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As his Tartan colleagues struggled in Rome, Craig Howie showed a clean pair of heels in sharing in a new course record to grab a two-shot lead into the weekend rounds of the inaugural UAE Challenge in Abu Dhabi. Howie, 28, carrying his own clubs produced a bogey-free six-under 66 to move to nine-under on the Gary Player designed Saadiyat Beach course in the UAE capital. The Peebles golfer and now attached to the UAE’s Al Ain club is looking for a second Challenge Tour triumph after breaking through ...

It comes as no surprise that Joe LaCava, and the caddy to Tiger Woods, wants to continue caddying as Woods recovers from a recent ankle operation. As such, Woods has agreed for LaCava to work for fellow American Patrick Cantlay starting at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship. It is also a timely move for LaCava as Cantlay has recently parted ways with long-time caddy Matt Minster, who had been with Cantlay for each of his eight PGA Tour victories, from late 2017 to victory through to ...

It was somewhat surprising when Rory McIlroy’s name did not appear on the list of players scheduled to face the golfing media ahead of this week’s Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina. McIlroy is a three-time former winner of the tournament, and along with the season-ending Tour Championship it’s the only two PGA Tour event he has also won on three occasions. Though the golfer, who turns 34 tomorrow (Thursday), obviously had his reasons ...

Scot Stephen Gallacher may be the second oldest teeing-up in this week’s Italian Open but he’s also in the field with a younger generation of golfers at heart. Gallacher, 48, received the last of six tournament Rome invitations shortly after finishing top-15 in last Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Challenge. The Bathgate pro already this year has found himself playing where he can, having forfeited full DP World Tour membership at the end of 2022 in not being fully exempt since a first full season in 1999. However, ...

Fifteen years ago a son of a Spanish fish farmer defied the might of the European Tour sensationally hooking a maiden victory in the oldest ‘Open’ golf tournament on Continental Europe. A then 25-year old Pablo Larrazabal left the golf world floundering, leading from start-to-finish in capturing a maiden Tour title at the 2008 Open de France title at the Le National course outside of Versailles. For the Barcelona-born Larrazabal, it was only his 16th European Tour event, having finished ...

Spainard Pablo Larrazabal brilliantly emerged from a jam-packed final day leaderboard to make it eight DP World Tour victories in eight different countries with his triumph at the inaugural Korea Championship near Seoul. Larrazbal, who turns 40 on May 15th, broke clear from of some six players who shared the lead with nine holes to play in posting a closing round five-under 67 to win by a two shots at 12-under on the Jack Nicklaus Club course at Incheon. The Barcelona golfer began the final day needing ...

Defending Italian Open champ Bob MacIntyre is determined to impress European captain Luke Donald for a second time in some seven months at this week’s Italian Open again on the host 2023 Ryder Cup course in Rome. Last September MacIntyre humbled reigning US Open champ Matt Fitzpatrick in capturing ‘the biggest win in my life’ in a play-off over the Englishman on the Marco Simone course to the north-east of the Italian capital. The Oban lefty did so in a field boasting 13 European Ryder Cup ...