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Rory McIlroy and tennis girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki clearly squashed rumours they are no longer an item when Wozniacki walked the first round of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. McIlroy failed to capitalise after birding three of his opening four holes on route to a one under par 71 in the defence of his last tournament victory. Just two holes from the end of his round, Wozniacki looked visibly surprised when the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows Aerobatics Team fly over the 17th and 18th holes ...

England’s Lee Corfield birdied the first extra hole in a playoff to win the MENA Golf Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship with it was countryman Zane Scotland who sealed the 2013 MENA Order of Merit title at the Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf Club. A good five shots behind overnight leader Faycal Serghini, Corfield closed with a 67 to reach an 11-under-par total of 202 and that stood up as the Moroccan settled for a one-over 72, resulting in a playoff. Corfield hit the green in ...

Graeme McDowell has returned to competition for this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship and defending his decision not to contest last week’s inaugural Turkish Airlines Open. McDowell contested the first two events of the Final Series finishing well down in 53rd place in the BMW Masters and he remained in Shanghai to grab third place in the WGC – HSBC  Champions at Sheshan. However in not competing last week in Turkey McDowell lost his second place on the Race to Dubai ...

For a second year running there will be 56 players lining up for the final tournament sprint to the Race to Dubai winning tape. The normal field of Europe’s top-60 has been cut again by four players and this year with Ernie Els (17th on the Race to Dubai) electing not to play, fellow South African Charl Schwartzel (22nd) who did not qualify in playing just one of the opening three Final Series events. As well, Spain’s Sergio Garcia (13th) also only contested one event of the last four and Sweden’s ...

The European Tour and Rolex have extended their current, long-standing partnership. Rolex has been the proud partner and Official Timekeeper of The European Tour since 1997, encouraging the development, organisation and promotion of golf worldwide. The decade-long extension, which strengthens the position of Rolex as a leading sponsor in golf, will run until 2022 and includes Rolex’s partnership with the Ryder Cup. The renewed deal deepens the historic bond between Rolex, the world’s lead- ing ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson indicated it would be ‘the icing on the cake’ if he were to add the European Race to Dubai No. 1 title to his PGA Tour FedEx Cup success. Stenson heads in the opening round of the Tour’s season-ending event leading the money list by Euro 213,468 ($US 287,033) while the leading four players – Stenson, Justin Rose, Graeme McDowell and Ian Poulter) are separated by Euro 343,906 ($US 412,418). Mathematically anyone down to new Turkish Airlines Open champion, Victor Dubuisson ...

While there is four players mainly in contention for the Race to Dubai No. 1 crown mathematically anyone of nine players could still break the victory tape first. Sweden’s Henrik Stenson is in the driving seat as he enters the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai with 2,379,194 points to his name. But with 985476 points available to the winner from the $8 million prize fund, all players down to last week’s Turkish Airlines Open Champion Victor Dubuisson can still catch the Swede. Last place ...