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Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has singled out Robert MacIntyre’s grit and determination as pivotal if his European Team is to wrestle the Ryder Cup off the Americans later this year in Rome. MacIntyre’s GB & I Hero Cup squad went down fighting, eventually losing by four points and with Continental Europe winning six of the 10 closing Singles matches at the hosting of last week’s event in Abu Dhabi Though the Oban lefty could hold his head high, handing out a 5 & 3 drubbing ...

… Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has singled out Robert MacIntyre’s grit and determination as pivotal if his European Team is to wrestle the Ryder Cup off the Americans later this year in Rome. MacIntyre’s GB & I Hero Cup squad went down fighting, eventually losing by four points and with Continental Europe winning six of the 10 closing Singles matches at the hosting of last week’s event in Abu Dhabi Though the Oban lefty could hold his head high, handing ...

…. Yas Island, Abu Dhabi  Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has assured Shane Lowry remains very much in frame to be heading to Rome later this year despite Lowry’s hurt in losing all four matches at the Hero Cup. Lowry’s disappointing on-course display ended at the hands of Continental European captain, Francesco Molinari with his fellow Open Champion never allowing the Irishman to get in front in delivering a Sunday Singles 3 & 2 defeat. The champion Italian, who won the 2018 Open ...

… in Abu Dhabi ​ Top-ranked Scot Bob MacIntyre may have been on a losing GB & I Hero Cup side but he reckons he’s come out a winner ahead of his next hopeful team event later this year in Rome.​ Continental Europe emerged from three days of Hero Cup competition four points winners with an impressive 14 ½ to 10 ½ triumph over the host Abu Dhabi host course. European captain Francesco Molinari led by example securing the first Singles win with a 2 & 1 success over fellow Open ...

… in Abu Dhabi  Continental Europe is celebrating in storming their way to capturing the inaugural Hero Cup in Abu Dhabi. Europe went into the deciding Singles leading by two points at 8 ½ to 6 ½ and inspired by their undefeated captain Francesco Molinari to seal a four point victory by 14 1/2 to 10 1/2. And it was Poland’s Adrian Meronk holing the winning putt for a 1up victory over Callum Shinkin in the sixth match of the day. The Hero Cup was brought back onto the DP World Tour ...

… in Abu Dhabi  The Scottish duo of Ewen Ferguson and Bob MacIntyre are staring at bringing home a GB & I victory hero heading into the Sunday Singles at the Hero Cup here in Abu Dhabi. Ferguson and MacIntyre, who are out third and second last in the 15 matches, have been sent out at that position on the team list given so many team match-play matches are decided among the last few groups. Continental Europe take a two-point lead at 8 1/2 to 6 1/2 points into the final session on the host ...

… in Abu Dhabi  Francesco Molinari admitted when he was a young amateur golfer growing up in Italy he was really not a fan of team competition and actually declared he was ‘useless’. Molinari got into golf for the individual aspect of the ancient club-and-ball game. However, looking at his amateur team record and also now his professional team efforts you could be very mistaken with the now 40-year-old enjoying both a fabulous amateur and highly-successful professional team career ...