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Rory McIlroy’s hoodoo continued in Abu Dhabi when he posted a second hole double bogey before muscling his way to fourth position in the Abu Dhabi Invitational. McIlroy was partnered by his father, Gerry in the one-day pro-amateur format on the Yas Island Links course in the UAE capital. Reigning US Amateur Bryson Dechambeau posted the lowest score of the day, a seven under par 65, but due his amateur status the first place prize-money was shared four ways between Frenchman Alex Levy, Thailaind’s ...

Back-to-back winning Branden Grace expressed both surprise and sympathy for Paul Lawrie after the Scot crashed out of contention on the final day of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha. Lawrie went into the last round leading by two shots and remained two clear when he birdied the first hole in bright but cold and windy conditions on the Doha Golf Club course. However it proved the high-water mark in Lawrie’s challenge to become the first player in the 18-year history of the event to win ...

Forget the well-worn ‘Amazing Grace’ headlines as the new headline should be .. “Grace Makes It Golf’s Big-5′ This is after South African Branden Grace’s back-to-back success in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. The 27-year old Grace produced a masterful display to win by two strokes with a 14-under par tally in continuing cold and windy conditions on the Doha Golf Club course. “It’s great. I’m pretty much at a loss for words. It’s a big ...

If Paul Lawrie were to capture a record three Commercial Bank Qatar Masters he would also become the oldest Scottish-born player to win on the European Tour. Lawrie, who turned 47 on January 1st, holed a 10-foot putt for birdie at the closing hole in a round of 70 for a 13-under par in bright but un-seasonally cold and very windy conditions on day three of the event in Doha. The two-time Qatar champion went into day three leading by one but then proceeded to post 13 straight pars before the first ...

For a second European Tour season in succession Graeme McDowell is kick-starting his year at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Of course, McDowell is playing the two events in Hawaii on the PGA Tour but it was in Dubai a year ago where he secured his only top-10 European Tour finish of T9th in last year’s event and in what was an overall disappointing 2015 until very late in the year when McDowell captured a third PGA Tour event in winning ‘Mexico’s Major’, the Mayokoba Classic. G ...

Aussie-born rookie Ryan Ruffels upstaged his more fancied colleagues including current World No. 2 Jason Day, World No. 4 Rickie Fowler and five-time Major winning Phil Mickelson to make the cut in his professional debut at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Ruffels stood tall on the California coastline and just days after being enveloped in an unsavoury ‘friendly wager’ controversy with Mickelson. And Ruffels admitted after his second-round 73 that Mickelson’s comments didn’t ...

Scotland’s Paul Lawrie is on the verge creating Commerical Bank Qatar Masters history. Lawrie is seeking to become the first man to lift the Mother of Pearl Trophy three times fter his triumphs in 1999 and 2012, while a win for Branden Grace, who is sharing second place at 11-under par, would make him the first player to successfully defend the title. On a day when the trademark winds in Doha were the strongest they had been all week, Lawrie was a picture of consistency, recording 16 pars ...