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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, ...

In a historic move, the European Tour will be renamed the DP World Tour from 2022 and in what also will be the 50th anniversary since the foundation of the Tour in 1972. The name European Tour will remain is administering the Tour, the secondary Challenge Tour, the Legends Tour and also the hosting every four years the Ryder Cup but it will a title change for golf’s second largest tour. In making the announcement at Expo 20 in Dubai, European Tour CEO Keith Pelley singled out the Tour’s ...

New European Tour members Ewen Ferguson and Craig Howie will waste little time taking advantage of their full European Tour status in jetting off next fortnight to South Africa. Glaswegain Ferguson, 25, and Peebles-born Howie, 27, secured full  2021/22 wraparound season European membership after finishing top-20 in the overall secondary Challenge Tour’s Road to Mallorca rankings following the close of Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in Mallorca. Ferguson’s share of 21st place on the T-Golf ...

Scotland’s Grant Forrest remains determined to sign off his best season in the pro ranks in style after putting himself into contention heading to the weekend rounds of the Portugal Masters. Forrest, 28, birdied his second and then buried a long eagle putt at the next in a round of 67 to move to a share of eighth heading to the weekend rounds on the Dom Pedro Victoria course at Vilamoura. Italian Nino Bertasio continues to show the way despite having his opening four-shot lead cut in half following ...