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Padraig Harrington’s quest to qualify for next week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship bizarrely just gets better and again without the Irishman hitting a shot. Harrington found his way inside the top-20 on day two of the final event of the ‘regular’ season in posting a five-under par 67 for a combined nine-under par 36 hole in continuing sauna-like conditions in the AVIV Dubia Championship on the aptly named Fire course at Jumeirah Estates in Dubai. Defending Dubai ...

Scotland’s David Law had a very special supporter waiting for him following his opening round of his final event of the 2021 Race to Dubai season in Dubai. Law rolled-in a 10-foot birdie putt at the last in a round of a two-under par 70 at the AVIV Dubai Championship being played for a second year running on the Fire course at Jumeirah Estates. Dane Joachim B Hansen was out in the third group of the day producing a sizzling bogey-free, nine-under par 63 to end the round leading by two shots ...

Padraig Harrington had good reason to feel short-changed after signing for a four-under par 68 on the opening of the AVIV Dubai Championship at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. Harrington was four-under with five birdies and a bogey after just nine holes and then produced nine inward half pars in his round in very hot and slightly humid conditions on the Fire course. Dane Joachim B. Hansen, and out in the third group of the day, leads the field by two shots in producing a bogey-free nine-under ...

It is understood European Tour CEO Keith Pelley has afforded the Masters winning duo of Sergio Garcia and Patrick Reed ‘special permission’ to tee-up in next week’s season-ending DP World Championship at Jumeirah Estates here in Dubai. It was noticed late this afternoon (Wednesday) UAE time both Garcia and Reed had their names removed from the Race to Dubai money-list standings. Garcia had been ranked 43rd and Reed 49th ahead of this week meaning they are eligible to tee-up next ...

A clearly limping Padraig Harrington will be standing a lot taller after being handed a huge Race to Dubai boost heading into this week’s second edition of the AVIV Dubai Championship on the Fire Course at Jumeirah Estates in Dubai. Harrington had arrived in the UAE earlier in the week lying 58th on the Race to Dubai money list having picked-up 10 places following last week’s share of 12th place at the Portugal Masters.  It is eight places shy of qualifying for next week’s season-ending ...

The Masters winning duo of Sergio Garcia and Patrick Reed have collectively handed David Drysdale a huge boost heading into this week’s AVIV Dubai Championship at the Jumeirah Estates. Drysdale arrived into Dubai earlier in the week for his final event of the ‘regular’ 2021 season lying at 123rd on the Race to Dubai money list and then two places outside of the leading 121 at the end of this week who will retain automatic 2022 membership. The Borders golfer dropped out of automatic qualifiers ...

Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher will celebrate his 600th European Tour when he tees-up in the AVIV Dubai Championship on the Fire Course at Jumeirah Estates here in Dubai. Gallacher, 47, made his Tour debut in the then Bells sponsored Scottish Open at Gleneagles.    The young Scot was still an amateur and received an invitation to tee-up on the Kings Course. He celebrated his 500th Tour event also in the UAE as a then three-time Tour winner at the 2017 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship while Gallacher, ...