Tour Chief ‘Totally Comfortable’ With McIlroy’s DP World Absence.
European Tour CEO Keith Pelley has defended the absence of Rory McIlroy from the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
McIlroy, a former triple European Tour No. 1, is currently residing in Dubai and, in fact, was spotted last Thursday playing a social round at the nearby Emirates Club and host each year to the Dubai Desert Classic.
McIlroy, however, has not played a tournament round since ending well down the field six weeks ago the Alfred Dunhill Links in Scotland and will not compete ...
Lowry Saves Best For Last With Career Equal Low 63.
Shane Lowry saved his best for the very last round of the season posting a career-equal low to brilliantly grab a share of second in the DP World Tour Championship.
Lowry brushed aside his rivals in storming his way from six shots back heading into the final day to record 10 birdies in a nine-under par 63 on the Jumeriah Estates course in Dubai.
The effort was Lowry’s best score since a then European Tour career low of 63 on day three of the 2011 Iberdrola Open before eventually sharing fifth place.
“The golf ...
Rahm Wins Nail-Biting Dubai Final As Fleetwood Hangs On To Be Crowned European No. 1.
The outcome in a 48-tournment, 28-country, 11-month long European Tour season came down to the very last hole at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Spaniard Jon Rahm, courtesy of a bogey-free five-under par 67, captured the season-final touranment by a stroke with a 19-under par tally.
England’s Tommy Fleetwood sat with his young son and soon-to-be new wife, Clare watching anxiously as Justin Rose slipped from leading by two shots to bogey three holes in a five-hole stretch from his 12th ...
Peter Uihlein Looks To Aussie-Born Caddy, Ben Hayes For Next Big Career Step.
Professional golfers don’t just win tournaments on their lonesome.
A strong key to the success of any professional golfer whether it be Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth or Peter Uihlein is the strong dependence of their caddy.
Woods won 13 of his 14 Major Championships with New Zealand-born Steve Williams on the bag while McIlroy won his present four Majors with J P Fitzgerald calling the shots.
The one person who Spieth, and a winner of three Majors, always singles ...
Day Vows To Handle Better The Pressure Of Being World No.1.
Tiger Woods had to endure the glare of being World No. 1 and all that went with the game’s best player for a record-setting 683 weeks.
Jason Day underwent a similar scenario for one week short of a year.
The Queenslander had first climbed to the summit of the Rankings in capturing the 2015 BMW Championship only to lose it in his next event at the Tour Championship.
Day, however, regained the No. 1 crown in winning the 2016 Dell Match-Play and reigned supreme until finishing T5th earlier this ...
Irish Duo Dunne & Lowry Ready To Swoop Over Final DP World Round.
A dramatic final day to the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai is in store with Paul Dunne and Shane Lowry well placed for a Sunday attack and the Race to Dubai set for a grandstand finish at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Dunne brilliantly birdied three of his closing four holes in a bogey-free 67 on moving day in Dubai to sit in a tie for 7th just three shots off the lead. Despite a slow start where Dunne didn’t manage his first birdie until the 7th hole, the Greystones man was very happy with his ...
Advantage Rose Leads By One With One Round Remaining In 48th & Season Final Tour Stop.
Advantage Justin Rose with one round to play in the very last European Tour of the 2016/17 wraparound season.
Rose will take a one-shot lead into the final day of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai with the Race to Dubai set for a grandstand finish at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
The Englishman has won his last two European Tour starts and entered the eighth Rolex Series event of the season knowing another victory would see him overtake countryman Tommy Fleetwood and be crowned Europe’s Number ...
