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Pebble Beach, California … Rory McIlroy will surprise many with a decision not to contest the Honda Classic starting later this month in Florida. The new World No. 9 ranked McIlroy, and a former Honda Classic champion and also event runner-up, has revealed his schedule up to and including the Masters in April and it does not include teeing-up at the Tour stop closest to his palatial Bears Club abode in clisebyJupiter. Another casualty of his new-look 2019 schedule is McIlroy’s decision to ...

World No. 3 Dustin Johnson created a career double first in capturing the inaugural Saudi International. ‘DJ’ birdied his closing two holes in a final round 69 to win by two shots with a 19-under par tally on the host Royal Greens course laid out along the Red Sea. China’s in-form Li Haotong was runner-up in producing a fighting final round 67 to finish the week on 17 under par. Not only has Johnson etched his name into golf’s history books becoming the first to win in ...

Sergio Garcia has avoided any suspension and/or fine with European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley declaring the matter ‘to be over’ after the Spaniard’s sensational disqualification from the Saudi International. Garcia, and an honorary Life Member of the Tour, was thrown out of the event on Saturday after reigning Masters champion, Patrick Reed and a number of other players complained that Garcia had damaged some five greens. Pelley first issued a statement indicating the 39-year old Garcia had been ...

Sergio Garcia is staring at yet another European Tour career fine and the possibility now of a first competition ban after being thrown out of the Saudi International. Nearly two years after being afforded the honour of Life Membership in capturing the Masters and Garcia was unceremoniously ‘red-carded’ out of the historic first Saudi Arabia by European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley. It was reigning Masters champion, Patrick Reed along with a number of Garcia’s fellow Saudi competitors who came forward ...

World No. 1 Justin Rose will tee-up in this week’s inaugural Saudi International looking to continue a ‘dream start’ to his new season. Rose, 38 arrived in the oil-rich nation after capturing last week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. The win was Rose’s 24th success worldwide and also a 10th on the PGA Tour along with just a second win of his career in the month the month of January but of more surprise, it was just his second tournament using Honma clubs ...

The Irish duo of Paul McGinley and Graeme McDowell have been drawn into the rules controversy that has erupted following an incident on the final green of last Sunday’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic. China’s and defending champion, Haotong Li was slapped with two-stroke penalty after it was deemed his caddy to have helped in lining-up his birdie putt. A European Tour rules official advised the actions were illegal and with the bogey that Li had to place on his card, and this after he had ...

A very special 96th birthday to golf’s oldest-living Major Champion – Jackie Burke Jnr and a person I had the great pleasure of meeting and sitting in his office at his beloved Champions GC in Houston, Texas in March of last year (2018). Burke Jnr was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1923. Thirty-three years later n 1956 he wrote his name into the golfing history books in capturing the 1956 Masters and also that same year, the PGA Championship at the Blue Hill CC in Canton, Massachusetts. In ...