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Impressive Henric Sturehed stormed his way to a massive nine-shot victory at the MENA Tour Championship as England’s Jamie Elson wrapped up the Order of Merit title at Al Zorah Golf Club on Thursday. A good seven shots in front overnight, Sturehed, who shot a course-record 63 in second round, closed with a 69 to reach 21 under for the tournament, leaving the rest of the field trailing in his wake for his maiden win on the MENA Tour that propelled him to second position on the Order of Merit. Jake ...

Bleary-eyed Paul Dunne shrugged off the effects of jet-lag to shine brightly on the opening day of the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. Dunne looked very impressive in the elite company grabbing six birdies and dropping just one shot in a five-under par 67 to be sharing sixth place on the Sheshan course. It left the young Irishman, and making his WGC debut, trailing only three shots behind American Brooke Koepka and the reigning U.S. Open champion. Koepka, with Portrush caddy Ricky Elliott ...

Swede Henric Sturehed fired a sizzling course record 63 to propel himself to the top of the leaderboard heading into the penultimate round of the MENA Tour Championship at Al Zorah Golf Club on Tuesday. The 27-year-old, two back at the start, notched up eight birdies and an eagle against a lone bogey to reach 13-under for the tournament, opening up a healthy five-shot lead over England’s Andrew Marshall, who carded a solid second-round 66. Overnight leader Jamie Elson of England joined Canada’s ...

England’s Stuart Archibald moved a step closer to his first MENA Tour title when he notched up four birdies around the turn en route to a 66 to take a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the Sahara Kuwait Golf Championship on Tuesday. Archibald, 33 began the day one behind and mixed seven birdies with three bogeys to top the leaderboard at 10-under with a four-man group, led by compatriot Luke Joy, lurking just behind the leader. Fellow Englishman Max Smith shot the best score of ...

News the golf world has been waiting for with confirmation Tiger Woods has been cleared to return to golf just six months after undergoing fusion surgery on his lower back. Woods long-time agent Mark Steinberg indicaed the doctor who operated on Woods back in April has cleared him to return to the game with no restrictions. “He got a nice report and is allowed to proceed,” said Steinberg. “He can do as much as he needs to do. Tiger is going to take this very, very slowly. This is good, but ...

A record-equalling number of Ryder Cup past captains and players clearly will add huge bite to next weeks Farmfoods European Senior Masters. Fourteen former Ryder Cup players, three of them and each a winning captain, boasting 38 appearances among them will contest the event at the Forest of Arden. Senior Tour debutant and tournament host Peter Baker is among 11 other Ryder Cup players who will join former captains, Paul McGinley, Sam Torrance and Ian Woosnam. One of the icons of The Ryder Cup, ...

Paul Dunne is going to need a third round fastest lap to get himself into last day Italian Open contention at Monza. The British Masters champ found himself stuck in the pack on a superb scoring day two but managaing only a two-under 69 to be just inside the leading 30 on six under par. Race-car fanatic Marcus Fraser was clearly excited competing next door to the Monza F1 circuit with the Aussie producing a career low of 62 to move into a share of the lead with England’s Matt Wallace (64) at 13-under ...