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Rory McIlroy sounded an ominous warning to his rivals including World No. 1 Tiger shooting his lowest score in more than three years on day one of the 25th anniversary Omega Dubai Desert Classic. McIlroy grabbed an eagle and seven birdies in a nine under par 63. It is McIlroy’s lowest round on either the European Tour or PGA Tour since a similar 63 on day one of the 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open. The 63 also equals his lowest European Tour as McIlroy had shot the same score in July 2010 to lead ...

Six years ago a relatively unknown Irish professional found himself thrust onto the international stage competing alongside the then 13-time Major winning Tiger Woods. Damien McGrane found himself in limelight teeing up alongside Woods for the third round of the 2008 Dubai Desert Classic after both players completed the opening two rounds with a seven under par tally. McGrane had yet to win a maiden European Tour event and went out in round three to shock Woods posting a level par 72 to Woods who ...

When it comes to the insidious world of cancer, Australian Robert Allenby doesn’t deny that he takes things personally. For nearly 30 years he has carried the pain of losing a childhood friend to leukemia. “He was just 13, same as me,” said Allenby. “It was just an awful feeling.” Seven years later, Allenby joined the professional golf ranks and was introduced to an initiative to raise money to help children with cancer. “That first year we had 150 people in a tent and we raised fifty ...

Tiger Woods made his Omega Dubai Classic debut in 2001 and now a dozen years later he’s been impressed with the growth of Dubai. When Woods first made his way to the Emirate there was nothing like the backdrop presently dominating Dubai’s first championship golf course. Today the skyline changes by the hour and leaving all those who first visited the Dubai Desert Classic in its infant stages shaking their heads in amazement. And those include the 14-time Major winning Woods. “It’s ...

In his 18-year pro career Tiger Woods has competed and won around the world. He’s played on some of the best golf courses on the planet but there’s one golf course, and it’s on home soil, that Woods has never played. The course is the famed Pine Valley Golf Club in southern New Jersey, and an ultra-exclusive male-only club of less than 1,000 members where the only means of entry for a visitor like Woods is in the company of a member.   Women are allowed to play on Sundays and the ...

Former World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has a record-setting $US 2.5m extra incentive competing in this week’s 25th anniversary Dubai Desert Classic. ‘Golf in Dubai’ is offering what is believed to be the richest-ever prize to the first player to record a hole-in-one at the 17th hole over the closing two days on the Majlis Course during this week’s European Tour event. The par four 17th is the shortest of the par fours measuring 359-yards (328 meters) and with Tour officials advising ...

Tiger Woods is backing a Denver Bronco’s victory at this weekend’s Super Bowl XLVIII declaring it would ‘shut everybody up’ who’ve criticised quarterback, Peyton Manning. Despite being a devout Raiders fan, Woods is backing his good friend, Manning and the Broncos to defeat the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday and capture just a third Super Bowl crown at MetLife Stadium in New Jersery. “I like the Broncos to win,” he said. “I’m a good friend with Peyton.  Peyton is one of my ...