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Patrick Reed was in a class of his own producing a sizzling eight-under par 64 to move two shots clear of the field at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The past Masters champion collected nine birdies and dropped the only shot of his two days at the par-4 12th hole as the 30-year old Reed looks to become the first American in the 48-year history of the Tour to be crowned European Tour No. 1. Reed began the second round sharing ninth place and his bright purple Nike logo shirt was soon commanding ...

Robert MacIntyre immediately set about shooting for the European No. 1 crown with a superb share of second place on the opening day of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The Oban lefty had been leading the £stg 6m event mid-round on route to four-under par 68 and just a shot behind Dundee-based Frenchman Victor Perez. Perez, and winner of last year’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, posted a five-under par 67 to lead the 65-player, no-cut field competing on the Earth course ...

Graeme McDowell again struggled to get lift-off on the Earth course in matching his scoring average with a 73 on the opening day of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. McDowell is returning to the event for a first time in six years but the Greg Norman-designed lay out again did him little favour in managing to squeeze out just one birdie but also two bogeys at Jumeirah Estates. His score continues a run now of seven years when he’s not broken 70 on day one of the DP World while in now ...

The French tricolour seems to be a regular fixture of late on European Tour leader-boards. Four days after Antoine Rozner became the latest French champion and past Tour winner and countryman, Victor Perez muscled his way to the top of the board on day one of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The Dundee-based Perez posted an opening 67 and for the current No. 6 on the Race to Dubai immediately projected to finish at No. 1 should he retain his place ahead of the 65-player field ...

Shane Lowry has understandably cited ‘family reasons’ for a decision this week not to tee-up in the European Tour season-ending DP World Tour Championship. It’s the first time Lowry has missed the hosting of the mega-millions last event of the year since the inaugural hosting of the Race to Dubai final money-counting tournament in 2011. Three years ago, Lowry had a final round hole-in-one on route to a 63 to share second in the DP World However, Lowry is focussing more on his young family as ...

Graeme McDowell sounded super excited at the thought of teeing-up this week in Dubai alongside half-a-dozen 19 to 24-year-old fellow competitors who he could be hopefully captaining in the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor. McDowell’s ended a six-year absence to be the lone Irishman teeing-up in today’s(THUR) commencing season-ending DP World Tour Championship on the Earth course at Jumeirah Estates. Triple European No. 1 Rory McIlroy and Open Champion, Shane Lowry have chosen not to tee-up in the ...

Leading European Tour No. 1 Patrick Reed has been full of praise for the part played by the PGA Tour, European Tour and the women’s tours during this year’s COVID-19 pandemic season. The Texas-based Reed was among the Players Championship field when around 7pm on Thursday, 12th March when they received a group text to advise the flagship Tour event was cancelled due to the growing concerns of the COVID-19 virus. The European Tour followed quickly in also bringing to a halt any competition ...