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Robert Rock immediately ruled out making his Masters debut next fortnight after taking an ‘11’ at the fourth hole during the opening round of the Hassan II Trophy in Agadir. The present World No. 57 immediately wrote off taking a first drive down Magnolia Lane before eventually ending with a five over par 77. Rock teed-up in Agadir  knowing he needed to finish first or second in the Euro 1.5m event in Morocco to be assured of compete at Augusta National. However to his enormous credit ...

Robert Rock’s hope of contesting next fortnight’s Masters nose-dived with the England golfer spoiling the hope of driving down Magnolia Lane with an ’11’ early on day one of the 39th Hassan II Trophy. Rock began par, birdie and par before walking off with a horror seven over figure for the par four fourth hole on the King of Morocco’s own Royal Course. However to his credit the reigning Abu Dhabi HSBC Champion birdied the 15th and then eagled 17 in an eventual round ...

It is still some six years to France proudly hosts the 2018 Ryder Cup but preliminary course design work has been given the green light to take place at the Le Golf National near Versailles. The famed Albatross course, that plays host each year to the Alstrom French Open, is  benefiting from the expertise of European Golf Design (EGD) whose senior design team is liaising with the European Tour and the French Golf Federation as planning commences. EGD was widely praised for producing the Celtic ...

Former Open Champion Paul Lawrie has been nominated to receive the Freedom of Aberdeen. Lawrie has been nomimated by Aberdeen councillor Jim Hunter who has kick started a drive to recognise the golfer’s achievements with the historical award. Lawrie, who won return to Augusta next fortnight for a first time since 2004, declared it would be a “huge moment” to be granted the title. “It has come as a big surprise and to be thought of in this light by the city I was born and bred in is very ...

It will be a special week for young England professional, Jake Shepherd and the new MENA Tour when he tees up this week in the Hassan II Trophy in Agadir, Morocco. Not only will Shepherd being competing in his second European Tour in some two months  but he is representing the growing MENA (Middle East North Africa) Tour, and earning his place in the Euro 1.5m Race to Dubai event as a prize for finishing first on last year’s inaugural MENA Tour order of merit. The Royal course is playing ...

The cancellation of the Ibedrola Open in Majorca has spoilt the opportunity Darren Clarke, the current Open Champion and Javier Ballesteros, the 21-year old son of former European great Seve Ballesteros to compete in the same touranment. The Race to Dubai event set to be again staged at the Pula Golf Club has been withdrawn from the Tour’s schedule due to a lack of a sponsor. Clarke’s three shot success at the Pula Golf Club ended a three-year winless drought and eventually led to success ...

Thanks to the superb efforts of the European Tour’s, Scott Kelly we joined some 150 players, caddies, family members, media colleagues and officials in travelling on a special charter flight to Agadir and this week’s Hassan II Trophy. It’s the 39th staging of the event and the third in succession to be a fully-fledged European Tour Race to Dubai tournament. Royal Air Maroc left Malaga Airport at 7pm Monday and touched down 90 minutes later in Agadir. And waiting for everyone was ...