champions competing is an indication. The second Asian Tour hosting of PIF Saudi Invitational will feature 12 major champions in the limited 126-player field taking to the stunning Royal Greens laid out along the Red Sea at King Abdullah Economic City, and around 100 kms north of Jeddah. That’s one major champion more than the field that competed ...

… Dubai, UAE  World No. 1 Rory McIlroy played a 10-hole Hero Dubai Desert Classic practice round will fellow Holywood club member Tom McKibbin that allowed him to reach out to the 20-year-old following last week’s gut-wrenching outcome in Abu Dhabi. It was the second practice round for the duo in less than a fortnight as McIlroy arranged for a practice round last week in Florida just prior to McKibbin getting a late call-up into the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. McKibbin was out in the final ...

… Emirates Club, Dubai In a surprise revelation Sergio Garcia continues to​ remain​ eligible for Ryder Cup selection despite withdrawing his name from an arbitration hearing early next month to determine if the European Tour was right to suspend LIV Golf players like Garcia from competition. A five-day hearing, headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Phillip Sycamore and two KCs, will be held from February 6th to 10th at the Sport Resolution Centre in London to try and resolve the issue.# At ...

… Dubai  ​​European Tour CEO Keith Pelley would not say whether or not the Tour is confident of winning a lawsuit early next month in a London court against a number of European Tour players​ ​and now LIV Golf members who launched an appeal against the Tour in being suspended from DP World Tour competition. Pelley advised he will represent the Tour at a five-day Arbitration Panel Hearing being held at the Sport Resolution Centre in London. The panel will comprise an independent ...

... Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  Padraig Harrington was delighted with a new season start of fourth as Edinburgh-based Frenchman Victor Perez muscled his way to victory despite a near disaster down the last at the  Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Perez picked-up a seventh pro victory and a third DP World Tour title winning by a shot in posting a closing 66 and an 18-under par triumph over the Yas Links course. Perez, who was a member of last week’s winning European Hero Cup side, was leading by two ...