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Scotland’s Ben Alexander shot a career-best five-under 67 to join Stuart Archibald, Christofer Blomstrand and Cyril Suk atop the leaderboard on the opening day of the Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship Monday.   The 21-year-old Scottish prodigy from Renaissance rebounded from an early bogey on the first with two birdies on the front nine and picked up three more shots coming home, including an eagle on the par-5, 13th, to introduce himself on the MENA Golf Tour after missing the cut ...

The Ireland foursome of Paul Dunne, Damien McGrane, Peter Lawrie and Kevin Phelan are resigned to heading to the Tour School after indifferent displays in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. Despite birding his opening three holes Dunne finished near the tail of the Oceanico Victoria course field with a final round 70 for a disappointing three over par tally and a share of 68th place. The 22-year old faced the giant task, and in only his third Tour event as a pro, of securing a top-two on the Algarve ...

Scotland’s Craig Lee will undertake an 11,000 mile round trip to Hong Kong buoyed by sharing sixth place in the Portugal Masters so as to be assured of earning full 2016 European Tour membership. The Callaway staff player finished the best of the seven Scots posting the second equal lowest final round of a six-under par 65 for a 12-under par on the Oceanico Victoria course. England’s Andy Sullivan led from start to finish storming his way to a nine shot victory and become the first playerthis ...

Andy Sullivan celebrated a 300th England victory on the European Tour storming his way to a nine shot success in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. Sullivan, 27 was cheered on his family and nearly two dozen Nuneaton Golf Club members in posting a last round 66 for a 23-under par tally. He celebrated becoming the first player to win three Race to Dubai events this year ahead of jumping some 21 spots to 45th in the World Rankings. It means Sullivan, who rose to fame last year in winning a trip to ...

Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke agreed Spain’s Alvaro Quiros was right to single out Tour tortoises when he controversially labelled Frenchman Gary Stal a ‘cheater’ on a tense second day at the at the Portugal Masters. Quiros called for Chief Referee Andy McFee to attend the scorer’s hut straight after the Spaniard signed for a round of 68 on the Oceanico Victoria course. Quiros and McFee were locked in discussion before being joined by Dane Thomas Bjorn, and Chairman of the Tournament ...

The second round of the Portugal Masters was overshadowed with controversy as Spain’s Alvaro Quiros accusing his French-born playing partner Gary Stal a ‘cheater’. Now before we go any further Quiros is not accusing the reigning Abu Dhabi HSBC champion of breaking the rule. Quiros, whose first language is of course Spanish, could have chosen a better word. However there was no hiding the normally affable Quiros being livid calling for Chief Referee Andy McFee to attend to the scorer’s hut ...

  A pair of 64s edged England’s Andy Sullivan closer to achieving a 2015 European Tour first on day two of the Portugal Masters on the Oceanico Victoria course at Vilamoura. After sharing the overnight first round lead the 28-year double Tour winner this year grabbed seven birdies to move to 14-under par. Sullivan is the reigning South African Open and Joburg Open champion and would become the first to win three events this year should he succeed on the sun-splashed Algarve. Sullivan’s ...