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… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  For Padraig Harrington it would that much more for him to win in the position he currently enjoys with a round to play at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship then to win, as he says, ‘out of the blue somewhere else’. Harrington had easily the biggest following over the three days, posting a sizzling eight-under-par 64 and storming his way into the clubhouse lead at 12-under in glorious conditions on the host Yas Links course. The 51-year-old Dubliner, who last won the ...

…. Yas Links, Abu Dhabi Scott Jamieson is again in contention for a second year running at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship but it’s an end-of-season reward that his dream. Jamieson, 39, first completed the final three holes of a ‘bad light’ suspended first round in shooting a 67 and then after a short break, it was back out to grab six birdies in a three-under 69, and to be sharing fourth place at eight-under in the record-setting $US 9m event at Yas Links. The Italian duo ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi We all know the sight of one swallow does not make for summer and it’s the same in golf with Italian Francesco Molinari needing no reminder that his good at last week’s Hero Cup does not ensure he will be teeing-up later this year on home soil in the Ryder Cup. Molinari was undefeated in last week’s inaugural team event at the nearby Abu Dhabi Golf Club, and now after two rounds of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship he’s put himself in contention ...

.. Yas Links, Abu Dhabi Maybe it was the new emerald green shirt he was wearing that he quizzed ‘Do you like it?’ or the links feel of this week’s host Yas Links course or maybe it was the good vibes in being a past Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship champion? Whatever as Shane Lowry superbly shook off thoughts of a disappointing Hero Cup campaign with an eagle and three birdies in flawless display on the opening day of the $US 9m event here in the UAE capital. For Lowry, it was important in ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi Maybe it was the new emerald green shirt he was wearing that he quizzed ‘Do you like it?’ or the links feel of this week’s host Yas Links course or maybe it was the good vibes in being a past Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship champion? Whatever as Shane Lowry superbly shook off thoughts of a disappointing Hero Cup campaign with an eagle and three birdies in flawless five-under 67 on the opening day of the $US 9m event here in the UAE capital. For Lowry, it was ...

​… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi​​ ​​Seamus Power is quickly turning into a second Padraig Harrington, delighting those journalists primarily reporting on the DP World Tour. Harrington has long been liked ​by the media for​​​ his ‘fireside chats’ with the a​ttending media and a formal transcript of his comments running into pages.  There was even an occasion at the British Masters at The Belfry when ​Harrington was interviewed by the media post his round and one question ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi ​Shane Lowry revealed he consulted fellow Irishman and Committee Chairman Rory McIlroy ahead of agreeing to join the 16-man PGA Tour Players Advisory Committee (PAC). Lowry is among five non-Americans in the 16 announced by the Tour that will take-up seats on the Committee that customarily meet four times a year. The other four being Australia’s Adam Scott, Swede Henrik Norlander and the Canadian duo of Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners. Lowry will undoubtedly be ...