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… at Abu Dhabi  Seamus Power had the honour of drawing first blood for his GB & I side being out the last match on day one of the inaugural Hero Cup here in Abu Dhabi. The current PGA Tour No. 1 landed an 8-iron tee shot to some 10-feet at the par-3 fourth hole on the host National Course at the Abu Dhabi GC. Power is teamed with top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre who the Las Vegas-based Irish golfer met for a first time on Wednesday, and along with Shane Lowry, played an 18-hole practice ...

Seamus Power admits his efforts to secure a place in the European Ryder Cup team will all depend on getting his season schedule. For a first time in his career Power is exempt into all four major championships as well as a return to the Players Championship where he had a hole-in-one in the 2019 event. This is the luxury of capturing the Bermuda Championship that’s not only handed him a virtual three-year PGA Tour exemption considering he won the sixth event of the 2022/23 PGA Tour wraparound ...

... in Abu Dhabi  After ending last year running on the smell of an oily rag, Shane Lowry tees-up in this week’s inaugural Hero Cup boasting his tanks are full and ready to savour a GB & I success in Abu Dhabi. Lowry’s very much the standout member of captain Tommy Fleetwood’s side, a major winner, member of the last European Ryder Cup side along being the reigning BMW PGA champion. The Irishman, at World No. 20, is the highest ranked on both sides and the Clara golfer is also a past Abu ...

… in Abu Dhabi  Sepp Straka will tee-up in this week’s Hero Cup keeping it all in the family with his twin brother Sam to caddy for the champion Austrian golfer. It will not be the first occasion Straka had his twin on the bag as the Straka’s worked together at last year’s 150th Open Championship. This week mark’s a Middle East first for Straka whose real name is Josef and ‘Sepp’ is an affectionate nickname for Josef. The story of how both brothers became good golfers before moving ...

  … in Abu Dhabi Ewen Ferguson’s arrived excited to Abu Dhabi for this week’s inaugural Hero Cup and also buoyed by thoughts of eventually earning a PGA Tour card after having spent a few weeks post the 2022 DP World Tour season in the States. The double DP Tour first travelled with his tools of trade to Florida for a new season Puma Golf promotional session. Ferguson then found his way to Nashville, Tennessee spending five days at the capital of country music before heading to the ...

Seamus Power was headed to Abu Dhabi for the first time in his career proudly still No. 1 on the PGA Tour money list. It’s been nearly 10-weeks since Power captured a second PGA Tour title at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship that took him to the top of the FedEx Cup  money chase in the wraparound 2022/23 tour schedule. Power headed into the Christmas/New Year break as the top-earner on the tour’s money-list and remains No. 1 after his share of 25th place in the Sentry Tournament of Champions ...

  Jon ‘Rambo’ Rahm has drawn first blood for Europe with his tearaway victory in the PGA Tour 2023 opening Sentry Tournament of Champions (TOC) Rahm came from seven shots back at the start of the final round and despite a bogey at the first, he posted a blistering nine-under 63 to win by two shots at 27-under-par on the host Kapalua course in Hawaii.  The win also comes a year after finished runner-up to Aussie Cam Smith. The champion Spaniard was competing in a regular PGA Tour event for ...