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The son and former wife of the late, great Seve Ballesertos have been invited to take part in next year’s 25th anniversary Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Javier Ballesteros will contest the Wednesday Pro-Am that will include former champions Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, who have been asked to return to the Emirates Golf Club for the $2.5 million tournament from January 30th to February 2nd, 2014. Seve Balleseteros won the event in 1982 and his 23-year old son will represent his father. Javier ...

Scotland’s Scott Jamieson and England’s David Lynn and Scott Jamieson teamed to produce a dramatic comeback to win their match and help Great Britain & Ireland edge to within one point on day two of the Seve Trophy at St. Nom-la-Breteche. Jamieson birdied the last two holes, both putts of five feet, to turn a match their match from being one down with two holes to play and win one up against all-Italian rivals f Francesco Molinari and Matteo Manassero. It meant Sam Torrance’s GB ...

Paul McGinley indicated on the eve of the event he would be taking a backseat role but there was no hiding the enthusiasm of the European Ryder Cup captain on the opening day of the Seve Trophy near Versailles. McGinley went through three changes of clothes during the day before ending up in a shirt and tie for a stint commentating on SKY TV. The Dubliner has his own ‘Paul McGinley’ named golf buggy and he was spotted all about the St. Nom-la-Breteche course on a day when Jose Maria Olazabal’s ...

Flying Dutchman Joost Luiten took the starring role as Continental Europe claimed a 3 ½ – 1 ½ lead over Great Britain and Ireland after day one of the Seve Trophy by Golf+ at Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche on the outskirts of Paris. José María Olazábal’s side are looking to end a run of six straight defeats in the biennial contest and took the first steps towards that goal with an impressive showing in the opening fourballs, a session spearheaded by Luiten, the winner of the recent KLM Open ...

High flying Swede Henrik Stenson, the current leader of The Race to Dubai, confirmed he will contest the inaugural US$7million Turkish Airlines Open. The 37 year old has been in magnificent form this summer, becoming the first European to win the FedEx Cup on the US PGA Tour last month, and will tee it up in the 78-man tournament – the penultimate event of the 2013 European Tour season – which will take place at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Belek, Antalya, from November 7-10. “It has been a ...

Chinese prodigy Guan Tianlang, 14, will take on world No 1 Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in a “skills challenge” before an 18-hole showdown between the two pros, organisers said on Monday. In April Guan became the youngest to compete at the Masters, and despite being penalised a stroke for slow play, still managed to finish the leading amateur. “The Match” between Woods and McIlroy will be held over the Blackstone Course at Mission Hills Haikou, on the Chinese island of Hainan, ...

Rory McIlroy may be in the ‘bad books’ for not contesting this week’s Seve Trophy but he’s delighted one fan. Indiana’s Michael Crew met McIlroy last route on route to victory in the 2012 BMW Championship at Crooked Stick, and he is also a fan of Upper Deck trading cards and memorabilia, with whom McIlroy has a signing deal. At a recent signing, McIlroy took time to pen a letter to Crew. The letter was delivered last Wednesday and it reads: Michael, It was great meeting ...