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Scotland’s Russell Knox stormed his way to within two shots of the lead with a brilliant bogey-free eight-under par 64 on day three of the American Express event at Palm Springs. Knox capped his round with three birdies in succession from his 13th hole and then seized the lead holing a 14-footer at his last to move to 13-under par on the PGA West course. It left the very affable Scot trailing just two shots behind the leading American duo of Max Homa (65) and Tony Finau (7) and South Korean ...

Scot Robert MacIntyre insists there was no added pressure playing the first two Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship rounds in the company of Ryder Cup Captain, Padraig Harrington. The restart to 2021 European Ryder Cup qualification began in Abu Dhabi after the Whistling Straits points race was frozen last July and the restart to European Tour competition post the lockdown. Most observers put two-and-two together when the opening two round draw was released showing Harrington drawn Dundee-based Frenchman ...

Marc Warren continues to put past Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship efforts to shame to now be staring at victory in the UAE capital. The Glaswegian holed an eight-foot birdie gem at the last in a third round 68 to be sharing fourth place at 10-under par and only three shots off the lead in the UAE capital Rory McIlroy posted a 67 to head the near £6m event by a shot at 13-under after Tyrell Hatton missed his birdie putt on 18 in a round of 71. McIlroy had regrouped from trailing five shots behind through ...

Darren Clarke is just one round shy of winning back-to-back Champions Tour titles in sharing the lead heading into day three and the final round of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Hawaii. Clarke added a 68 to his opening sizzling 63 to be tied with American Jerry Kelly who has signed for scores of 64 and 67 for 13-under par totals. Clarke superbly rebounded from a bogey on the 11th with four straight birdies. “I just didn’t really have it today, to be honest with you,” ...

Marc Warren celebrated the first event of a 15th season soaring high with a tournament career equal low 66 second round at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Warren brilliantly drained a 12-footer for an eagle ‘3’ at the last to be sharing sixth place on six-under par in the £5.86m event in the UAE capital. England’s Tyrrell Hatton opened-up an impressive five-shot lead, moving to 12-under par and still with five second round holes to play when play resumes early Saturday (UAE time). The ...

Rory McIlroy painfully had the wind sucked from his new season sails to sink seven shots off the lead while Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell anxiously awaited their fate when poor light halted play on day two of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. McIlroy was soaring clear of his rivals at 10-under par after just three holes of his second round but as the wind picked-up, the World No. 6 was going backwards to be at seven-over par through 15 holes. England’s Tyrrell Hatton opened-up an impressive ...

Fans of professional golf are so used to seeing either a gleaming new car, jewellery, watches or cash on offer for a hole-in-one during competition. And the par-3 seventh on the National course in Abu Dhabi there is not a prize but a ‘promise’ on offer, the like that has never before been offered in major tournament golf. When I first travelled to Abu Dhabi for the inaugural 2006 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship the prize, and usually at the par-3 15th, was a few nights, all expenses paid ...