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Bradley Neil is hoping a night at the races with European Tour No. 2 Justin Rose is sufficient inspiration for the rookie Scottish pro. Neil is making his full European Tour debut at this week’s UBS Hong Kong Open and the 22-year old will bank a first cheque today (SUN) after brilliantly making the cut in the former Colonial outpost. The Blairgowrie golfer had holed a 25-footer for birdie at the 17th hole on Friday and then drained a 40-footer also for birdie at the last to make the cut by a shot. Neil, ...

Paul Dunne began his 25th birthday celebrations with a lowest score of his week in taking Route 66 on day three of the UBS Hong Kong Open. Dunne went into the third round of the co-sanctioned event only just making the halfway cut with a pair of 71s for a two-over par tally on the suburban Fanling course. He kick-started his third day with four straight pars before sandwiching a sixth hole birdie in between bogeys and five and seven. Then for a second occasion in three days he birdied the short ...

Paul Dunne is the envy of his golfing colleagues heading to play Augusta National and venue for the Masters. It is not that the Wicklow golfer wonder has automatically qualified to receive an inviation to compete next April at the Georgia golfing gem. No, Dunne’s University of Alabama-based coach, Eric Eshelman has a friend who is an Augusta member and has arranged for the reigning British Masters champion to play a social match at Augusta National. “My goal is still to improve my current ...

The MENA Tour’s inspirational leader Mohamed Juma Buamaim has been richly honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Asia Pacific Golf Summit for his immense contribution in spearheading the development of the game. The award was presented at the now annual ‘Oscars’ for golf, held at Da Nang in Vietnam at the weekend, recognised and celebrated the very best who unravelled “new directions for the game going forward.” “I am deeply honoured and humbled to accept this award ...

Paul Dunne’s official confirmation in being selected to represent Europe in the EurAsia Cup is clearly a first step towards eventual Ryder Cup selection. Dunne was among 10 ‘available’ players to qualify automatically for Thomas Bjorn’s team that will tackle an Asian Team commencing on January 12th at the Glenmarie Country Club course in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bjorn chose two ‘wildcard’ picks in Paul Casey and talented Frenchman Alex Levy. Joining Dunne as automatic ...

Paul Casey’s return to the Ryder Cup later next year has been given a huge lift after Thomas Bjorn chose the Englishman to contest January’s EurAsia Cup in Malaysia. It has been four years since Casey last player in a European Tour sanctioned side and that was as a member of the victorious GB & I Seve Trophy side. Casey last played in a Ryder Cup in Nick Faldo’s haplessly led 2008 European Team at Valhala, and after being a member of the victorious 2008 and 2008 sides. And now ...

Thomas Bjorn has announed January’s European Team to contest the EurAsia Cup with five former Ryder Cup stars and also seven players that he potentially could be taking to Paris later in 2018. Heading Bjorn’s team is 2016 Open winner Henrik Stenson and the big surprise being England’s Paul Casey who only announced he was rejoining the European Tour during the week of the WGC – HSBC Champions event in China. Also in Bjorn’s side is England’s Ross Fisher, who played ...