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Rookies Jimmy Mullen and Paul Dunne charged into a share of the lead on a remarkable first day of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The Englishman and Ireland-born Dunne were both playing in their first professional tournaments after helping Great Britain and Ireland win the Walker Cup last month and a pair of 64s at Kingsbarns took them to the top of the leaderboard alongside Swede Kris Broberg who posted the same score at St Andrews. Dunne has had a particularly stellar year and held a share ...

Per Barth profited from a scintillating birdie charge on the back nine to win the MENA Golf Tour’s Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open by two shots at Al Badia Golf Club on Wednesday. Tied for the lead overnight with Scotland’s Paul Doherty and Gary King of England, the 29-year-old Swede picked up five shots coming down the stretch after making the turn at level-par, en route to a closing 67 to reach 13-under, which was good enough to script his first victory on the tour. Doherty, who opened with ...

Graeme McDowell has welcomed fellow Irishman Darren Clarke’s decision to captain the European Team in next March’s EurAsia Cup in Malaysia. McDowell was a member of the team that drew two years ago in the inaugural event in Kuala Lumpur, and while it will provide Clarke with valued captaincy experience ahead of the Ryder Cup later in 2016, McDowell insists it is a good breeding ground for not only for potential European Ryder Cup captains but also players. And ...

DUBAI, Sept 29 — Gary King and Per Barth shot back-to-back four-under 68s to close the gap on overnight leader Paul Doherty of Scotland going into the final round of the MENA Golf Tour’s Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open at Al Badia Golf. England’s King, the winner of last week’s event in Abu Dhabi, mixed four birdies and an eagle (on the 18th) with two bogeys while Barth of Sweden lit up the back nine with five birdies after making the turn at one over to join Doherty, who settled for a level ...

THONGCHAI JAIDEE – WITH HIS 2015 PORSCHE EUROPEAN OPEN SUCCESS • His seventh European Tour International Schedule victory in his 310th European Tour event. • Moves to 1,477,477 points in The Race to Dubai. • Could move to just outside the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking, from 44th. • His first European Tour victory since the 2014 Nordea Masters. • This victory beats his previous best 2015 European Tour performances of tied second in the True Thailand Classic presented ...

Thailand’s popular Thongchai Jaidee drew on the support of his Bavarian-born coach to drive off with a seventh European Tour victory takeaway after posting a flawless final round 67 for a 17-under par success at the Porsche European Open on the (Franz) Beckenbaurer course at Bad Griesbach. England’s Graeme Storm maintained the most substantial challenge, but found water off the 17th tee and, although he managed to save par from ten feet at the last, Jaidee clung on with a neat up-and-down ...

Austrian-born Bernd Wiesberger and Frenchman Benjamin Herbert share the lead on seven under par after the opening round of the Porsche European Open at Bad Griesbach in Bavaria, Germany. Wiesberger, the reigning French Open winner, carded seven birdies in his flawless opening round, including a vital seven foot putt at the 18th to match the clubhouse target of seven under par set by Hebert. The Austrian started brightly, making gains at the third, eighth and ninth holes to reach the turn in 32. After ...