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Fellow Scot Grant Forrest was full of admiration and support for fellow Scot Scott Jamieson following last Sunday’s disappointment at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Jamieson had led for three rounds last week in Abu Dhabi only the see his quest for a second DP World Tour title come up short in his 300th Tour event at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. And while Forrest had missed the Abu Dhabi cut the Craigielaw golfer was at the course ready to celebrate Jamieson’s win. Forrest said: “I ...

It speaks volumes for Scott Jamieson’s demeanor after the brave face he wore following the disappointment of letting slip victory in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Jamieson led for three rounds only to bogey three of his opening four holes on route to a gut-wrenching 77 for a six-under total and a distant share of 10th place at six-under-par on the Yas Links course. His final day playing partner Thomas Pieters emerged for many last round car wrecks to par the last in a 71 and win by a shot ...

……..  Fatiha Betscher, Dubai New Abu Dhabi HSBC champion Thomas Pieters is Masters bound after his triumph at Yas Links. The Belgian golfer jumped 38 spots to be the new World No. 31 that should assure a return drive down Magnolia Lane in Augusta National for the first time in four years and remembering he finished T4th on his Masters debut a year earlier. It is Pieters’s highest place on the World Rankings since was last ranked 31st in the world near the later stages of the 2017 ...

Rory McIlroy was all class despite another disappointing maiden Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship title chase. Two days shy of two months ago, McIlroy let slip victory when he bogeyed three of his closing four holes at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship about a 70-minute drive ‘up the road’ the road in Dubai. Then within the scorer’s hut at Jumeirah Resort, he showed his disappointment by virtually tearing the collar from his shirt, and avoiding any post-round discussion. In the first ...

Bob MacIntyre has joined the exclusive Nike stable of top golfers and fellow Scot and management stablemate Grant Forrest couldn’t be happier. MacIntyre emerged from the Christmas festive break and into a fourth pro season wearing the Nike ‘swoosh’ logo on his shirts and also with Nike pants and shorts, that he’s added to Nike golf shoes he’s been wearing for some time. It’s see’s the top-ranked Scot now sporting the same attire as Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Jason ...

Ice-cool Scott Jamieson continues to defy the golfing skeptics heading to the final round tied by a stroke at 11-under-par at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Jamieson, 38, calmly rolled-in a birdie putt at the last in a four-under 68 to finish clear of 2019 Abu Dhabi winner Shane Lowry and Belgium’s Thomas Pieters, and each with 67s, and tied second at 10-under in less testing conditions on the Yas Links course. The Scotland-born, Florida-based Jamieson is contesting a 300th Tour event and seeks ...

For 16-years the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship has been the starting point for many of the best competing on the now renamed DP World Tour. The tournament in the UAE capital has also seen some of the best in the world win on the National course at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club that boasts the stunning falcon clubhouse. And winning the equally stunning falcon trophy has been a who’s who in golf including double-major winning Martin Kaymer, who’s won the event three times along with Ireland’s own Shane ...