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Torrey Pines, California …. The former coach to Tiger Woods admits he will be keeping a keen eye from afar on Stephen Gallacher’s showing in this week’s 30th anniversary Dubai Desert Classic. The double Dubai winner is among six Scots, and including 1996 champion, Colin Montgomerie, teeing-up on the famed Emirates Course. Gallacher took the bold move prior to Christmas to travel from Scotland to Orlando and spent three days with renowend coach, Sean Foley. The Canadian-born Foley has worked ...

A week after Shane Lowry ended a five-year absence to win in Abu Dhabi and he’s looking to now achieve the same in this week’s 30th anniversary Dubai Desert Classic. Lowry had not teed-up in Abu Dhabi since 2014 and returned to brilliantly manage to hang on to become the first Irishman to win in the UAE capital. The Offlay golfer now tees-up in nearby Dubai also not having competed on the Emirates course in five years. “I haven’t played here in Dubai since 2014, and I’m actually ...

Torrey Pines, California ….. Forget about the fact Rory McIlroy over the past twelve months he’s been out in the final match in a final round on eight occasions – seven on the PGA Tour and also during the 2018 Dubai Desert Classic – and was unable to bring home a victory. McIlroy’s not one bit interested in such statistics. For McIlroy, it’s all about the journey and striving to keep himself in such positions and also to grasp every opportunity as it presents itself. It ...

Torrey Pines, California … Rory McIlroy was inititally lost for words when he was asked what his thoughts of the golf swing of 45-year old Ho-sung Choi, the player with the ‘Fisherman Swing’ Choi has played on the Korean Tour, OneAsia Tour.  He captured the 2013 Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship, co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour and the Japan Golf Tour, making him eligible for Japan Golf Tour membership. Since 2013 he has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. Last ...

Torrey Pines, California …. This week is a first for McIlroy, a first time he will contest the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. For Tiger Woods, it will be the opportunity to win a PGA Tour counting event for an amazing ninth occasion. And while McIlroy strives to secure a fifth Major as well as a 15th PGA Tour win and a 24th pro career success he spoke of Woods phenomenal of having won eight times on the Torrey Pines course that includes seven Farmers Insurance Open titles and the 2008 ...

Torrey Pines, California … Rory McIlroy tees-up for a first time in his career at the Farmers Insurance Open declaring give him time and he’ll figure out how to add to current four Majors victory haul. McIlroy has also returned to the Torrey Pines course also for a first occasion since he was a 10-year old when he attended the opening ceremony for the Junior World Championship but with the event itself taking place in nearby San Diego. The now World No. 8 recalls managing an ace on a ...

Tiger Woods returns to competition this week a last-up winner on the PGA Tour having replaced the trepidation and uncertainty of a year ago with an eagerness in capturing an eighth Farmers Insurance Open. Woods got his first look at the host Torrey Pines course in some twelve months when he played a nine-hole practice round in the company of Jordan Spieth. Spieth quizzed Woods during their round as to how long he had been visiting the stunning clifftop course overlooking the Pacific Ocean to the ...