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Edouard Espana created a slice of MENA Tour history winning the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Open and in his very first MENA Golf Tour appearance. Espana commenced the final round two shots off the pace but closed with a bogey-free 69 for a six under par tally and denying overnight leader Ross McGowan by three shots and with Italy’s Alessandro Tadini and Germany’s Sebastian Heisele sharing third on a two-under 217. The 24-year-old Bordeaux-born Espana grabbed three birdies on the front nine and one ...

In form Faycal Serghini made a confident start to the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Open, the second event on the 2014 MENA Golf Tour schedule, firing a four-under-par 69 in Tuesday’s opening round. Picking up where he left off last week, the leading Moroccan pro reeled off six birdies, including four on the back nine, to take a one-shot over England’s James Housby with Englishman Ross McGowan and France’s Edouard Espana taking a share of third on two-under 71. Among the notables, defending champion ...

Double Major winning Rory McIlroy has taken time out to wish the European Team well in its quest to defeat an Asia Pacific side in this week’s Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy taking place in India. McIlroy tweeted the 12-member Europeans saying:  “As part of that winning team, I felt such a tremendous sense of pride and a belief that I had the game to compete at the highest amateur level – and perhaps beyond,” wrote the Northern Irishman. “Your selection for the European team already ...

Defending champion Martin Laird has been drawn ‘Deep In The Heart’ of this week’s Valero Texas Open with organisers grouping the Scot with Phil Mickelson for the openinng two rounds of the $US 6.2m event. Mickelson is the winner of 42 PGA Tour titles but with the current World No. 5 making just his second appearance in the Valeas Open since contesting the 1992 event and finishing T42nd at Oak Hill CC in San Antonio. “Phil brings another level of excitement when he enters a tournament ...

Texans In the Field: Currently there are 23 players in the field who were either born or live in the state of Texas – Cameron Beckman, Ben Crane, Martin Flores, Harrison Frazar, Bobby Gates, Brian Gay, J.J. Henry, John Huh, Danny Lee, Justin Leonard, Jeff Maggert, Troy Matteson, Sean O’Hair, Joe Ogilvie, Ryan Palmer, John Peterson, John Rollins, Jordan Spieth, Chris Stroud, Scott Verplank, David von Hoffmann, Johnson Wagner, and Jimmy Walker. Major Champions: Currently 13 major champions ...

Team Asia captain Thongchai Jaidee has vowed to launch an all-out attack against Team Europe in Thursday’s starting inaugural EurAsia Cup in Malaysia. The decorated Thai ace, who holds an unprecedented three Asian Tour Order of Merit titles, will spearhead the continent’s charge at the three-day event which has been billed as an intercontinental clash. With his illustrious track record that also includes 13 Asian Tour titles, Thongchai has issued a battle cry for his team to show their mettle ...

Masters champion Adam Scott said he achieved what he wanted despite letting slip victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. Instead the PGA Tour welcomed and greeted it’s newest winner in Florida-born Matt Every who posted a final round 70 to win by a shot with a 13-under par victory tally. Every earned his maiden Tour success in his 93rd event and also became the first player since Paul Goydos in 1996 to win the Arnold Palmer hosted event as his inaugural PGA Tour title. It was ...