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Scotland’s Russell Knox felt right at home in the Scottish-like conditions and storming his way to the front by a shot with a six-under par 65 late on day one of the Mayakoba Championship at Playa del Carmen in Mexico. Knox grabbed seven birdies in his round with just the one dropped shot as he looks to go one better than finishing joint runner-up in the 2015 event. Knox’s round, in windy and sometimes wet conditions, was his lowest since a Safeway Open first round 63 last September and ...

Highest world-ranked Christiaan Bezuidenhout picked-up from where he left off last Sunday posting a five-under-par 67 to place him in a six-way tie for the first-round lead at the 110th hosting of the South African Open at Sun City. The winner of last week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship grabbed six birdies and dropped just one during very windy condtions of the Gary Player Country Club course at Sun Cith. The World No. 41 was then joined by his fellow South Africans Dean Burmester, Jacques Kruyswijk ...

Niall Kearney is making the most of just a fifth European Tour showing this year and also his first Tour event in the UAE with a six-under par tally heading to the closing two rounds of the inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship. The 32-year old Royal Dublin pro snatched seven birdies in a five-under par 67 and an opening 71 to move to just outside the top-40 at six-under on day two of the event on the Fire course at Jumeirah Estates in Dubai. “I’ve played very well the last couple of days and ...

Peebles Craig Howie buried the horrors of a first UAE golfing visit to be staring at a maiden Tour victory in the inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship. Howie, 26, added a four-under par 68 to his opening Tour career equalling low of 64 and move into a share of fourth place at 12-under par on the Sergio Garcia designed Fire course at Jumeirah Estates in Dubai. England’s Andy Sullivan continues to lead the field and falling one shot shy to tying the Tour’s 36-hole record in signing for a 66 and ...

All honours to England’s Andy Sullivan went within two holes of becoming only the second European Tour player to post a 59 in his round of a course record setting 11-under par 61 on day one of the inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship. Sulliban lit-up the Sergio Garcia designed Fire course with 11 birdies, included six in succession from his sixth to 11th holes but then falling just shy of a sub-60 score with pars on his last two holes. Sullivan said:  “It’s funny, I played the front nine ...

Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre edged closer to a maiden Masters invitation and clearly buoyed by finishing just a shot outside of second place in the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. The Oban lefty was headed to Dubai and his final two events of the year snatching six birdies, including four in six holes at the start of his inward half, in a five-under par 67 for a nine-hole tally on the Leopard Creek course. MacIntye’s score was the lowest round by two shots over the last day among ...

Scotland’s Calum Hill was on the prowl and staring  at a best tour result heading into the final round of Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek in South Africa. Hill, 26 birdied three of his closing four holes in a 67 for a nine-under tally to be sharing sixth place and just five shots from the front in the co-sanctioned event at Malelane. Poland’s Adrian Meronk continues to lead the field by one shot in a third round 71 for a 14-under tally. The 27-year old who was born in Hamburg, ...