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World No. 1 Rory McIlroy double bogeyed his last hole to be assured of missing the halfway cut in his defence of the UBS Hong Kong Open. McIlroy shot a disappointing two over par 72 for a five over par tally in warm but very windy conditions on the course in suburban Fanling. It left McIlroy lying in a share of 99th place and three shots outside the expected two over par cut-off mark as the afternoon half of the field in the $2m event took to the course. “It’s disappointing as you never want ...

Former Wentworth winning hero Simon Khan says it is a weight off his shoulders the decision to withdraw from Second Stage of this month’s PGA Tour Q-School and with the English golfer saying he owes it to the European Tour to remain loyal to Europe. Khan, 30 captured the biggest victory of his pro career two years ago in winning the European Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship at Tour HQ at Wentworth. Victory afforded Khan not only a Euro ¾ m first prize cheque but a Tour exemption ...

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy found himself upstaged by a player ranked 506 higher on the World Rankings on day one of his defence of the UBS Hong Kong Open title. A tired-looking McIlroy posted a three over par 73 to trail 10 shots behind Spain’s Javier Colomo who recorded a career-best of a seven under par 63 in bright but windy conditions on the suburban Fanling course. Colomo, 28 lost his card last year on the European secondary Challenge Tour and this season has been competing on the Asian Tour. The ...

The stars of this week’s UBS Hong Kong Open have helped celebrate Genworth’s Putts4Charity initiative in reaching Euro 1m. And www.golfbytourmiss.com was on hand when Spanish duo of Miguel Angel Jimenez and Jose Maria Olazabal handed over a Genworth Foundattion cheque for Euro 4,000 to the SOS Childrens Villages fund immediately following their first rounds in the $2m co-sanctioned tournament here in suburban Fanling. Later in the day eight pros went head-to-head in the Pro Putt ...

Rory McIlroy is heading to Brazil early next month but it has nothing to do with whether or not he will represent Britain or Ireland in the 2016 Olympic Games. It will be McIlroy’s first ever visit to Brazil and he’s accompanying girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki who is playing in an exhibition match against Maria Sharapova on December 7th in Sao Paulo. However McIlroy will be travelling with the Danish tennis ace via Colorado where Wozniacki is also playing in an exhibition match.

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy will return to one of his favourite venues next year – Quail Hollow- and staring at big changes to the course when he won his first PGA Tour event in 2010. The latest round of course changes is nearly complete at Quail Hollow Club, promising PGA Tour players and fans a new look in several spots during the Wells Fargo Championship. The most noticeable changes will be at the fourth and eighth holes, which have undergone significant renovations.   To accommodate ...

Matt Kuchar is unlike many Americans in that he’s been used to competing around the globe. The affable American has competed in Australia, Asia and it may surprise many he teed up in the 2000 Irish Open at Ballybunion. So it comes as a surprise that this is his first visit to Hong Kong to compete in the UBS Hong Kong Open. And it is also the first occasion the 34-year old Florida golfer has competed in a European Tour event since being a member of the losing USA Ryder Cup team. Kuchar, who ...