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World No. 1 Rory McIlroy may have broken the tape first to win the Race to Dubai but the 23 year-old from Northern Ireland has no intention of taking it easy at this week’s DP World Tour Championship. Signs about Dubai says ‘The Race Ends Here’ and there’s also a sign on the first tee saying:  “30,700 yards to go”. And while McIlroy admitted topping the money lists in both Europe and the US, clinching his second Major and helping Europe win the Ryder Cup had ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy tees up this week with the added incentive of becoming the richest-ever season earner in the history of the PGA and European Tour. Five years ago, former World No. 1 Tiger Woods amassed combined PGA and European Tour earnings of $11,557,729 (€9m). Woods won seven regular Tour events in 2007 including his 17th Major title, the PGA Championship along with two WGC victories while he also competed in two regular European Tour events. McIlroy heads into this week’s final ...

Welshman Rhys Davies is staring at an uncertain future after losing his Tour card in slipping outside of the top-119 who will retain Tour membership byt just Euro 104. Former Hassan 11 Trophy winner Davies arrived in Hong Kong lying 119th and despite playing all four rounds for a one over par tally, the former GB & I Walker Cup team mate to current World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, dropped to 120th. “I’m hopeless at working out the various scenarios but at this stage it looks unlikely that I’ve ...

Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez toasted with a glass of Rioja and a cigar after creating history in becoming the oldest-ever European Tour winner in capturing a third UBS Hong Kong Open. Jimenez, at age 48 years and 318 days, surpassed the previous record set by Ireland’s Des Smyth who was aged 48 years and 34 days in winning the winning the 2001 Maderia Islands Open. Jimenez set up a 19th Tour win courtesy of four birdies in succession mid round in a five under par 65 to win by a stroke on 15-under ...

Just months into his career as the UAE’s first professional golfer, Ahmed Al Musharrekh will rub shoulders with many of the biggest names in world golf when he becomes the first Arab golf pro to play in the Rolex Pro-Am at next week’s DP World Tour Championship. To be staged on 20 November on the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates, the Rolex Pro-Am will see Al Musharrekh as pro captain for the Emirates Golf Federation (EGF) team in a line-up that features the top 60 players on The European ...

In a rather unique move UBS Hong Kong Open organisers issued a formal statement expressing their disappointment after World No. 1 and defending champion, Rory McIlroy missed the cut. “Whilst we would of course like nothing better than for Rory to mount a strong bid to defend his UBS Hong Kong Open title over the weekend, we realise the very nature of golf – and indeed sport in general – dictates that players, however good, cannot be at their best each and every week. “Rory has been a great ...

England Jamie Elson’s joy at the birth of his first child will be tinged with a little disappointment of losing his European Tour card. Elson’s wife, Hannah was nearly two weeks late in giving birth to a boy The 21-year old Surrey golfer had entered this week’s South African Open and l0oking to retain full Tour membership for 2013. And supercaddy John ‘Ronnie’ Roberts was all set to caddy for Elson but on advice he was not competing in South Africa ‘Ronnie’ managed ...