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Double Major winning Martin Kaymer has set himself the goal of winning at least one tournament in his remaining two Race to Dubai events this season starting at this week’s BMW Masters at Lake Malaren in Shanghai. After an impressive 2014 season yielded two of golf’s biggest titles – the US Open Championship and the Players Championship on the US PGA Tour – the German has so far not managed to add to his trophy collection in 2015. “Overall, the season so far, I wouldn’t rate great ...

England amateur James Allan stormed his way towards potential MENA Tour history with a second-round 66  on day two of the MENA Golf Tour Championship. Allan is bidding to become the first amateur to win a MENA Golf Tour event and mixed four birdies and an eagle with a lone bogey to reach nine under for the tournament. He trails four shots behind his compatriot Scott Campbell, who shot the day’s best score, a seven-under 64, to top the leaderboard. Craig Hinton fired back-to-back 65s to sit ...

Rory McIlroy’s new romance seems to be getting along extremely well if the appearance of new girlfriend Erica Stroll out in China last week is any indication. So much so The Irish Herald has today run the following heart-warming story written jointly by  Melanie Finn and Caitlin McBride that clearly would not be out of place in any of the world’s leading ‘women’s’ magazines. The PGA employee (29) has been pictured for the first time cheering on McIlroy (26), at the ...

Victory for Scotland’s Russell Knox in last week’s WGC – HSBC Champions event in China will not count in the Scot seeking to qualify for the 2016 European Ryder Cup team. Knox has until the final day of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai next week to join the Tour for next season by submitting an application form and paying the £500 fee, but he cannot retroactively claim the points from Shanghai. “It’s going to be a goal of mine to make the European Ryder Cup team and ...

England’s Danny Willett needs only to finish 28th or better in this week’s BMW Masters to go ahead of Rory McIlroy and into the top spot on the Race to Dubai. The Callaway backed Willett, who carded a fine ten under par 62 in the final round of last week’s WGC – HSBC Champions to finish in a tie for third place, is now just Euro 74,213 short of McIlroy and with the four-time Major winning McIlroy electing not to remain in the Chinese financial capital for a second week running. Aside ...

Cyril Suk shot a career-best eight-under 63 to be set the early pace in windy conditions at the MENA Golf Tour’s season-ending championship at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf Club in the UAE. The 23-year-old from Prague picked up five shots on the front nine and three coming home in a flawless round, taking a two-shot lead over Scott Campbell, his playing partner, and Craig Hinton, both of England. Lurking a further shot adrift at five under in solo fourth was another Englishman, Stuart ...

Scotland’s ultra-talented Russell Knox is again knocking on the door for a first victory after muscling his way into second place on the second day of the WGC – HSBC  Champions event in Shanghai. Kevin Kisner overcame a back injury to open up a two shot lead at the halfway stage of the World Golf Championships – HSBC Champions. The American came into the second round one shot adrift of Branden Grace but a 66 on Friday saw him move to the top of the leader board at 14 under, two ...