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Antalya, Turkey … Not for a first occasion this season in-form David Drysdale finds himself the leading Scot and after a three-under par 68 on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open at Antalya. Drysdale was struggling with tiredness early on in his round to be two-over par through six holes but regrouped with five birdies from his eighth to 16th hole in glorous conditions on the Regnum Carya course. It left the Scot trailing four shots adrift of the leading trio of Dutchman Joost Luiten, Belgium’s ...

Antalya, Turkey … Belguim’s Nicolas Colsaerts took full advantage of a new Callaway driver in shooting a seven-under par 64 and share the lead on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya. Colsaerts was the very first to tee-off in the $US 7m event and capped his round with a 12th hole eagle along with six birdies and a lone bogey in ideal scoring conditions on the Regnum Carya Golf and Spa Resort course. The only real worry for Colsaerts was arriving at the scorer’s hut to find ...

Antalya, Turkey … European Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn is adamant he will not afford Paul Casey any favour despite encouranging the Englishman to region the European Tour. Casey last contested a Ryder Cup in 2008 but was over-looked as a ‘wildcard’ pick in 2010 by Captain Colin Montgomerie in favour of Padraig Harrington despite Casey being ranked higher in the world than the Irishman. Since then, Casey has made himself unavaible for selection by not rejoining the European Tour and ...

Antalya, Turkey … Paul Dunne faces a grinding five event schedule on three different continents before finally bringing down the curtain on his stunning season. The reigning British Masters is contesting this week’s Turkish Airlines in Antalya before signing off on November 26th in far off Hong Kong. Dunne began the biggest golfing trek journeying from Dublin to Shanghai and then last Sunday onto to Turkey.  He will head then to Sun City in South Africa for the Nedbank Challenge before ...

Antalya, Turkey …. Scotland’s Scott Jamieson will be looking to celebrate moving his young family Stateside by ending a four-year winless European Tour drought at this week’s Turkish Airlines Open. The Scot revealed he is taking his family of four to Ponte Vedre in Florida and just ‘down the road’ from Jacksonville where top-ranked Scot Russell Knox is based. Jamieson, who had gone to college in Florida, will from January 2018 contest the European Tour from his new Florida home ...

Antalya, Turkey … Justin Rose has conceeded the European Tour ‘Golfer of the Year’ award to Sergio Garcia even if the Englishman should win the Race to Dubai title. The ‘Golfer of the Year’ award is presented in the weeks following the conclusion to the European Tour season. Garcia is standout favourite to win the honour for a first occasion in his career and on the back on his Masters play-off victory over Rose earlier this year at Augusta National. And even should Rose capture this ...

Antalya, Turkey … Padraig Harrington will introduce 13-year son Paddy to the international golf stage when the duo contest next month’s Father and Son event in suburban Orlando. Some of the greats of the game have competed and won the two-day event including Jack Nicklaus with son Gary while double Major winning John Daly teamed last year with son, John Junior. And it was also last year, David Duval and his stepson won the Willie Park Trophy and a huge slice of the $US 1.085m prize purse ...