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…. Dubai, UAE The opening event of the 2023 Asian Tour schedule clearly boasts the strongest field of any Tour of the New Year if the number of major champions competing is an indication. The second Asian Tour hosting of PIF Saudi Invitational will feature 12 major champions in the limited 126-player field taking to the stunning Royal Greens laid out along the Red Sea at King Abdullah Economic City, and around 100 kms north of Jeddah. That’s one major champion more than the field that competed ...

… Dubai, UAE Stephen Gallacher boasts he’s just as excited returning to Dubai as he was twenty-three years in making his debut in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Gallacher, 48, is contesting a 625th Tour event this week thanks to a sponsor’s invitation and after losing full Tour status at the close of the 2022 season. He said: “It was nice to receive the invitation because it’s been a tournament dear to my heart, so delighted to be here. “I was working for SKY at the Hero Cup in ...

… Dubai, UAE  World No. 1 Rory McIlroy played a 10-hole Hero Dubai Desert Classic practice round will fellow Holywood club member Tom McKibbin that allowed him to reach out to the 20-year-old following last week’s gut-wrenching outcome in Abu Dhabi. It was the second practice round for the duo in less than a fortnight as McIlroy arranged for a practice round last week in Florida just prior to McKibbin getting a late call-up into the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. McKibbin was out in the final ...

… Emirates Club, Dubai In a surprise revelation Sergio Garcia continues to​ remain​ eligible for Ryder Cup selection despite withdrawing his name from an arbitration hearing early next month to determine if the European Tour was right to suspend LIV Golf players like Garcia from competition. A five-day hearing, headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Phillip Sycamore and two KCs, will be held from February 6th to 10th at the Sport Resolution Centre in London to try and resolve the issue.# At ...

… Dubai  ​​European Tour CEO Keith Pelley would not say whether or not the Tour is confident of winning a lawsuit early next month in a London court against a number of European Tour players​ ​and now LIV Golf members who launched an appeal against the Tour in being suspended from DP World Tour competition. Pelley advised he will represent the Tour at a five-day Arbitration Panel Hearing being held at the Sport Resolution Centre in London. The panel will comprise an independent ...

... Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  Padraig Harrington was delighted with a new season start of fourth as Edinburgh-based Frenchman Victor Perez muscled his way to victory despite a near disaster down the last at the  Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Perez picked-up a seventh pro victory and a third DP World Tour title winning by a shot in posting a closing 66 and an 18-under par triumph over the Yas Links course. Perez, who was a member of last week’s winning European Hero Cup side, was leading by two ...

.. Yas Links, Abu Dhabi Edinburgh-based Frenchman Victor Perez singled out in glowing terms living in golf-mad Scotland as helpful in capturing the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Despite a near-disaster incident down the last, Perez picked-up a seventh pro victory and a third DP World Tour title posting a closing 66 to win by a shot at 18-under-par on the Yas Links course. Perez, and a member of last week’s winning European Hero Cup side, burst from the blocks on the final day of the record-setting ...