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England’s Lee Westwood will be sure to be speaking out on behalf of his fellow Europeans in being appointed for a first time to the PGA Tour’s Advisory Board. Westwood finds himself the lone European-born member despite the PGA Tour now boasting dozens of Europeans. Strangely, Westwood was never a member of the European Tournament Players Committee. The TOUR announced the 16-member Player Advisory Council (PAC) for 2014.  The PAC advises and consults with the PGA TOUR Policy Board (Board ...

Double Major winning Rory McIlroy has continued his warm-up for the new  season with a round of golf on Yass Links in Abu Dhabi. McIlroy tweeted:  “Thanks to @YasLinksGC for having us today! Great view from the 9th tee pic.twitter.com/omDsFYb5kH.” The much-acclaimed Kyle Phillips designed Yass Links was opened in 2010 and is one of three golf courses in the UAE capital.  One of those is the National Course at Abu Dhabi Golf Club and home next week to McIlroy’s first event of ...

Ronan Flood was hopeful of resuming his role as regular caddy to Padraig Harrington after dramatically collapsing with a mystery stomach bug and dehydration during the second round of the Volvo Champions event in Durban. Flood, who has caddied for Harrington for near on a decade and including British Open wins in 2007 and 2008, had been ill before tee off in the $US 4m event but then collapsed halfway down the sixth hole of the Durban Country Club course. On-course marshals immediately rushed to ...

KLM Open winner Joost Luiten was flying first class after sensationally holing out for an albatross to join defending champion Louis Oosthuizen and England’s Tommy Fleetwood in a share of the lead on day two of the Volvo Champions in Durban. Luiten holed a 248-yard 7-iron shot at the par five 10th hole in a round of a five under par 67 to finish the day tied atop of the board with Oosthuizen (69) and Fleetwood (67) on seven under par in continuing very windy conditions on the Durban Country Club ...

Reigning US Open Justin Rose has reluctantly had to withdraw from next week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the following week’s Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour. In a statement released by Rose’s management company it said:  “Due to the extended schedule he had in place during the end of the 2013 year, Justin Rose developed a mild case of tendinitis affecting his right shoulder. “Doctor’s reports are positive, but with rest and rehab as the only means of ...

Padraig Harrington’s long-time caddy Ronan Flood has been given the all-clear after being struck down with illness during the second round of the Volvo Champions event in Durban. Ronan Flood was overcome with illness on the sixth hole in the $US 4m event being staged on the Durban Country Club course. He was rushed to the clubhouse and attended to by a doctor who treated the fair-skinned Irishman for severe dehydration.  Flood also is an brother-in-law to Harrington. Harrington immediately ...

Flying Dutchman Joost Luiten landed the first albatross of the 2014 European Tour season. The reigning KLM Open champion holed out at the 560-yard par five, 10th hole for a ‘two’ during today’s Volvo Champions second round here on the Durban Country Club course in Durban. Luiten had 248-yards to the hole and accomplished the effort with a 4-iron. The albatross sent him into a share of the lead on six under par after starting his round at two under par. Bizarrely, there was just ...