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Top 64 players qualify for the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play Final field to be set Friday, March 15, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. ET   Following the conclusion of THE PLAYERS Championship, the top 64 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) have been locked in to qualify for the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, which returns to Austin Country Club, March 22-24, 2021. Five days remain for players to commit and the final field which will be set on Friday, ...

Shane Lowry’s eighth-place finish in the PGA Tour’s flagship Players Championship is an enormous boost for his Ryder Cup selection aspirations. Lowry’s effort at TPC Sawgrass was his first top-10 in eight events in the Tour’s wraparound 2020/21 season and also his best finish since a share of sixth last August in the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. In his Ryder Cup selection goal picture, it has seen Lowry jump five spots on the European ‘World’ points table to 14th on ...

Scotland’s David Drysdale was pleased to end a ‘Shamal’ free windstorm final round at his Qatar Masters campaign with a one-under par 70 for a one-over par tally in Doha. The Borders ace has experienced the Arabian winds many times in teeing-up on the nearby Doha Golf Club course that hosted the event from 1998 to 2019 but Friday and Saturday’s 40-mph sandblast was among the toughest in 14 visits to Qatar. But unlike the often bitterly cold Scottish breeze, the ‘Shamal’ naturally produces ...

Shane Lowry was headed straight to Georgia for two days of practice at Augusta National buoyed a likely top-10 finish at the Players Championship in Florida. Lowry saved the best for the last day with five birdies in a four-under par 68 for a nine-under par showing on the TPC Sawgrass course at Ponte Vedra. The effort is Lowry’s highest finish in the Tour’s flagship event in seven appearances and a big confidence-builder with it also being Lowry’s best Tour finish since a T6 last August ...

Frenchman Antoine Rozner was again singing the praise of Irish-born caddy Darren Reynolds in capturing also a second European Tour title in six events with victory at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha. Rozner became the first French player in the 23-year history to win in Qatar by sensationally holing a 60-foot birdie putt at the 72nd hole on the Education City course. The 28-year-old Parisien secured a first Tour victory last December at the inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship and in the ...

Fellow Irishman Graeme McDowell summed it up well describing TPC Sawgrass a ‘superstar killer’. McDowell was commenting on the disappointing efforts of Rory McIlroy following the defending Players Championship winning bowing out unceremoniously with shock scores of 79 and 75 for a equal career worst opening 36-hole tally of 10-over par In his 11 Players appearances, McIlroy has missed the cut in four times – his first three appearances in 2009, 2010 and 2012 and also 2018 but the highest ...

Scott Jamieson battled a stiff Arabian ‘Shamal’, and gusting at times to 40-mph, to stay in sight of the lead heading to the weekend rounds of the CB Qatar Masters in Doha. Jamieson emerged from the sandblast-like conditions signing for a second round 71 to be trailing just four shots from the front on the Economic City course. Dane Jeff Winther, 32 posted a second straight 67 to lead the field by two shots at eight-under as he seeks a first Tour win. Five players share second place on six-under ...