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Former long-time World No. 1 Tiger Woods has defended current World No. 1 Luke Donald’s stature in the game ahead of the pair competing alongside each other for the opening two rounds of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Joining Woods and Donald for the first two days on the National Club course is current World No. 3 and reigning U.S. Open champion, Rory McIlroy. Woods is making his first appearance in the UAE capital after previously contesting the Dubai Desert Classic on six occasions including ...

Mark Wilson earned Presidential approval in capturing the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation. Wilson holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to again win early on the PGA Tour and relegating fellow Americans Robert Garrigus, John Mallinger and Johnson Wagner with a birdie at the last for a 24-under par tally. Just minutes earlier Garrigus missed a 35-foot eagle putt that would have given him the lead. Wilson celebrated his fifth career PGA TOUR victory with ...

South African sensation Branden Grace continued a remarkable start to the New Year by upstaging his more fancied compatriots in Retief Goosen and Ernie Els to brilliantly win the Volvo Champions event in a play-off at Fancourt. The 23-year old Grace became the second player in three months to win back-to-back on the Race to Dubai Tour after Spain’s Sergio Garcia captured the Castellon Masters and Volvo Masters late last year. Grace also is the first player since American legend Fred Couples ...

Ultra-talented South Korean sensation, Byeong-Hun An (Ben An), will begin his professional career on the European Challenge Tour. Byeong-Hun An became the youngest USGA Amateur Champion in history in 2009 at just 17 years 11 months and 13 days and earned full Challenge Tour status at Final Stage Qualifying School last December. The 20-year-old, whose parents won table tennis medals at the Seoul Olympic Games, moved to the United States from South Korea in 2005, continuing his golfing education ...

Johnson Wagner will end a four-year drought and make only his second Masters appearance after capturing the Sony Open in Hawaii. The 31-year old Texas-born Wagner, donning a mustache was the surprise package over of the final round in the PGA Tour’s second event of 2012.  Wagner shot a closing three under par 67 for a two-shot victory at 13-under par and his third PGA Tour success.   I was definitely telling people to expect something early this year, which is a nice feeling,” ...

Branden Grace held on to claim a maiden Race to Dubai title in capturing the Joburg Open. Grace, ranked 258th in the world, posted a last day 72 to finish just one stroke in front of England’s Jamie Elson who brilliantly eagled the last in a 63 to grab second place at 16-under par.  Grace, who honed his game with the help of the Ernie Els Foundation, was competing in just his second main tour event since securing his card late last year at the European Tour Q-School. “It’s a dream come ...

South African Branden Grace and Florida’s Matt Every have never met each other but that have one thing in common heading to the final round of the respective Joburg Open and Sony Open titles. Grace shot a third round 65 to storm two clear of the co-sanctioned Joburg Open field as he seeks to win for a first occasion on the European Tour. Grace has got better with each round in the South African capital shooting backing up a first round 67 with a 66 and then a six under par score on day three ...