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If Paul Lawrie were to capture a record three Commercial Bank Qatar Masters he would also become the oldest Scottish-born player to win on the European Tour. Lawrie, who turned 47 on January 1st, holed a 10-foot putt for birdie at the closing hole in a round of 70 for a 13-under par in bright but un-seasonally cold and very windy conditions on day three of the event in Doha. The two-time Qatar champion went into day three leading by one but then proceeded to post 13 straight pars before the first ...

For a second European Tour season in succession Graeme McDowell is kick-starting his year at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Of course, McDowell is playing the two events in Hawaii on the PGA Tour but it was in Dubai a year ago where he secured his only top-10 European Tour finish of T9th in last year’s event and in what was an overall disappointing 2015 until very late in the year when McDowell captured a third PGA Tour event in winning ‘Mexico’s Major’, the Mayokoba Classic. G ...

Aussie-born rookie Ryan Ruffels upstaged his more fancied colleagues including current World No. 2 Jason Day, World No. 4 Rickie Fowler and five-time Major winning Phil Mickelson to make the cut in his professional debut at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Ruffels stood tall on the California coastline and just days after being enveloped in an unsavoury ‘friendly wager’ controversy with Mickelson. And Ruffels admitted after his second-round 73 that Mickelson’s comments didn’t ...

Scotland’s Paul Lawrie is on the verge creating Commerical Bank Qatar Masters history. Lawrie is seeking to become the first man to lift the Mother of Pearl Trophy three times fter his triumphs in 1999 and 2012, while a win for Branden Grace, who is sharing second place at 11-under par, would make him the first player to successfully defend the title. On a day when the trademark winds in Doha were the strongest they had been all week, Lawrie was a picture of consistency, recording 16 pars ...

The current World No. 3 Jason Day and new World No. 4 Rickie Fowler struggled on the opening day of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in California. Day is battling a bout of the flu and posted a level par 72 while Fowler, coming off last week’s victory in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, could not buy a putt in a score of 73. Little known Americans Scott Brown and Andrew Loupe lead the field with six under par 66s. Brown hit into a hazard and made bogey on the first par 5 he faced ...

It has been five years since my one and only visit to Bahrain. That was in 2011 for the inaugural Volvo Champions event at the Colin Montgomerie designed Royal Golf Club, and won by England’s Paul Casey. I was fortunate also to play the course on the Monday after the tournament and the striking memory of the course was the site of oil pipelines running through the course, and also in a number of the suburban streets around the city, and such is the nature of the oil-rich nation. However it ...

Fellow Scot Marc Warrren insists he’s owed some cash if Paul Lawrie goes on to capture a record three Commercial Bank Qatar Masters crowns. Lawrie singled out his fellow Scot for praise after posting a six under par 66 to muscle his way to a one shot lead at 11-under par on second windswept day in Doha. However Lawrie’s biggest fear in a goal of becoming the first player to win three Qatar Masters titles, after victories in 1999 and 2012, could be big-hitting Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts. Colsaerts, ...