History Beckons For Lone UAE Born Professional On MENA Tour.
History beckons for the long UAE born professional competing on the MENA Tour.
Ahmed Al Musharrekh spearheaded a determined Arab assault on the leader board with a career-best 67 to steal a share of the lead going into the final round of the Golf Tour Ras Al Khaimah Classic at Tower Links Golf Club on Tuesday.
Al Musharrekh, the only golf professional from the UAE, who opened with a 71 on Monday, reeled off seven birdies in his five-under second round and only a double-bogey on the sixth hole prevented ...
Tiger Woods Signs Off Front Nine At Bluejack National – His First Design In USA.
Tiger Woods has not been idle during his recovery from back injury and last week was in Houston inspecting his first design golf course in the USA.
The Bluejack National is a private layout located to the north of America’s fourth largest city and the 14-time Major winner was on hand to sign off on the front nine of the course that will open this time next year.
Here is photographs taken of Woods inspecting the Texas course.
Those developing the course are delighted to be working with Woods.
“Our ...
Booming Off Course Business Will See McGinley Play Just 15 Events In 2015.
After Paul McGinley’s near two-year commitment to Europe’s victorious Ryder Cup campaign his expanding off course business initiatives will see him contest just 15 events in 2015.
McGinley stepped back into the realm of a normal Tour member, and swapping his special commissioned Ryder Cup captain’s golf bag for a standard TaylorMade model, at last week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and finishing a credible 42nd.
The result, earning McGinley Euro 19,900, ended a dismal run of five missed ...
Kingsbarns Good News Continues – R & A To Set Up Test Equipment Center
The good news continues for Kingsbarns Golf Links.
Just a day after again playing host to the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and a matter of weeks following the announcement the course will host the 2017 Women’s British Open and there is news of a new initiative with the R & A.
The R&A has unveiled plans for a new equipment testing centre at Kingsbarns Golf Links near St Andrews.
A planning application has been prepared by architects Wellwood Leslie and lodged with Fife Council. ...
Oliver Wilson Swaps Two China Events Totaling $700,000 In Favour Of $8.5m Purse In Shanghai.
Call it wishful thinking or just pure luck by Callaway’s newest champion Oliver Wilson already has a visa to travel to China at the end of this month.
Wilson ended a 227 European Tour winless drought to capture Sunday’s concluding Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and with victory earning him a place in next month’s WGC – HSBC Champions event at Sheshan in Shanghai.
However the 34-year old revealed he’s already got himself the necessary visa to journey to China as he ...
Zane Scotland Gets Title Defence Back On Track In UAE.
England’s Zane Scotland kept alive a successful defence of his Ras Al Khaimah Classic defence with a superb back nine display on the opening day of the MENA Tour event.
Scotland birdied six birdies in his last seven holes on the Tower Links Golf Club in the UAE to get back to just four shots off the pace as he walked off the course visibly relieved.
On a hot and humid day when 50 players shot par or better, Toni Ferrer (Spain), Ashley Rees (England) and Abdulrahman Sihag (Kenya) all shot 4-under ...
Justin Rose Right At Home Using ‘Swing Catalyst’ 3D Motion Plate System.
Ryder Cup hero Justin Rose feels right at home using Swing Catalyst 3D Motion Plate system.
His coach, Sean Foley, is a big advocate of the Swing Catalyst 3D Motion Plate and has one at his home in Orlando. And now Rose – the current world number six – has had one installed at his home in the Bahamas.
The duo first tested the Swing Catalyst 3D Motion Plate at the Wells Fargo Championship, in May, and, soon after, decided to purchase systems for themselves.
Rose, who secured four points ...
