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… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi Maybe it was the new emerald green shirt he was wearing that he quizzed ‘Do you like it?’ or the links feel of this week’s host Yas Links course or maybe it was the good vibes in being a past Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship champion? Whatever as Shane Lowry superbly shook off thoughts of a disappointing Hero Cup campaign with an eagle and three birdies in flawless five-under 67 on the opening day of the $US 9m event here in the UAE capital. For Lowry, it was ...

…… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  The Tartan trio of Marc Warren, Richie Ramsay and Scott Jamieson head into 2023 boasting a combined 50-year of competition on the DP World Tour. Warren joined the Tour in 2002 playing a handful of events and now at the start of a 21st season the 41-year-old Scot, and four-time Tour winner, is teeing-up this week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship contesting a 466th event. Ramsay is two years younger than Warren and is also a four-time DP World winner, capturing ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  Masters champ Patrick Reed dispelled all suggestions ‘tension’ will be on the menu for April’s Former Champions Dinner at Augusta National. Reed will be among six LIV golfers who are past Masters champions and who were recently given the green light by the green jacket club to attend the dinner and tee-up on the Georgia golfing gem. They include: Phil Mickelson (2004, 2006, 2010), Charl Schwartzel (2011), Bubba Watson (2012, 2014), Reed (2018), Sergio Garcia ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi  Holywood’s newest golfing starlet Tom McKibbin wasted little time getting a first look at this week’s host Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. McKibbin, who turned 20 a week prior to Christmas, had been a reserve in this week’s record $US 9m event before getting a call Monday to advise he was into the $US 9m field and easily the richest of his short pro career. He was in Orlando at the time, so fortunately McKibbin could jump aboard a direct flight to nearby Dubai and ...

​… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi​​ ​​Seamus Power is quickly turning into a second Padraig Harrington, delighting those journalists primarily reporting on the DP World Tour. Harrington has long been liked ​by the media for​​​ his ‘fireside chats’ with the a​ttending media and a formal transcript of his comments running into pages.  There was even an occasion at the British Masters at The Belfry when ​Harrington was interviewed by the media post his round and one question ...

….. Yas Island, Abu Dhabi  Richie Ramsay has dusted down his tools of trade and is ready to jump straight into the deep end of a 16th straight season on the DP World Tour here at this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi. Ramsay will have a scorecard in his back pocket for a first occasion since sharing 16th place two months ago, and ‘up the road’ at the 2022 season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The Scot’s last season effort of 19th on the ...

… Yas Links, Abu Dhabi ​Shane Lowry revealed he consulted fellow Irishman and Committee Chairman Rory McIlroy ahead of agreeing to join the 16-man PGA Tour Players Advisory Committee (PAC). Lowry is among five non-Americans in the 16 announced by the Tour that will take-up seats on the Committee that customarily meet four times a year. The other four being Australia’s Adam Scott, Swede Henrik Norlander and the Canadian duo of Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners. Lowry will undoubtedly be ...