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Shane Lowry has joined a number of Europe’s top players feeling short changed by the effectiveness of the European Tour’s Final Four Series points system. Lowry teed up on the opening day of the Turkish Airlines Open flying high at 15th on the Race to Dubai money list and the assurance of his best-ever season in five years competing on the Tour. However after posting an opening round 70 to be lying seven shots behind near 51-year Miguel Angel Jimenez, the Carton House pro has questioned if all ...

Victorious Ryder Cup rookie Victor Dubuisson sent fireworks exploding into the night sky when he scored a poolside ace during a spectacular launch at the Maxx Royal Hotel to this week’s 2014 Turkish Airlines Open. The defending Turkish Airlines Open champion defeated his German rival after Kaymer had hit two balls in a row during the course of the fun-filled occasion.

Sponsors Turkish Airlines and the Maxx Royal Hotel exceeded themselves with a stunning fireworks display over the equally stunning Maxx Royal Hotel on the eve of the Turkish Airlines Open. Guests were left in awe as the fireworks first exploded from the roof of the Maxx Royal Hotel before a ‘missile’ was fired in the direction of the closeby beach that exploded a dazzling display to light up the night sky. Congratulations to organizes on a spectacular evening.

On the eve of his 600th Tour event at the Turkish Airlines Open and Colin Montgomerie declared his disbelief the PGA of America has set-up a task force in order to help turnaround having lost eight of the past 10 Ryder Cups. The PGA of America has reacted to the USA Team’s recent five point loss in announcing the setting up of a 15-man task force that will include the likes of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Of course, there has been much debate already on the need of a task force when the ...

Race to Dubai rival Sergio Garcia has waved a virtual white flag declaring Rory McIlroy’s brilliant season is deserving of a second Race to Dubai victory crown in three years. In the absence of McIlroy this week in Turkey, Garcia can still unseat the four-time Major winner by capturing the Turkish Airlines Open but the Spaniard, who is currently ranked third on the money list, would also need to succeed in next week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship. It is the same scenario for the second ...

The move by Colin Montgomerie to the Champions Tour is certainly a gain for the over-50 year golfing brigade. But it is also a big loss to the golf writers working the European Tour. That was no more prevalent when Monty visited the Media Center on the eve of this week’s Turkish Airlines Open. Not only is it again a special week for Monty as the event is being played on the Maxx Royal course he designed but also it is the occasion of his 600th European Tour event. Only one player, who is still ...

While Sergio Garcia can mathematically still end the year as European Number One he believes Rory McIlroy’s superb season is deserving of the Race to Dubai victory crown. It is a view also shared also by former double European Tour Number One Lee Westwood who stated also the European Tour should not react to McIlroy’s brilliance and copy the PGA Tour by altering the Race to Dubai points scoring system. For a third week in succession McIlroy is not contesting the Tour’s Final Four Series ...