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American Harold Varner III and Spain’s Adri Arnaus battled the bruising blustery second round conditions best to show the way at 12-under-par into the weekend rounds of the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers here in Saudi Arabia Varner 111 benefitted from the slightly less testing weather, and teeing-off at 8.20 am local time, to add a superb six-under 66 to his opening 64 before being joined on 10-under by Spaniard Adri Arnaus with similar rounds, and with Arnaus ...

Seamus Power immediately put himself again in focus for a second PGA Tour victory in brilliantly birdieing his closing four holes to finish in second place on day one of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Power posted an eight-under-par 64 at Spyglass Hill and one of three annual host venues for the famed tournament being played along the Pacific Ocean shoreline. American Tom Hoge was at Pebble Beach and finishing one shot fewer to lead the field after his nine-under 63. Power’s name has ...

….. Fatiha Betscher, Al Hamra GC, RAK  Scott Jamieson’s rich vein of good early new season form continues in posting a seven-under-par 65 to share the lead heading to day two of the inaugural Ras Al Khaimah Championship. Jamieson, who led for three rounds at last fortnight’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, joined German Sebastian Heisele who was out in the first group on the stunning Al Hamra course. Jamieson, 38, started his round from the longest point of the course at the par-3 ‘over ...

The sight of Matteo Manassero’s name atop the leaderboard on day one of the Saudi International brings back many fond memories of this most affable of Italian golfers. Manassero’s eight-under-par 62 matches a career-low for the now 28-year-old Verona-born golfer, and a score he first shot in the final round in securing a share of second in the 2010 co-sanctioned UBS Hong Kong Open. His bogey-free score along the stunning Red Sea shoreline was capped by five birdies from the seventh to 12th holes ...

EXCLUSIVE … Graeme McDowell admits his dream of captaining the European Ryder Cup on Irish soil is fading as he realizes Lee Westwood may now be likely to be handed the Adare Manor team reins in 2027. McDowell was being strongly suggested to be handed the honour of captaining Europe in five years time, and ever since fellow Irishman Padraig Harrington appointed him a vice-captain for last year’s Ryder Cup.  McDowell has been a part of four successive Europe Ryder Cup teams from 2008 to ...

Dustin Johnson will look for a third Saudi International victory in four appearances as a springboard in returning to the top of the official World Rankings. Johnson returns to defend his Saudi International title at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club laid out on the Red Sea shoreline. ‘DJ’ was No. 3 in the world in capturing the inaugural 2019 Saudi International and then No. 2 in the world in finishing runner-up to Graeme McDowell in 2020 but was atop of the rankings a year ago ...

….. Fatiha Betscher, Al Hamra GC, RAK  There has been strong praise for this week’s inaugural Ras Al Khaimah Championship host course at Al Hamra. The Al Hamra course, laid out very close to the Arabian Sea shoreline, is no stranger to top golf having hosted some years back the final event of the secondary Challenge Tour. A large number of players who competed here in 2018 have returned including the Scottish duo of Robert MacIntyre and Grant Forrest who earned their European Tour cards ...