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It was so sad earlier this year in leaning news that former Asian Tour player and CEO Kyi Hla Han had passed away less than a week after turning the ‘young’ age of just 61. I got to know Kyi Hla well in travelling to co-sanctioned events in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and China.  He was always engaging and always grateful for the support myself and other European Tour based colleagues showed in travelling to these countries. He competed in 78 events on the European Tour, mainly those ...

Rory McIlroy continues to roar as his sparkling season just got better with confirmation he has been honoured by the Association of Golf Writers (AGW) as their 2022 AGW Golfer of the Year. It is a record-equalling fourth occasion the winner of 35 pro career titles has been honoured with the award after the reigning DP World Tour No 1, PGA Tour No 1 and current World No 1 had been first voted in 2012 and then again in 2014 and 2015. “I am honoured to be recognised for the fourth time by members ...

It’s not final till the 31st December but Ireland will now have three players teeing-up in next year’s Masters The Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) has released a ‘projected’ end of 2022 ranking of all players and with Rory McIlroy assured in being World No. 1. Shane Lowry is projected to end the year at a career best of World No. 20 and Seamus Power also a career high as World No. 29. For the top-ranked McIlroy the 2023 Masters will be a 15th appearance at Augusta National since a ...

​​Young Tom McKibbin’s rookie season continues to shine brightly ​in the Rainbow Nation w​ith the soon-to-be 20-year old grabbing a third top-20 in as many events at the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek. McKibbin, ​who ends his teenage years on December 19th, ​ saved the best for last grabbing an eagle ‘2’ and six birdies in muscling his way to a final round 66 for a share of 13th in the co-sanctioned event to the east of Joburg. The effort for the Galgorm Castle ...

Bush-loving South African Ockie Strydom posted a score of 69 for the win the Alfred Dunhill Championship by two shots at 18-under, and with the 37-year-old claiming a maiden DP World Tour win in a 39th event. Strydom’s win, and in the fifth event of the new 2022/23 season guarantees the Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate attached golfer a virtual three-year Tour exemption till the end of 2025 following his victory on the course that overlooks the bush of Kruger National Park. A moment to remember ...

Aussie Richard Green has stormed his way onto the 2023 PGA Champions Tour in dramatic manner posting an 18 under par four round score of 266 at TPC Scottsdale to win by four shots and the top spot at the Champions Qualifying School in Arizona. The 51 year-old Melbourne-born lefty, and affectionately long know as ‘Greeny’ capped his career early-on in denying major champions Greg Norman and Ian Woosnam in a play-off to capture the 1997 Dubai Desert Classic and in the process becoming ...

Scott Jamieson remains on target to end a decade-long winless drought heading to the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. Jamieson had let slip a three-shot lead going into golf’s traditional ‘moving day’ but regrouped in a round of 70 and end the day tied for the lead at 15-under-par on the Leopard Creek course at Malelane, some 250-miles to the east of Joburg. The Scot’s new course record 63 from day two lasted just one round with South African Ockie Strydom posting ...