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Tiger Woods struggled off the tee and also with the shortest club in his bag, producing a very mixed ‘moving day’ 71 at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Woods, and competing in a full Saturday third round for a first since February’s Genesis Invitational grabbing five birdies but also posting four bogeys for a 54-hole one-under tally in very hot conditions on the host Albany course. The five-time Hero World Challenge champion, while showing no signs of discomfort in walking, ...

There’s no getting away from on-going rumours that double major winning Jon Rahm is going to sign with LIV Golf. Reports say Rahm is expected to reach a whopping $600m deal with LIV that also will include a $300 million signing bonus while the champion Spaniard would have team equity and be named one of the LIV team captains. Of course, it’s a golfing understatement to say that Rahm’s signing with LIV would be one of biggest coups, and also biggest shocks, if he accepts the record ...

Min Woo Lee produced a timely closing hole birdie to boost hopes of capturing a rare Australian golfing double heading to the final round of the ISPS HandaAustralian Open triumph in , Sydney. The reigning Australian PGA champion headed into golf’s traditional moving day leading by three but bounced back from finding water and taking a doube on the third hole to birdie the 18h hole at the host Australian Club for a second day in a round of one-under 70 to set-up a final round clash with Japan’s ...

Tiger Woods found himself bitten on the back nine for a second day running at the Hero World Challenge. Woods posted a two-under-par 70, five fewer shots than day one, for a one-over par tally on the host Albany course in The Bahamas. He climbed the stairs to the clubhouse then sharing 15th place as four players – Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler – were tied for the lead at seven-under late in their rounds. At day’s end it was TO BE ADVISED Woods ...

The Asian Tour’s 2023 season will come full circle next month when it holds its 25th and final event of the year in Saudi Arabia. More than 10 months after starting the season in the desert kingdom, and venturing to 18 different nations, the Asian Tour will proudly return to Saudi for the hosting of Saudi Open in Riyadh. The top-80 players will tee-up and with the leading money-list 65 retaining full status for next year Those that do keep their cards will be back at the same venue little more ...

Scotland’s David Drysdale is confident of teeing-up in next fortnight’s final event of his rookie Asian Tour season. Drysdale, 48, was forced to withdraw from Thursday’s opening round of the Tawian Glass Taifong Open due to a reoccurrence of an old neck injury. The Callaway-attached Drysdale battled through 15 holes in the penultimate event of the year before withdrawing from the host Taifong club. “I was gutted to have to retire and it was an old niggling neck injury”, ...

You can’t blame Robert MacIntyre frankness and not hiding his feelings in twice using the ‘pile of poo’ emoji on his ‘X’ account after his ‘Down Under’ quest to at least secure a Masters invitation nose-dive as he missed the cut in the ISPS Handa Australian Open in Sydney. MacIntyre posted rounds of 70 and a horror second day 77, that included just one birdie but also five bogeys and a double-bogey in his four-over tally to end his year six shots shy of playing all four ...