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Shane Lowry joined Padraig Harrington watching TV coverage of the Liverpool and Arsenal 1-all draw and then headed to his Regnum Caya hotel bed promising a 64 on the final day of the Turkish Airlines Open. Hours earlier, Lowry produced his best score of the Rolex Series event in sighing for a four-under par 67 that handed him an eight-under par tally on the stunning Bellek course. China’s Haotong Li is set to create further European Tour history after seizing a three-shot lead heading to the final ...

Russell Knox’s patience was tested when the Scot doubled the last on day three of the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek. Knox found himself pushed back well into economy class and dropping from a business-like bogey-free top-10 before finding water with his last drive in a round of 69 to be just inside the top-20 at eight-under par. China’s Haotong Li is set to create further European Tour history after seizing a three-shot lead heading to the final round of the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek. Li, ...

Scotland’s golfing stocks have received a huge boost with four players – Grant Forrest,  Liam Johnston, Robert MacIntyre and David Law – earning full 2019 European Tour membership. The Tartan foursome finished among the leading 15 on the overall season money list after four rounds at the secondary Challenge Tour Ras Al Khaimah Grand Final on the Al Hamra course in the UAE. It will also be the first time all four have held a full European Tour card. Forrest, 25 birdied four of his closing ...

China’s Haotong Li is set to create European Tour history after seizing a three-shot lead heading to the final round of the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek. Li, 23 brilliantly holed his second shot for eagle at the 10th hole and managed six birdies in a blistering eight-under par 63 to move to 17-under on the Regnum Caya course. England’s and defending champion, Justin Rose (69) and Frenchman Alex Levy (66) share second place on 14-under par. Li commenced his round sharing fifth place and trailing ...

Regnum Caya, Belek, Turkey …. The European Tour has reassured the 2022 Ryder Cup will be staged in Rome and with discussions already well in place to possibly hold the opening ceremony in the Colosseum. There has been some doubt since late 2015 when Rome was awarded the Ryder Cup that the staging of the biennial event could be undermined by Italian economic turmoil and also in the absence of a start to renovation work on the host Marco Simone course north of Rome. So much so, the Adare Manor ...

The European Tour is well into discussion to hold the opening ceremony of the 2022 Ryder Cup in the Colosseum. Located just east of the Roman Forum, the massive stone amphitheater known as the Colosseum was commissioned around A.D. 70-72 by Emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty as a gift to the Roman people. In A.D. 80, Vespasian’s son Titus opened the Colosseum–officially known as the Flavian Amphitheater–with 100 days of games, including gladiatorial combats and wild animal fights. ...

European Tour CEO Keith Pelley confirmed Saturday there is three players in the mix for the 2020 European Ryder Cup captaincy vote. MORE TO FOLLOW