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Tiger Woods has singled out good friend Rory McIlroy for praise ahead of Woods return to competition at this week’s Genesis Invitational in suburban Santa Monica. Woods, and as tournament host, is returning to a regular PGA Tour event for the first time since the October 2020 Zozo Championship that was staged to the north of Los Angeles. In that time, McIlroy has won six times, including five victories on the PGA Tour and more-recently a third success at the DP World Tour’s Hero Dubai ...

Tiger Woods has expressed uncertainty as currently being on the menu for this year’s Masters Champions Dinner at Augusta National. The annual dinner is two months away but the five-time Masters winning Woods, and in returning to PGA Tour competition at this week’s Genesis Invitational and a first ‘regular’ Tour event since October 2020, was asked his thoughts ahead of this week’s Genesis Invitational in attending the Augusta dinner where half-a-dozen fellow Masters winners ...

… Muscat, Oman Allowing players to wear shorts in this early part of a new season is to be applauded. The Asian Tour has now ruled to allow their players the choice in all but a few events to wear shorts in the sauna-like conditions of the Middle East and then when the Tour heads into the heat and extreme humidity of Asia. You can look back to November 2016 when the Sunshine Tour and European Tour first allowed the wearing of shorts for all days of a tournament at Leopard Creek, and venue for ...

…. Muscat, Oman England’s Steve Lewton can be proud of his efforts in finishing fourth despite the hurt of a mid-round nightmare over the final round of the International Series Oman. Lewton, 39, posted a closing round 71 in the continuing blustery conditions that eventually saw just 12 players break par over the four days from an original starting line-up of 132 taking to the stunning Al Mouj course in Muscat. The six-time tour winning Lewton had missed the cut a week earlier at the ...

Pacific Palisades, CA  …  This week’s 2023 Genesis Invitational at the Riviera Country Club located off Sunset Blvd in palatial Pacific Palisades brings back memories of a very first visit to the course in 1995. It was the staging of the annual PGA Championship 28-years ago this year. Steve Elkington defeated Colin Montgomerie in a play-off after coming from six shots behind third round leader, Ernie Els to post a last day 64 while Monty, who had been five off the lead, tied Elkington ...