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Fowler Drops Outside Top-50 First Time In A Decade – Loses Automatic Augusta Tee Time.

American golfing heartthrob Rickie Fowler will end a remarkable run of 42 automatic straight in the Majors at the release of tomorrow’s updated World Rankings. Fowler has qualified for every major since the 2010 but now has dipped to World No. 52 having missed the halfway cut in the Mayakoba Championship and the closing event of PGA Tour year. Fowler, and who turns 32 on December 13th, went into the event ranked 49th in the world and now being outside of the 50 means he will forfeit a Deceember ...

The Late Peter Alliss & My Memory Thanks To The GM At Castlerock Golf Club.

The golf world is in mourning at the passing of Peter Alliss. The eight-time Ryder Cup player, 31-time tournament winner, golf course designer, author and legendary golf commentator known universally as the ‘Voice of Golf’, passed away earlier today (Sunday, 6th December) suddenly but peacefully at home at age 89. In 1958, Alliss won three National Opens in a row, in the Italian Open, Spanish Open and Portugal Open, while in 1961, he worked his first tournament as a broadcaster for the BBC – ...

Syme ‘Very Grateful’ As MacIntyre Leads Five Scots In Season-Ender In Dubai.

Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre will head a strong field of five in-form Tartan players into this week’s mega-millions season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. MacIntyre and fellow season Tour-winning Marc Warren cemented their places some months ago into Thursday’s start to the £stg 5.9m final event of a COVID-19 2020 schedule at the Jumeirah Estates in Dubai. Now joining the pair is the trio of Drumoig’s Connor Syme, and 67th on the Race to Dubai rankings, Haddington’s Grant ...

Bezuidenhout Heading To Dubai To Make It Three Straight Tour Triumphs

In-form Christiaan Bezuidenhout is heading to this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship looking to make it three wins in succession after waltzing his way to a five-shot success at the 110th South African Open. The 26-year-old began his final round with a five-shot advantage over Welshman Jamie Donaldson, who cut the deficit to two before turn as the South African struggled to make an impact on the scoreboard at Gary Player Country Club at Sun City. But Bezuidenhout regained his ...

Forrest Fights His Way Into Season-Ender With Super 63 Tour Low.

Scotland’s Grant Forrest looks to have earned himself a spot in next week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship thanks to a European Tour career low 63 on the final day of the inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship. Forrest birdied his closing three holes to snare a share of sixth place on 21-under par and with the former Crail Battle Trophy winner’s lowest round in 60 events on the European Tour. The Haddington golfer’s prior best low has been five rounds of 65 and the last ...

Bezuidenhout Breezes To Five-Shot South African Open Final Round Lead

It just gets better and better with local hero Christiaan Bezuidenhout taking a five-shot lead into the final round of the 110th South African Open at Sun City. Bezuidehout, and the highest world-ranked player in the field, showed his class grabbing six third round birdies in a third straight round of 67 for at 15-under par. South African countryman Darren Frittelli (70) and Welshman Jamie Donaldson (72) share second place at a distant 10-under par. The World No. 42 ranked Bezuidenhout has dropped ...

Vive La France, Vive La Rozner – Third Time French Tricolours Top Of 2020 European Mast.

Antoine Rozner raised the French tricolours to the top of the European Tour mast for a third time this year with a sensational maiden Tour success in capturing also the inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship presented by DP World. The 27-year old Parisian came from four shots back of overnight leader Andy Sullivan and win by two shots with a closing round 65 for a 25-under par tally on the Sergio Garcia designed course at the Jumeirah Estates in Dubai. Englishman Sullivan had led from the outside and ...