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Shane Lowry believes having ‘an ear’ to some of Ireland’s leading sports people can only prove beneficial to his career. Lowry was spotted at Tuesday night’s now annual ‘Beach Party’ on the sands at the stunning Atlantis Hotel complex chatting with Formula One legend Eddie Jordan, and he revealed on the eve of today’s (THUR) DP World Tour Championship he was in recent conversation with footballing legends Robbie Keane and Martin O’Neill. Lowry tees-up in the season finale event at ...

Tiger Woods will be one of the vice captains for Davis Love III at the 2016 Ryder Cup, but the 14-time major winner has not given up hope of making the team that will face the Europeans at Hazeltine in late September. “Once I’m fully healthy, I’d like to try to make the team,” Woods said. “But either way, I’m very excited.” Love announced Wednesday on the eve of The RSM Classic — which he serves as tournament host — that Woods, Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy has singled out Russell Knox for special praise. Knox has jumped to World No. 29 on the back of his brilliant break through WGC – HSBC Champions event success and near second triumph in last Monday’s concluding Mayakoba Classic in Mexico. McIlroy was first introduced to Knox at last year’s Honda Classic when the pair were involved in a four-man play-off but with American Russell Hendry winning at PGA National. McIlroy said:  “Russell seems a really nice ...

Marc Warren intends to adopt a similar t-shirt and flip flop laid back approach to this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Warren looked very casual at Tuesday night’s now annual ‘Beach Party’ held on the beach front at the stunning Atlantis Hotel complex. And with the continuing pressure of striving to break into the world’s top-50 by year’s end, Warren is keen not to exert any undue pressure ahead of the $8m Jumeriah Estates showdown. The Scot is currently ranked ...

Justin Rose and Shane Lowry clearly know what they need to do when it comes to walking away with the Race to Dubai title with a win sorting out all the likely DP World Tour Championship scenarios. Rose heads into the tournament third in the standings, 650,999 points behind leader Rory McIlroy, with Lowry a further 51,480 points back in fourth, but with 1,333,330 points on offer this week, a win for either player would give them a good chance of finishing the season at the top of the pile. World Number ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy took time out from his DP World Tour Championship preparations to single out fellow Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell for special praise. On Monday, McDowell ended a tough 14-month winless drought in capturing the PGA Tour’s OHL Mayakoba Classic in Mexico. The event, known also as ‘Mexico’s Major’, was McDowell’s first success since capturing the 2014 French Open and also his first success on the PGA Tour since being fitted with the ...

Closest Race to Dubai rival Danny Willett has spiced-up this week’s season finale questioning the decision to allow Rory McIlroy to play less than the mandatory number of events this year. Willett trails McIlroy by just Euro 1,613 ahead of Thursday’s start to the DP Wolrd Tour Championship at the Jumeriah Golf Estate. The 28-year old Willett let slip the opportunity to go ahead of the absent McIlroy in finishing T28th in last week’s BMW Masters in Shanghai. And despite not managing ...