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Daylight Second As Lombard Storms Back To DP World Tour Winning Q-School Final By 13 Shots
Daylight was a distant second as South African Zander Lombard stormed his way back onto the 2026 DP World Tour, winning the Q-School six-round final by 13 strokes at Spain’s famed Infinitum Resort at Tarragona,
The 30-year-old Lombard underwent knee surgery at the start of this year so he was naturally sidelined for many events recouperting but then only to painfully fall short in securing full 2026 DP World Tour membership.
Lombard accepted the challenge earlier this month of finishing T10th ...
Al Hamra Enriches A Middle East Golfing Gem
One of the more recent delights in travelling to the Middle East for rounds of the DP World Tour has been visiting the UAE emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah and tackling the wonderful Al Hamra course.
Al Hamra is very easy 90-minute or so drive north of Dubai through the Emirate of Sharjah and onto Ras Al-Khaimah, and with the golf course and surrounding hotels among the first items of interest in visiting a very laid back emirate than compared with Dubai.
Among those ‘items’ is the stunning ...
McIlroy’s Season Of Honours Continue With New Tour Award – All That Remains Is ‘Sir Rory’ Knighthood?
It has truly been a season of honours for Rory McIlroy with the real likelihood at year’s end of King Charles 111 bestowing a knighthood on the Northern Irishman.
First it was winning a maiden Masters and becoming only the sixth golfer to capture the coveted Grand Slam.
McIlroy was then a member of historic European Ryder Cup team with the team winning back-to-back encounters in Europe and the USA, and both under Luke Donald’s captaincy.
Today we have learned the DP World Tour has commissioned ...
Masters Green Jacket Wearing McIlroy Proudly Visits Dubai Royal Family
Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy, and proudly wearing his Augusta National members green jacket visited the Dubai Royal Family and reminded us all it has been in Dubai where he’s enjoyed some of most memorable golfing moments.
Among those was the first of now 45 pro career victories dating all the way back to February 2009 while it will be later this week in Dubai where McIlroy will no doubt be handed the gleaming DP World Tour Race to Dubai victory trophy for a seventh occasion.
And the image ...
Aaron Rai’s Turns His Up-Coming Honeymoon Into Million Euro Celebration
Aaron Rai can now turn next fortnight’s overdue honeymoon into a 1.3m Euro celebration.
That’s how much Rai collected after his stunning play-off victory at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in the UAE capital.
For a second time in their careers Rai and fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood found themselves in a play-off for a major DP World Tour title and for a second occasion Rai defeated Fleetwood for the first prize purse, five years after denying Fleetwood for another major bank sponsored ...
Syme Breaths Sign Of Relief As All Five Scots Safely Heading North To Dubai Season Final
Connor Syme could breath a wee sigh of relief after securing the penultimate last place into this coming week’s top-50 Race to Dubai (R2D) season final in Dubai.
The reigning KLM Open champion looked like he could be flying home after a horror opening two hole start to the final round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Syme was three-over after two holes and managed to regroup thanks to four birdies over his next 10 holes. There was more anxiety for the Fifer when he dropped a shot at ...
McIlroy Goes From 200 MPH Lap Circuit To A 200 Plus Event Career Low At Yas Links
After admitting he was ‘going to have the living daylights scared of me’ in travelling at near 200 mph at the famed Yas Marina race circuit, Rory McIlroy crossed the road to the Yas Links course where in a slower sport he set a new DP World Tour career course record low.
McIlroy again went close to a DP World Tour chequered flag when on the final day of the tournament he sensationally set a new DP World Tour career low in his 263rd event thanks to a 10-under-par 62 to eventually share ...
