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Dubai, UAE …. South African Dean Burmester along with his wife, Melissa and four-year old son, Jordan were indeed fortunate to walk away from a four-car smash in returning to the Dubai hotel on Wednesday night. The were passengers in a UBER-hired Lexus that ploughed into the back of a Porsche around two kilometres from their hotel during this week’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Burmester, 30 who has won seven times on the Sunshine Tour injured his right ankle while he wife was a bit shaken-up ...

Dubai, UAE ... Prolific-winning Graeme McDowell has expressed some concern top-ranked Scot Bob MacIntyre is not doing further harm to his left wrist in contesting this week’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic. McDowell, McIntyre and England’s Paul Waring are grouped together for the opening two rounds of the event with G Mac grabbing bragging rights in snatching a pair of closing hole birdies in a level par 72. MacIntyre had birdied both the 16th and 17th holes to get back to one-over but played a ...

Dubai, UAE … It should have been a glowing return to Dubai for top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre.Some two months ago, he proudly left Dubai as the 2019 European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’. Of course, the gloss was taken off MacIntyre’s start to a new decade when he withdrew from the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship but the green light to return to competition this week at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic is flashing as though it’s about to turn yellow. He was four-over through ...

Dubai, UAE  …. Graeme McDowell clearly showed his delight for a toughened US Open-like course set-up producing a right fist pump in taking a birdie at the final hole in a round of 72 on the opening day of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. McDowell was out in the afternoon half of the draw and was progressing well over the front nine to be one-under and this after a birdie at the ‘tightened’ par-4 ninth hole. In fact, G Mac along with defending champ Bryson DeChambeau were just two players ...

Dubai, UAE …. The severe toughening of the Emirates Course, and as reported yesterday by www.golfbytourmiss.com produced a dramatic 30-year old change in the first-round scoring. Just 29 players managed to break par and the lowest number since 25 broke par on day one in the 1990 event, and the then third staging of the tournament. This is in huge contrast to a year ago when 74 players were under par on day one while there was 104 under par after the first 18 holes in 2018 and that was one shy ...

Dubai, UAE … It’s clear Rory McIlroy stirred the controversy pot last October with his ‘too easy’ course set-up comments post the staging of the 2019 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. McIlroy finished T26th in the pro/amateur event but was far from happy and also having a ‘dig’ at the set-up of the Scottish Open earlier in the year at The Renaissance Club after he posted a 14-under par tally but ended-up sharing 34th place. And now a year after American ...

Dubai, UAE … Graeme McDowell knows he’ll be travelling to this year’s Ryder Cup but the big question is will he also be packing his golf clubs for the journey to rural Wisconsin. McDowell’s got the nod from European Team captain, Padraig Harrington he will be one of the fellow Irishman’s vice-captains but then McDowell is fiercely determined to qualify automatically the Whistling Straits team. G Mac’s predominant PGA Tour 2020 season schedule means if he’s to qualify it will be ...