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Last man in Oliver Wilson is on target to finish on top and end a more than four years winless drought with hopeful victory in the Qatar Masters. Wilson, 38 birdied two of his closing four holes in a round of 69 for a one-shot lead at 10-under par on the windswept Doha course. Golf’s ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ has superbly gone from securing the last place into the Qatar event and now looking to win for only the second time in 304 main Tour events since the Englishman made his debut in 2004. Wilson had ...

Richie Ramsay boosted hopes of ending a four-year winless drought with a hopeful fourth Tour victory to be trailing just two shots from the lead heading to the weekend rounds at the Qatar Masters. Ramsay, 35 delighted in bouncing back from a penultimate hole bogey to birdie the last in a two-under par 70 and move to six-under on the windswept Doha Golf Club course in the Qatar capital. The trio of Frenchman Michael Lorenzo-Vera (68) along with the South African pair of Justin Harding (68) and George ...

Defending champ Rory McIlroy spoiled a brilliant closing nine fireworks display with too many bogey fizzlers on day two at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. McIlroy was one-over at the turn before lightning-up the Bay Hill leader-board thanks to a 15th hole eagle along with three birdies but in a sad two-under par 70 and a similar 36-hole tally. The World No. 6 headed to lunch trailing seven shots behind victorious Ryder Cup team-mate, Tommy Fleetwood who produced a 66 to grab the early clubhouse ...

Rory McIlroy was all class in his special Arnold Palmer attire tribute but it was straight to the Bay Hill practice range after a no-frills 72 on the opening day in the defence of his Arnold Palmer Invitational title. Purposely dressed in a familiar Arnold Palmer attire of dark blue shirt and thorn-coloured pants failed to inspire McIlroy who restored a little gloss to an otherwise dull display when he birdied two of his three closing holes. The World No. 6s frustration was clearly mirrored when ...

Graeme McDowell spoke confidently to www.golfbytourmiss.com  in teeing-up in last month’s AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am there was still many roads he could take that could lead to him qualifying automatically for July’s Open Championship at his beloved Royal Portrush. Though bizarrely at the start of this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational the Portrush native was unaware one of those roads was at the golf course closest to his now palatial Lake Nona abode in suburban Orlando. It wasn’t ...

Graeme McDowell singled out playing partner Shane Lowry for praise after the Irish duo superbly dovetailed on the opening day of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in suburban Orlando. McDowell capped his round in holing a 16-footer for eagle on 16 in a round of a four-under par 68 while Lowry, and with three birdies in a row near the turn, signed for a 70. McDowell headed to the clubhouse in third place and three shots behind Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello who carded a five-under 67 in the Euro 8.47m ...

Richie Ramsay kept the Scottish ‘feel good’ factor alive in Qatar with a 68 to be one shot off the lead heading to day two of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha. Ramsay got his round off to a flyer in the windy conditions by eagling the first and the birding the second and while the triple Tour winner bogeyed his third he sprinted to the top with birdies at his seventh, ninth and 10th holes. It was a case of batten down the Qatar hatches for the next four holes with Ramsay taking pars ...