Golf, by TourMiss

…  Yas Links, Abu Dhabi Seamus Power ​ was ​jett​ing​​​ home to Las Vegas slightly disappointed by his efforts this past two weeks but clearly pleased with his game in his debut showing in the Middle East. Power produced a closing round 69, capped by eagling the pair-5 seventh hole though sandwiched in between two bogeys, while he delighted in playing his 10 holes on four-under with back-to-back birdies at 11 and 12​, and with the ​effort over the four days secur​ing him ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  It continues to speak volumes of Padraig Harrington’s character that he’s intending to reach out to Tour rookie Tom McKibbin, in arranging a practice round ahead of this week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic. It won’t be your normal practice round as Harrington is arranging what he said will be a ‘Battle with the Nordy’s” with Shane Lowry and himself to team in taking on World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and McKibbin. If was after Harrington’s superb second round ...

Scotland’s David Drysdale has brilliantly secured his 2023 Asian Tour card, holing a four-foot birdie putt at the 90th hole on day five and the final round of the Asian Tour Q-School. Drysdale entered qualifying after the disappointment of losing his DP World Tour card at the end of the 2022 season, and while he would have been afforded a limited number of starts this year, he and caddying wife, Vicky discussed the matter and decided to give the Asian Tour a shot. And after rounds 69, 69, ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  Shane Lowry will bid to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship for a second time in four years after muscling his way to the share of the lead heading to the final round of the rich Rolex Series event Yas Links Abu Dhabi. The Irishman posted a six under par round of 66, which included a stunning hole-out eagle ‘2’ at the par four sixth to end his round at 13-under to be sharing the lead with overnight co-leader Francesco Molinari and Australian Min Woo Lee, ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi Newly-engaged Scott Grant Forrest is hoping to bank a whopping £stg 1.3m early wedding prize purse if the Scot can pull off victory in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Forrest, 29, posted a superb ‘moving day’ 65 capped by a seventh hole eagle for a second day running, along with seven birdies, five over his inward half, to be just one shot off the lead at 12-under in the record-setting $US9m event on the Yas Links course. Three players – the back-to-back Open ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  Padraig Harrington is set to become the oldest winner on the DP World Tour by just 11 days heading to the final round at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Harrington had easily the biggest following over the three days, posting a sizzling eight-un​​der 64 and storming his way into the clubhouse lead at 12-under in glorious conditions on the host Yas Links course. The efforts from 51-year-old Harrington, who won an incredible four times on last year’s over-50s Champions ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  For Padraig Harrington it would that much more for him to win in the position he currently enjoys with a round to play at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship then to win, as he says, ‘out of the blue somewhere else’. Harrington had easily the biggest following over the three days, posting a sizzling eight-under-par 64 and storming his way into the clubhouse lead at 12-under in glorious conditions on the host Yas Links course. The 51-year-old Dubliner, who last won the ...