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Justin  Rose has revealed what he believes is a recipe for a second European No. 1 crown ahead of this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Rose won the 2007 season finale, then held at Valderrama in Spain, to become the European No. 1, and needs to bring his sizzling recent form to the $8 million tournament if he wants to win the Race to Dubai, which replaced Order of Merit in 2009. The World No. 6 arrived in the UAE having won his last two tournaments — the WGC-HSBC ...

Ultra-talented Scot Conor Syme is now just one round from securing full 2018 European Tour membership after moving into a share of third place thanks to a 67 ahead of the final round of the European Tour’s Qualifying School in Spain. The 22-year old Drumoig golfer is assured a full 2018 European Tour card in finishing top-25 at the School but Syme will now be looking to secure the leading graduate honours. Syme heads to round six trailing just four strokes behind England’s Sam Horsfield who ...

Jon Rahm as predicted by www.golfbytourmiss.com has been honoured with the European Tour’s prestigious ‘Rookie of the Year’ award. The Spaniard was a clear choice for the award following his emphatic Portstewart success Rahm’s award follows in the footsteps of compatriot Sergio Garcia who, after winning the 1999 Irish Open, was also voted ‘Rookie of the Year’. The US-based Rahm becomes the first Spaniard to win the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award since Pablo Larrazábal in 2008, ...

Patton Kizzire brilliantly denied his more-fancied rival Rickie Fowler in a 36-hole marathon and rain-plagued event to capture a maiden PGA  Tour title with victory in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. Kizzire, 31 closed with rounds of 66-67 for a one-shot 19-under par success over Fowler, who fell four shots behind at El Camaleon Golf Club until staging a late rally but only to fall short with scores of 67-67 on the final day. Kizzire won in his 62nd career start but it required some steady nerves ...

Darren Fichardt has won all but three of his 20 pro career tournaments on the Africa continent. Imagine then how the 42-year old father of two was feeling in the days leading up to this week’s Nedbank Challenge at Sun City. Earlier this year he captured a fifth European Tour title with victory in the Joburg Open and naturally was desperate to get a stat in this week’s $US 7.5m event. But at 87th on the Race to Dubai that seemed unlikely. However fate then played a hand with a number ...

Austrian golfing giant Bernd Wiesberger desposited eight birdies including one at the last to snatch a one-stroke lead with a five-under par 67 on day one of the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City, South Africa. Wiesberger’s birdie saw him break clear of four players – Frenchman Victor Dubuisson, Scotland’s Scott Jamieson, American Julian Suri and local South African hero, Branden Grace – tied in second with four under par 68s. Sweden’s and defending champion, Alex Noren had capped his ...

Good friends Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell will team for PGA Tour sanctioned QBE Shootout from December 4th to 7th at Naples in Florida. The duo will be among 24 players teaming in the event formerly known as the Shark Shootout on the Ritz Carlton Tiburon course. “G Mac and I have tried to enter the event before and I didn’t qualify but now that I am a member of the PGA Tour I do,” Lowry said. “We talked about it during the year and we were fortunate as we received an invitation as we would ...