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Victory for Scotland’s Russell Knox in last week’s WGC – HSBC Champions event in China will not count in the Scot seeking to qualify for the 2016 European Ryder Cup team. Knox has until the final day of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai next week to join the Tour for next season by submitting an application form and paying the £500 fee, but he cannot retroactively claim the points from Shanghai. “It’s going to be a goal of mine to make the European Ryder Cup team and ...

England’s Danny Willett needs only to finish 28th or better in this week’s BMW Masters to go ahead of Rory McIlroy and into the top spot on the Race to Dubai. The Callaway backed Willett, who carded a fine ten under par 62 in the final round of last week’s WGC – HSBC Champions to finish in a tie for third place, is now just Euro 74,213 short of McIlroy and with the four-time Major winning McIlroy electing not to remain in the Chinese financial capital for a second week running. Aside ...

Cyril Suk shot a career-best eight-under 63 to be set the early pace in windy conditions at the MENA Golf Tour’s season-ending championship at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf Club in the UAE. The 23-year-old from Prague picked up five shots on the front nine and three coming home in a flawless round, taking a two-shot lead over Scott Campbell, his playing partner, and Craig Hinton, both of England. Lurking a further shot adrift at five under in solo fourth was another Englishman, Stuart ...

Tiger Woods may not be able to play golf following two back procedures in as many months, but Bluejack National, Woods’ first course as a designer to debut in the U.S.,  has been opened for play. Seven holes were unveiled late last week, when nearly 100 members took to the course. But the full layout is expected be ready by early 2016. had the pleasure earlier this year during the Shell Houston Open week of inspecting the course that on first impression has a strong Augusta National feel ...

The inclusion of Nicolas Colsaerts and Paul Lawrie make for five Ryder Cup stars teeing up in the Australian Open later this month in Sydney. The pair joins an expanding European contingent striving for the famed Stonehaven Cup at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney. Colsaerts, revered as one of the game’s most powerful ball-strikers, will join former Open Championship winner Lawrie in the field, along with a string of Aussies with multiple European Tour wins under their belt including Brett Rumford, ...

Final-Round Notes – Sunday, November 8, 2015 The World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions is the fourth event in the PGA TOUR’s wraparound schedule that bridges two years with 43 official regular season events. Over the span of 43 weeks, players vie to become the FedExCup Champion, which distinguishes the one player who not only performs well during the PGA TOUR Regular Season, but also excels through the four-event FedExCup Playoffs, culminating with the 2016 TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola. Final-Round ...

by Bernie McGuire. Scotland’s Russell Knox has finally captured a first main Tour career victory with a brilliant success in the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. The Florida-based Knox first had to play the last hole of his third round that he birdied before then producing a closing score of 68 to win by two shots with a 20-under par total on the Sheshan course. American Kevin Kisner, who officially shared the third round with Knox, finished runner-up with a 70 for an 18-under ...