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… Albany, Bahamas Tiger Woods is reputed to have been offered as much as $10m to tee-up in next year’s second edition of the Saudi International and while the 15-time Major winner has declined the offer, he’s come out supporting Phil Mickelson’s decision to compete for a likely $3m. Mickelson has been somewhat defensive mode since it was formally announced he will tee-up in the event commencing January 30th, 2020. It does mean missing for a 31st straight year at the now renamed ...

… Albany, Bahamas  European Tour ‘Golfer of the Year’ Jon Rahm has sympathised with Shane Lowry in pipping the Irishman for the leading Tour award. Rahm was announced as the recipient of the prestigious award yesterday (TUES) in London at the now annual gathering of Tour officials and members of the Association of Golf Writers (AGW). The Spaniard, who will tie the knot next week, won three times this past season including a second Irish Open and Spanish Open titles while his victory in ...

…. Albany, Bahamas  What was first a joke, turned into a USA Presidents Cup captaincy reality says Tiger Woods. In just over a week, Woods will captain a red-shot American side in the 2019 edition of the Presidents Cup at the famed Royal Melbourne course in Melbourne, Australia. All but two of Woods 12-man team are higher in the official World Rankings than the highest ranked in Ernie Els International Team. Woods will be a first playing Presidents Cup captain since fellow American Hale Irwin ...

… Albany, The Bahamas  Now here’s a statistic of sorts that Tiger Woods is proud of. Woods has been speaking of his pride in not only coming from behind for a first time in his career to capture a Major and that being this year’s Masters. What he is proud of is that when he returns next April the number of those fellow former Masters winners who sit down on the Tuesday night at the ‘Former Champions Dinner’ will not have grown. “Anytime I have gone back as a defending ...

… Albany, The Bahamas Six months on and Tiger Woods along with caddy Joe LaCava got to sit down over a few beers to savour watching highlights of ‘their’ 2019 Masters victory. LaCava, who has actually been Woods full-time caddy since 2011, visited Woods and his family at their palatial Florida home. The pair began chatting. The video recorder was switched on and a few beers were also opened. “We spoke about the conversations we had over each shot,” said Woods in an article ...

Five-time Major champion Phil Mickelson confirmed he will join an already strong Stars and Stripes showing in next year’s Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers taking place on the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club from 30 January to 2 February 2020. Mickelson will join Tony Finau, along with defending champion Dustin Johnson along with current World No. 1 Brooks Koepka and Masters-winning Patrick Reed who will journey to King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) to compete ...

England’s and Dubai-born amateur Josh Hill along with fellow Englishman Joshua Grenville-Wood and Sweden’s Gabriel Axell were in a three-way tie for the lead with rounds of six-under par 66 on the opening day of the $100,000 Journey To Jordan Tour Championship Monday. Even as a strong and perplexing wind blew the whole day at the Greg Norman-designed Ayla Golf Club – switching direction and coming off the north instead of south which is what the players have always faced during their trips ...