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Double Open Champion Greg Norman has described Tiger Woods troubles over the past two weeks as ‘mind-blowing”. The 14-time Major winning Woods shot his worse score as a professional, a round of 82, to miss the cut in last week’s Phoenix Open and then this past week he withdrew after 12 holes of the Farmers  Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. It has meant Woods, who also shot an 80 to be last in December’s Hero World Challenge, has withdrawn from three of his last eight tournaments. And ...

Some of the greats of the game have paid tribute to another great in Billy Casper who passed away yesterday aged 83. The three-time Major winner had spent five weeks after Thanksgiving in the hospital battling pneumonia and while he had been able to return home, he was still undergoing rehabilitation four days a week. Unfortunately, Casper’s condition worsened late last week. His wife of 62 years, Shirley, and other members of his family were with Casper when he passed away. And here thanks ...

Golf has lost another of its legends in recent weeks with the death overnight of three-time Major winning Billy Casper. Casper, who also captured 51 PGA Tour titles, died in Utah after battling for some months through ill health. Casper’s death comes closely following the passing of Australian-born great Kel Nagle while Charlie Sifford also died recently. I had the pleasure of first meeting Billy Casper in Morocco of all places when he regularly attended the Hassan II Trophy and before it became ...

Anirban Lahiri’s early birdie blitz saw him snatch the Maybank Malaysian Open from Bernd Wiesberger in a dramatic finish at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club. The 27 year old from India birdied four of his first five holes and held his nerve down the closing stretch as a final round 68 gave him a 16 under par total and one shot victory. Lahiri’s maiden European Tour title comes just three months after coming through Qualifying School, and is all the more remarkable given he was outside the ...

Red-hot Bernd Wiesberger opened up a two shot lead with his lowest career round heading to the final round of the Maybank Malaysian Open at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club. Having finished sixth, third and fourth in the three Desert Swing events to move into the Official World Golf Ranking’s top 50 for the first time, Wiesberger birdied the first five holes today and spent the remainder of the round trading blows with Alejandro Cañizares at the top of the leaderboard. The Spaniard and ...

Harris English enjoys a two shot lead at the halfway stage of the Farmers Insurance Open as Phil  Mickelson created an unwanted historical fact in missing a second  straight halfway cut in succession in 13 years. English, a two-time PGA Tour winner, posted three birdies on each nine, in rounds of 68 and 67 to move to 10-under par and two shots clear of fellow American Nick Watney who signed for scores of 71 and 65. However a day after Tiger Woods withdrew with further back injury and the news on ...

One of the most unusual buildings in Abu Dhabi is ‘The Blue Pill’ – the 360 foot high Aldar headquarters building. The design is the first of its kind in the Middle East and the building was voted the “Best Futuristic Design” by The Building Exchange (BEX) Conference held in Spain. I visited the building during the course of the recent Abu Dhabi Invitational at nearby Yas Links Golf Course. The shape of this building is achieved through the use of structural diagrid, a diagonal ...