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Shane Lowry has the bit between his teeth determined to make this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship last post a winner. The $US8m event will be Lowry’s last on the European Tour before resettling his young family to Florida just prior to Christmas ahead of a Stateside-based New Year assault on the PGA Tour. Naturally, the Clara golfer wants to make the most of his opportunities and on the Jumeirah Estates Earth course where Lowry secured a best finish of fifth in 2014 behind ...

The choice of Jon Rahm as 2017  European Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’ has caused a storm on social media. Richard Bland, and always one never to take a back step, has led the criticism going onto Twitter to lambast the Tour and declaring fellow Englishman Jordan Smith was more entitled to the award. Bland said:  “Sorry @EuropeanTour you’ve made a mistake here! @Jsmithgolfshould be rookie of the year! Supported the tour week in week out & wins a big event!” Others have backed ...

Canberra’s Matthew Millar superbly kept alive a goal of ending a nine-year absence to re-join the European Tour by making the all-important four-round cut in the six round European Tour’s Qualifying School in Spain. Millar, 41 ended the round with a three-under par 68 for an eight-under tally to be sharing 15th and more importantly 10 places inside the leading 25 who, at the end of Thursday’s final round on Lumine Golf Club course at Tarragona, will secure full Tour membership. By making the ...

Scotland’s ultra-talented Connor Syme is just two rounds shy of securing his European Tour card after easily making the cut at the Tour’s Qualifying School in Spain. Syme, 22 added a rock-solid five-under par 67 to Monday’s sizzling third round 63 to move to a share of sixth place at 11-under par on the Lumine Golf Club course at Tarragona. In fact, Syme has not dropped a shot over his last two days. The former Australian Amateur and Battle Trophy (Crail Golfing Society) winner trails ...

Jon Rahm as predicted by www.golfbytourmiss.com has been honoured with the European Tour’s prestigious ‘Rookie of the Year’ award. The Spaniard was a clear choice for the award following his emphatic Portstewart success Rahm’s award follows in the footsteps of compatriot Sergio Garcia who, after winning the 1999 Irish Open, was also voted ‘Rookie of the Year’. The US-based Rahm becomes the first Spaniard to win the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award since Pablo Larrazábal in 2008, ...

Ian Poulter has set his sights on a Masters invitation after the good fortune of managing to secure the last place into this week’s DP Tour Championship in Dubai. Poulter was all set to return to his Orlando residence in Florida after sharing 19th place in Sunday’s conclusion to the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa. The effort saw the 41-year old jump one place to 62nd on the Race to Dubai rankings. The withdrawal, however, of Rory McIlroy (11th on the Race to Dubai) and Henrik Stenson (13th) ...

Patton Kizzire brilliantly denied his more-fancied rival Rickie Fowler in a 36-hole marathon and rain-plagued event to capture a maiden PGA  Tour title with victory in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. Kizzire, 31 closed with rounds of 66-67 for a one-shot 19-under par success over Fowler, who fell four shots behind at El Camaleon Golf Club until staging a late rally but only to fall short with scores of 67-67 on the final day. Kizzire won in his 62nd career start but it required some steady nerves ...