Down Under’s Thompson Top Of The Board In Saudi
Down Unders’s Jack Thompson put to rest any doubts that he would not keep his Asian Tour card for next year surging to the top at the halfway mark of the Saudi Open presented by PIF.
The Aussie posted a seven-under-par 65 to seize a one-shot lead at the season-ending event on the host Dirab Golf & Country Club on the outskirts of the capital Riyadh.
Swede Bjorn Hellgren, playing in the same group, also fired a 65, to sit in second place while Malaysia’s Ervin Chang (64), and Runchanapong ...
Hill – Could He Be Tempted To Drop By Houghton GC?
Scot Calum Hill has returned to Johannesburg for a second occasion in nine months and on a high as he heads into the week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship in the South African capital.
In March, Hill ended a four-year victory drought cutting a swathe through the final round field, coming from eight shots back in posting a sizzling 62 under a ‘one-club’ preferred lie rule on the rain-softened Houghton course fairways to grab the clubhouse lead ahead of a near hour long wait to be crowned champion.
Hill emerged ...
‘DJ’ Confirmed To Make His Hero Dubai Desert Classic Debut
Double major winning Dustin Johnson will be making his debut in teeing-up at next month’s 2026 Hero Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai.
‘DJ’ will join the likes of fellow Masters winning Rory McIlroy along with McIlroy’s fellow European Ryder Cup heroes Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry in the event taking place from January 22-25 again at the famed Emirates Golf Club.
‘DJs’ appearance is a huge lift for the event with Johnson winner of ...
Oosthuizen Heads Alfred Dunhill Championship Celebrating 25-Years In Returning To Joburg Where It All Began
This week marks a milestone in the history of the Sunshine Tour, returning to Johannesburg for the hosting of the 2025 Alfred Dunhill Championship and 25-years on from the South African capital being the host city.
Top South African Louis Oosthuizen and winner of the 2010 Open Championship heads this premier Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour co-sanctioned tournament.
Many of those teeing-up this week have very personal reasons for looking forward to the challenge of the famed East Course, which is ...
St. Andrews Course Ungoes ‘Overdue’ Name Change.
Thirty years after the former named Prince Andrew sent the ceremonial opening drive ‘OB’ and the Dukes Course on the outskirts of St. Andrews has ultimately ruled the course name ‘OB’.
The name change to the Craigtoun course will take effect from January 5th next month.
There had been calls back in 2022 as the Duke of York’s name appeared more and more in the news but for all the wrong reasons, and for the owners to react with a course name change.
But Kohler, the Wisconsin-based ...
McIlroy Honoured With A Record Sixth AGW Golf Writers ‘Golfer of the Year’ Award
(Bernie McGuire – Secretary AGW 2014-’24)
Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy has been awarded the AGW Golf Writers Trophy for an unprecedented sixth time.
Members of the Association of Golf Writers voted in overwhelming fashion to reward the 36-year-old for a career-defining year of triumph.
Not only did he win a maiden Masters at Augusta National, McIlroy also contributed to Europe’s Ryder Cup victory in New York, claimed a second Irish Open title, added PGA Tour victories at Pebble Beach ...
LIV Golf CEO Says Talks With OWGR As ‘Encouraging’ & Hopeful Ranking Points Will Be Available In ’26.
LIV CEO Scott O’Neil has described as ‘encouraging’ his talks with the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) body as encouraging.
This comes after the recent LIV annoucement that from next year all LIV events will change from 54 holes to 72 holes and thus fall in line with those major men’s tournaments played around the world.
It will be a move that LIV will no doubt be hoping will have the OWGR body to allocated World Ranking points to its players and tournaments.
“We ...
