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Eighty-seven changes have been made to the 2013-14 edition of the “Decisions on the Rules of Golf” and with one particular change that would have saved World No. 1 Tiger Woods at two stroke penalty this season. A change to Decision 18/4 of the Rules of Golf aims to clarify when a ball has been inadvertently moved by a player – a scenario that left Woods fuming at the BMW Championship in September. Woods was slapped with a two-stroke penalty at the first hole in his second round, ...

Louis Oosthuizen has been ruled out for 14 days after having cortisone injections in his lower back. Oosthuizen missed two months of action after withdrawing from the Open in July due to the long-standing problem and will be absent from next week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek after being advised to rest. “I was really excited to play in the tournament so it is very disappointing to miss out,” said the 31-year-old South African, who has undergone the procedure to reduce ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson has created history becoming the first golfer ever to win the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup and European Tour’s Race to Dubai in the same season. Stenson shot a final round eight under par 64 that included an eagle at the last to capture the year-ending DP World Tour Championship by six shots with a 25-under par victory tally on the Earth Course at the Jumeriah Estates course. Stenson also is only the second Swede in the history of the European Tour to capture the ...

The 2014 European Tour International Schedule will a minimum of 48 tournaments in 26 different destinations. (See full schedule below). The 12 month golfing odyssey, which begins next week with the 103rd playing of the South African Open Championship in Johannesburg, travels across all five continents before the curtain comes down once again with the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, at Jumeirah Golf Estates, from November 20-23, 2014. The DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, is also, once again, ...

Adam Scott has retained the Australian Masters title to capture the second leg of the ‘Scotty Slam’ after winning last week’s Australian PGA title. The Masters champion four shots clear of the field and five ahead of American Matt Kuchar. Kuchar, who had been a member of the 2011 victorious USA Presidents Cup side when  the event was also played at Royal Melbourne, took it right to the Australian to be two ahead of the Australian with four holes to play. However it was Scott ...

Graeme McDowell has refused to throw in the Race to Dubai white towel insisting ‘I’m still alive and kicking’ despite trailing eight shots behind race leader Henrik Stenson. Just when Stenson looked like facing a hurdle on day three of the final event he peeled off three birdies from the 14th in a round and pulled off a brilliant birdie at 18 in a round of 67 to lead by a shot on 17-under par. McDowell will commence the final round nine shots adrift of Stenson and playing the final day in the ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson birdied four of his closing five holes in a round of 67 to maintain his Race to Dubai title lead in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The Swede stalled mid-round before picking off three birdies in succession from the 14th hole and then sank a near tap-in birdie on the last to move one shot clear with a 17-under par total on the Earth Course at Jumeriah Estates. Frenchman Victor Dubuisson continues his amazing form to shoot an eight under par 64 ...