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Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre again delivered under the Ryder Cup spotlight in muscling his way to just three shots off the lead after the opening round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. MacIntyre birdied both his opening two holes and the closing pair for a five-under par 67 on the Emirates course. South African Richard Sterne grabbed nine birdies in an eight-under par 64 and with Sergio Garcia, and winner of the Dubai event in 2017 and just two months before also capturing the Masters, signing ...

Shane Lowry finally got his hands on the prestigious Association of Golf Writers (AGW) trophy and promised it would not be the last time he won it. The Open champion spent a long time admiring the names of the previous winners after being presented with the trophy by AGW committee member David Facey before tee-up at this week’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates course in Dubai.   “It’s a lovely trophy and a great honour, but looking at the names of the guys who’ve won it before ...

Rory McIlroy has returned to the PGA Tour and this week’s third straight appearance in the Farmers Insurance Open, and in also what will be a first of six events in a seven-week run Stateside. McIlroy wasted little time leaving behind the clouds of his Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship campaign to arrive at Torrey Pines course laid out along the bright, blue Pacific Ocean. And while foremost on the mind of the current World No. 6 is not only what would be a first taste of victory since November 1st, ...

Sergio Garcia makes his 2021 European Tour debut at this week’s OMEGA Dubai Desert Classic with not only immediate thoughts of a second Desert Classic crown that will help him board the European Team flight later this year to Wisconsin. Garcia, 41, teed-up in the opening two events of the New Year in Hawaii, and that included a T11th in the Sentry Tournament of Champions, and with the proud father of two arriving in Dubai seeking a 17th Tour victory after capturing the 2017 OMEGA Dubai Desert ...

European Ryder Cup captain, Padraid Harrington insists there will be no ‘wiggle room’ to push back the already rescheduled 2021 Ryder Cup The on-going worldwide pandemic has already seen the world’s third largest sporting event moved back a year so as to accommodate fans liking the host Whistling Straits course. And with some ninth months remaining Harrington, and like all sports fans, is hopeful the Ryder Cup will go ahead later this year as replanned. “I’m certainly no scientist, ...

European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington handed top Scot Robert MacIntyre a glowing report card insisting he’s good enough to tee-up in this year’s Ryder Cup. Harrington got a first close-up look at MacIntyre during the opening two rounds of last week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Also, partnering the Irishman was Dundee-based Victor Perez with the Frenchman currently in the European Team at fifth overall on the points standing and MacIntyre outside the automatic qualifying top-eight ...

European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington ‘selfishly’ insists we would dearly love to see Rory McIlroy playing as well as he did last week in Abu Dhabi no matter whether he’s winning or simply just being in contention. McIlroy’s share of third last week was his ninth top-five finish in the UAE captital and soon had his game again under the golfing microscope. Long-time European Ryder Cup star, Ian Poulter came out in support of McIlroy on Tuesday following the post Abu ...