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Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson was heading to the Middle East and this week’s defence of his CB Qatar Masters title buoyed by his strong showing at the Estrella Damm Andalucian Masters in Spain. Ferguson, 27, muscled his way to a share of 13th place thanks to four closing nine birdies in succession in posting a three-under 69 for a share of 13th place in wet and windy last day conditions on the host Sotogrande course at San Roque. Poland’s Adrian Meronk made it four career DP World Tour titles ...

Scot Connor Syme felt right at home battling continuing strong winds to move to within just four shots of the lead heading to the weekend rounds of the Estrella Damm Andalucian Masters on Spain’s Costa del Sol. Syme, 28, birdied five of his inward nine holes in a round of a five-under 67 to move to within four shots of the lead on the host Sotogrande course at San Roque. Syme capped his round with three birdies in succession from the 10th hole with the best holing a 33-footer at the 10th hole ...

In a rare decision, strong winds forced Estrella Damm NA Andalucia Masters officials mid-afternoon to advise spectators to leave the course while the later hours of the opening day of the Spanish event were played under a ‘closed door’ policy – players, caddies, officials and media only. The winds picked-up as the morning half of the draw were completing their rounds on the famed Sotogrande course at San Roque laidout  very close to Spain’s Costa del Sol shoreline. However, as ...

Scotland’s Marc Warren boosted hopes of retaining his 2024 Tour card after a solid opening round at a very windswept Estrella Damm NA Andalucia Masters on Spain’s Costa del Sol. Warren, 42, managed four birdies in a two-under score of 70 to be trailing six shots behind England’s James Morrison, who grabbed an eagle and seven birdies in an eight-under 64 to lead by a shot on the host Sotogrande course at San Roque. The increasing winds forced officials mid-afternoon into directing all on-ground ...

Playing golf a few days a week for 52 weeks a year, and you thought you’ve played a lot of golf in a year. Well, can you beat 450 golf courses from the third day of January this year to now mid-October, and with still two-and-a-half months till the end of the year as that’s what US-based golf photographer Patrick Koenig has done. Koenig set a new world record for the most golf courses played in a year at 450 courses in walking off the 18th green at the Omni Interlocken in Broomfield, ...

It’s been three weeks since the star spangled USA Ryder Cup team was soundly spanked by their European hosts in Rome. And this week for a first time we are seeing some of the Americans finally returning to competition including the trio of Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, and Rickie Fowler, who have travelled to Japan for the ZoZo Championship. The ZoZo Championship was first staged in Japan in 2019 and won by Tiger Woods, and while the Covid pandemic saw it moved to the US the only PGA ...

  Tournament host Tiger Woods has released the field for this year’s hosting of the Hero World Challenge again taking place on the Albany course in the Bahamas. Heading this 24th hosting of the limited field event will be World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and with double tournament winning and FedExCup champion Viktor Hovland leading the small number of Europeans to tee-up in the 20-player field,  However, there will be no Rory McIlroy teeing-up while Shane Lowry, who struggled last year ...