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… in Abu Dhabi  Sepp Straka will tee-up in this week’s Hero Cup keeping it all in the family with his twin brother Sam to caddy for the champion Austrian golfer. It will not be the first occasion Straka had his twin on the bag as the Straka’s worked together at last year’s 150th Open Championship. This week mark’s a Middle East first for Straka whose real name is Josef and ‘Sepp’ is an affectionate nickname for Josef. The story of how both brothers became good golfers before moving ...

  … in Abu Dhabi Ewen Ferguson’s arrived excited to Abu Dhabi for this week’s inaugural Hero Cup and also buoyed by thoughts of eventually earning a PGA Tour card after having spent a few weeks post the 2022 DP World Tour season in the States. The double DP Tour first travelled with his tools of trade to Florida for a new season Puma Golf promotional session. Ferguson then found his way to Nashville, Tennessee spending five days at the capital of country music before heading to the ...

… in Abu Dhabi After a journey of some 28 hours that included crossing the Atlantic high above Ireland Seamus Power finally arrived in Abu Dhabi laughing-off the legs of his Hero Cup trousers were too long. Power, along with caddy Simon Keelan, checked into the on-site Westin Hotel at Abu Dhabi early Tuesday afternoon local time after departing Hawaii late Sunday night. Power shared 25th place in the Sentry Tournament of Champions ahead of a seven hour direct from Hawaii to Dallas ahead of ...

Jose Maria Olazabal says he’ll have no issue if fellow double Masters winning Bubba Watson and now LIV golfer asks him to pass the salt at this April’s ‘Former Augusta Champions’ dinner. Olazabal, who turns 57 early next month, will be attending his 34th Masters since making his debut in 1985 and also a 25th ‘Former Champions’ dinner since winning the first of two green jackets in 1994. However, Olazabal does not agree with fellow Spaniard Jon Rahm, who suggested late last year that the ...

Seamus Power was headed to Abu Dhabi for the first time in his career proudly still No. 1 on the PGA Tour money list. It’s been nearly 10-weeks since Power captured a second PGA Tour title at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship that took him to the top of the FedEx Cup  money chase in the wraparound 2022/23 tour schedule. Power headed into the Christmas/New Year break as the top-earner on the tour’s money-list and remains No. 1 after his share of 25th place in the Sentry Tournament of Champions ...

​ When the curtain came down on season 2022, and easily the most controversial in the history of men’s professional golf, one of the more talked about topics was the lack of comment from the office of the PGA Tour Commissioner. Talk to observers in golf and it was Rory McIlroy, as Players Advisory Chairman, doing all the talking from the PGA Tour & DP World Tour side of the controversy involving LIV Golf, including his infamous verbal hand grenade hurled at LIV CEO Greg Norman, ahead ...

  Jon ‘Rambo’ Rahm has drawn first blood for Europe with his tearaway victory in the PGA Tour 2023 opening Sentry Tournament of Champions (TOC) Rahm came from seven shots back at the start of the final round and despite a bogey at the first, he posted a blistering nine-under 63 to win by two shots at 27-under-par on the host Kapalua course in Hawaii.  The win also comes a year after finished runner-up to Aussie Cam Smith. The champion Spaniard was competing in a regular PGA Tour event for ...