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Dutchman Joost Luiten is celebrating a first European Tour success in capturing the rain-affected Iskandar Johor Open.   Luiten, 25 wearing two gloves to combat the searing humidity, posted a final round six-under par 65 to win by a stroke with a 15-under par tally in the event reduced to 54-holes on the Horizon Hills course.  Luiten, a former Dutch, Spanish and German amateur champion, becomes only the fourth Dutch golfer to win on the European Tour and the first since Robert Jan Derksen captured ...

For a fifth day running rain continued to play havoc with the 2011 Iskandar Johor Open so much so officials finally took the step to reduce the $US 2m event to 54 holes. Players were summonded from the course at 3pm local time Saturday which is exactly the same time play was halted on Friday. The leading four players had managed to play just one hole with defending champion Padraig Harrington, who is tied in second place at 11-under par, to resume his round to the left of the second fairway. The ...

Popular Frenchman Gregory Bourdy could not be playing better heading into an important two-week period of the season. The Bordeaux-born Bourdy joins Raphael Jacquelin next week representing France in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup of Golf in China. And a week later Bourdy returns to Hong Kong where he captured the UBS Hong Kong Open title two years ago. It was Bourdy’s third Race to Dubai success since joining the European Tour full time in 2005. However while Bourdy looks forward to representing ...

It’s been 17 years since Daniel Chopra first captured the Isklander Johor Open title and now the Swede is in prime position to win again by forging his way four strokes clear of the field. The Swedish-born Chopra, who turns 38 two days before Christmas, returned to the cours at 7.20am local time Friday and forced his way into a share of second in ending his first round with a 64. Chopra, who is easily recognised with his bleach-blond hair, then went straight back out to record a 65 on the rain-soaked ...

Stephen Gallacher is confident a neck injury will not restrict his efforts in this week’s Iskandar Johor Open or spoil next week’s World Cup of Golf showing in China. Stephen Gallacher is confident a neck injury will not restrict his efforts in this week’s Iskandar Johor Open or spoil next week’s World Cup of Golf showing in China. The Scot was sporting a large skin coloured strip of adhesive tape all down the right side of his neck heading into the $US 3m event in Johor. Gallacher believes ...

Tiger Woods will make his debut in Abu Dhabi by confirming he will tee up in next January’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Woods has previously competed in Dubai but this will be the first occasion the former long-time World No. 1 will be seen in the UAE capital. Woods will join three reigning major winners heading Abu Dhabi’s 2012 lineup – Charl Schwartzel (U.S. Masters), Rory McIlroy (U.S. Open) and Darren Clarke (British Open) in the event being played from January 26th to ...

Colin Montgomerie had a chuckle to himself after being informed of the opening round pairings of the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne in Australia. The USA duo of Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker are set to tackle Australia’s Adam Scott and Korean K J Choi in the standout encounter on day one. It brings together Scott’s controversial caddy, Steve Williams in the same match as Woods, and just over a week after the New Zealand born caddy apologised to Woods for his racist remarks during the recent ...