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Lee Corfield cornered the second round lead posting a sizzling bogey-free six-under 66 to break free from the chasing pack going into the final round of the MENA Golf Tour’s Golf Citizen Classic at the Els Club Dubai on Tuesday. Starting the day a good four shots off the pace, Corfield strung together the tournament’s low score to reach seven-under for the tournament, a good two shots ahead of his fellow Englishman Luke Joy and Sweden’s Ber Barth. Overnight joint leader Rayhan Thomas of ...

Francesco Molinari held his nerve in a final-day battle with Danny Willett to claim a historic victory at the Italian Open. The home hero recorded a closing 65 to get to 22 under and beat Willett by one shot, becoming the first Italian to win his national Open twice since the event became part of the European Tour in 1972. The 2006 champion also became the first Italian to win any European Tour event twice as he claimed his fourth win and his first since the 2012 Reale Seguros Open de España in ...

Scot Jamie McLeary pulled off a very rare first starting his Italian Open round with an ace to win a £50,000 Mercedes Nuova Classic C Cabrio coupe. McLeary, 35 had nine holes of his second round to complete when he returned to the course at 8am in the rain-affected event laid out alongside the Monza F1 circuit. And he could have wished for a better start for his first hole-in-one on the Tour. He said:  “I had 201-yards to the pin and I wasn’t sure if my 5-iron would get there given it was a ...

Crooked Stick, Carmel, IN … The Dustin Johnson victory locomotive seems virtually unstoppable heading to Atlanta and the season finale Tour Championship. Johnson was in a class all his own storming his way to a three shot victory in capturing the BMW Championship title at Crooked Stick and in the process becoming the second player this year behind World No. 1 Jason Day to win three PGA Tour titles in 2016. As well, Johnson joined Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in capturing three FedEx Cup Play-Off ...

Crooked Stick, IN …  World No.1 and defending BMW Championship winner Jason Day has been given the all-clear to contest the season-ending Tour Championship after the scare of having to withdraw with a back injury after eight holes in the final round of the BMW Championship. Day tweaked his lower back when he bent down to put a tee in the ground on the ninth tee box and decided to pull out of the event rather than risk further damage. The concern highlighted a history of back issues for Day ...

USA Ryder Cup captain, Davis Love 111 is set to announce at 1oam tomorrow (MON) local Minnesota time (or 11am East Coast US) three of his four Hazeltine ‘wildcard’ picks. There is as many as 10 players in line for Love’s four picks, and with his final pick being announced a few hours following the close of the season-ending Tour Championship and, in fact, at half-time in NBCs coverage of Sunday Night NFL Football in the clash between the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears. However, ...

Holland home hero Joost Luiten was in first class all on his lonesome posting a sizzling final round course-record equalling 63 to capture a second KLM Open victory title in four years. Luiten was rightfully afforded a standing ovation in a round that included 10 birdies and just two bogeys on The Dutch course where he is a member and win with ease by three shots at 19-under par in glorious sunny and warm conditions. Huge galleries had been following the proud 30-year old all week in Spijk and with ...