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Aaron Rai not only brilliantly denied fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood a repeat DP World Tour victory but also superbly held off Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy a first tournament win in the UAE capital with a birdie at the first extra hole to claim success in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Rai and Fleetwood ended regulation play having pared the par-5 18th with Rai posting a closing 67 and Fleetwood a 66 to send the event into a play-off on the host Yas Links course. The 30-year-old Rai, and ...

Grand Slam winning Rory McIlroy superbly took to the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship overtaking lane in a move to be now assured the keys later next week to a seventh Race to Dubai title. After two days in the slow lanes of the Yas Links course, there was no holding McIlroy back on day three grabbing seven birdies, including four in his opening seven holes on route to an eventual six-under par 66 and now be heading to the final round at 14-under and a share of 12th place. England’s Aaron Rai continues ...

Despite declaring it was a ‘mental, mental’ day Scotland’s Connor Syme was all smiles and delighted to be in sizzling form thanks to an 11 birdie haul on day three of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Syme burst into the then clubhouse lead thanks to his round of 63 for a 14-under tally moments before being joined by Tyrrell Hatton who posted a 64 for his similar three-round tally in the UAE capital. The Scot eventually ended ‘Moving Day’ sharing 12th place and with England’s ...

In a jam-packed leaderboard there is 23 players within six shots of the lead heading to the final two rounds of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links. The England duo of Aaron Rai and Tommy Fleetwood lead the way on 14-under with Rai, and again wearing a black glove on each hand, brilliantly igniting his round of 64 holing his 214-yard second shot shot for an alratross ‘2’ at the par-5 second hole and then adding five birdies in a mistake-free display. “I think we had about ...

Grand Slam winning major Rory McIlroy has glowingly endorsed the MENA Golf Tour’s role in building pathways from the region to the game’s biggest stages. “I think any region in the world that provides pathways for players to play and gets bigger stages, I think is a really good thing,” said McIlroy, who is contesting this weeks DP World Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links. The MENA Golf Tour relaunches later this month in Portugal with Q School at Troia Golf Course, (20–22 November) – entries ...

Shane Lowry superbly ignited hopes of banking a second Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship title in six years with a sit-up and take notice display on day one of the event he won six years ago. And for a second DP World Tour event in succession, Lowry feels right at ease having been drawn with good friend and fellow dual Ryder Cup winning colleague Tommy Fleetwood and with the Englishman helping to bring out the best in Lowry after both players posted eight-under first-rounds of 64 to be among five leading ...

It’s very much like father, like super-talented 16-year-old son. With the super-talented Charlie Woods now shares a first goling honour with his 15-time major winning father. Charlie was named today (Wednesday 5th November) as a first-team All-American by the American Junior Golf Association. Charlie Woods, a junior at The Benjamin School in South Florida, was among 12 boys named to the first team of the AJGA’s annual list. Miles Russell, the 17-year-old who was an alternate at the Walker ...