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Double Desert Classic winning Rory McIlroy quickly displayed his fondness for the host course posting a bogey-free seven-under par 65 on day one of the event in Dubai. McIlroy, who claimed a maiden Tour title in 2009 at Dubai and then won a second in 2015, needed just 25 putts to be among five players at seven-under par. Welshman Jamie Donaldson grabbed an eagle, nine birdies and just the one bogey in his 10-under par effort of 62. Donaldson, who took just 21 putts, was a shot clear of the English ...

Masters champion, Sergio Garcia has long mended ‘bridges’ with Tiger Woods so much so the Spaniard has complimented Woods ahead of the 14-time Major Champion teeing-up in this week’s Farmers Insurance Open. Garcia is in the UAE to defend his Omega Dubai Desert Classic title and arrived into Dubai in the best possible form have stormed his way to success in Sunday’s conclusion to the Asian Tour’s Singapore Open. Garcia’s win on the Emirates Club course eventually ...

Torrey Pines, California … Shane Lowry is ready to kick-start his New Year surfing a victory wave at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. The sometimes-surfer but very much full-time golfer has chosen to make Tiger Woods return to the PGA Tour also his start to the New Year on the clifftop course overlooking the great expanse of the western shores of the Pacific Ocean. The 30-year old Lowry joins fellow Irish Padraig Harrington and West Waterford’s in-form Seamus Power in ...

Torrey Pines , California … Tiger Woods admits his expectations are tempered in returning to full-time competition at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Woods has won the event seven times while the course laidout on the clifftops over the Pacific Ocean was the venue also for his last Major triumph, winning the 2008 U.S. Open and virtually on one leg. But since having fusion surgery on his long-time injured back, along with a successful return at last month’s Hero World ...

Rory McIlroy was singing the praise of 18-year old Dubai-based amateur sensation, Rayham Thomas after the duo played a practice round ahead of this week’s Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Thomas, who recently turned 18, has been affored a sponsors invitation to contest this week’s 30th anniversary of the Classic. Indeed, Thomas is some 35-years younger than two fellow invitees in Miguel Angel Jimenez and Colin Montgomerie who are past winners of the event. McIlroy and Thomas met-up to play ...

Tiger Woods admits he’s had enough of ‘beating golf balls’ and is ready to resume his place on the PGA Tour at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in California. Woods was at the Torrey Pines course early Tuesday (local time) sporting a pullover but he peeled that off ahead of hitting a drive down the 10th hole of the North Course and one of two host courses for this week’s $US 6.9m event. Joining Woods was Aussie Jason Day and American Bryson DeChambeau. After playing nine ...

Torrey Pines, California … Six-time Major winning Lee Trevino declared he ‘Prays to God’ and ‘Hopes like Hell’ Tiger Woods makes a successful return to competition at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open near San Diego in California. It has been 12 months since Woods last competed on the PGA Tour and that was at the same event in 2017 and with Woods clearly not fully-fit in easily missing the halfway cut at the Torrey Pines course and where he has won seven  times in his career ...