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Dane Lucas Bjerregaard and top-ranked Justin Rose are heading for a final day showdown at the UBS Hong Kong Open after ending round three tied for the lead at the Hong Kong Golf Club. The World No.7 ranked Rose went into day three leading by one over Bjerregaard and continued to impress with two eagles and two birdies in a 64 that saw him move to 15 under. However Bjerregaard withstood everything his playing partner could throw at him and signed for a 63 with a bogey on the last the only blemish ...

Scotland’s Craig Lee and Scott Jamieson could breath a lot easier in making the cut in the Hong Kong Open. The Scottish duo embarked on the 12,000 mile round trip in a last tournament effort to wrap-up full 2016 European Tour membership. Lee grabbed five birdies in a 67 to be tied on two under par with Jamieson who capped a similar 67 with a third hole eagle and then birdied three of his closing six holes. Lee and Jamieson arrived in the former colonial stronghold lying a respective 103 and 106th on the Race to Dubai money list with 111th the cut off point tomorrow night (SUN) for the year. Lee said:  “Making the cut is a huge bonus and I can breathe ...

Peter Lawrie and Kevin Phelan return home Saturday morning with nothing to show for their 20,000 klm round trip to Hong Kong. The Irish pair will be headed next week to the European Tour Q-School after missing the cut in the co-sanctioned event. Lawrie had been afforded a very late invitation in the hope of rescuing his Tour card for 2016 but struggled from the outset with an opening score of 78 and then faired little better on day two in shooting a 74 that like a day ...

Ian Poulter’s journey from his home at Lake Nona to Hong Kong for the UBS Hong Kong Open has to be one of the most bizarre trips of the season. Hereunder is a complete diary of Poulter’s movements from the time he received a text message from the European Tour regarding his Race to Dubai status till he walked off the suburban Fanling Hong Kong Golf Club course with a very respectable three under par 70 on the opening day of the co-sanctioned event. BACKGROUND Monday October 19th – ...

Sweden’s Christofer Blomstrand led from start to finish to win the inaugural Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship, making a significant impact on his debut at the MENA Golf Tour on Wednesday.   A good two shots in front overnight, the 23-year-old Swede had the luxury of bogeying the final hole and still winning the tournament by one shot on 11-under after his nearest challenger from Germany, Julian Kunzenbacher, agonizing missed a 16-footer for birdie.   Spain’s Xavier Puig fired ...

Danny Willett has thrown the Race to Dubai Final Series gauntlet down at the feet of Rory McIlroy and detemined to push him all the way to the victory tape Willett, 28 is lying second on the money list some Euro 291,000 adrift of McIlroy but then Willett can wipe out the deficit and go ahead of the four-time Major winning McIlroy with a fourth place finish later next week. And if Willett needed any incentive it is the superb finish he enjoyed a year ago on the Colin Montgomerie designed course. There’s ...

Top Danish golfer Anders Hansen ended a 20-year European Tour career with just one minor regret that he did not represent Europe in a Ryder Cup. Hansen turned his back on a long professional career last Sunday after posting a final round 69 to share 22nd place in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. David Williams, Chairman of the European Tour Board of Directors then presented the 45-year old Dane with a gift pack of a wine decanter and wine on the occasion of Hansen’s 420th and final Tour event. The ...