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European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley has revealed the played by Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Shane Lowry in seeing next year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open from it’s traditional long-time July slot to May. The 2020 Irish Open will be played from May 28th to 31st at the Mt. Juliet Club in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny and for a first occasion since 1995. And after recent years being hosted a links course in mid-summer, it is returning to a parkland style course in mid-spring. The move to May was ...

As the curtain came down on another European Tour season there remains one player, according to the Tour’s CEO, who will continue to take centre stage in delivering ‘incredible skill’ and the ‘IT’ factor – Rory McIlroy. McIlroy ended a twelfth full season in the pro-ranks with one of his most consistent seasons. He will head into next April’s Masters now six-years shy in last capturing a fourth Major Championship but as a golfing force, McIlroy remains one of ...

Less than a week after the close of the European Tour’s DP World Tour Championship in Dubai and the MENA Tour by Arena’s Journey to Jordan ends this Thursday at the spectacular Greg Norman-designed Ayla Golf Course in Aqaba, Jordan. There will be a limited field of top-60 available professionals and amateurs having plenty to play for in the season-ending $100,000 Journey To Jordan Tour Championship. Apart from the honour of being called the No1 on the MENA Tour by Arena in professional and ...

… Dubai, UAE  Olympic Gold Medal winning Justin Rose has led the praise for Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre in being crowned 2019 ‘Rookie of the Year’. MacIntyre, and contesting his last round of the year in the company of Rose, virtually needed to break a leg to be denied the title in eventually posting a DP World Tour Championship closing round of 69 to share 14th place at six-under par in the season-ending event in Dubai. The Oban lefty ended his rookie season 11th on the Race to Dubai ...

… Dubai, UAE Jon Rahm was crowned the 2019 Race to Dubai Champion after claiming the richest first prize in tournament golf with a dramatic victory in the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai as the European Tour season’s long contest came down to a single shot. The Spaniard held off a determined late charge from Englishman Tommy Fleetwood to seal his second DP World Tour Championship title in three years and his fourth Rolex Series victory. Rahm went into the final round in a share of the lead ...

…. Dubai, UAE  Rory McIlroy has vowed not to touch his clubs again till the New Year after one of the most successful seasons of his now dozen-year pro career. McIlroy signed his season with a tired-looking final round 74 for fourth place at 12-under at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. It was not the result the great majority of fans in attendance at Jumeirah Estates and McIlroy had wished as he sought a career first of winning the same event three times but also end the year, and ...

…. Dubai, UAE Rory McIlroy is now starting at a historic career victory first heading into the final round DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Not only is McIlroy seeking a fifth victory in a season for a third time in his career but he is just two shots shy in capturing, and in what would be the maiden time as a pro, the same European Tour event three times. Never before in his now 27 worldwide victories has McIlrory enjoyed such a triple tournament triumph toast. McIlroy brilliantly bounced ...