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Antalya, Turkey …. Stephen Gallacher has a book by the late John Jacobs book  to thank for a hopeful change in his European Tour fortunes. Gallacher shot a two-under par 69 on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open and revealed he has been reading a book by Jacobs presented to him by his uncle, Bernard Gallacher. “I’ve got a lot of books, but I am dangerous when I read books. That’s why I stick to fiction rather than golf tuition. “The reason Bernard sent me this one was at John Jacobs’ ...

Antalya, Turkey …. Padraig Harrington went from flying with buget airline Easy Jet to moving straight into business class on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open at the Regnun Carya resort in Antalya. Harrington’s six-under par 65 was a stroke better than a par of 66s earlier this year on the PGA Tour and a best in Europe since a 63 on route to victory in last year’s Portugal Masters. If left the Dubliner just a stroke behing the leading trio of Dutchman Joost Luiten, Belgium’s big-hitting ...

Antalya, Turkey … Not for a first occasion this season in-form David Drysdale finds himself the leading Scot and after a three-under par 68 on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open at Antalya. Drysdale was struggling with tiredness early on in his round to be two-over par through six holes but regrouped with five birdies from his eighth to 16th hole in glorous conditions on the Regnum Carya course. It left the Scot trailing four shots adrift of the leading trio of Dutchman Joost Luiten, Belgium’s ...

Antalya, Turkey … Belguim’s Nicolas Colsaerts took full advantage of a new Callaway driver in shooting a seven-under par 64 and share the lead on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya. Colsaerts was the very first to tee-off in the $US 7m event and capped his round with a 12th hole eagle along with six birdies and a lone bogey in ideal scoring conditions on the Regnum Carya Golf and Spa Resort course. The only real worry for Colsaerts was arriving at the scorer’s hut to find ...

Antalya, Turkey … European Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn is adamant he will not afford Paul Casey any favour despite encouranging the Englishman to region the European Tour. Casey last contested a Ryder Cup in 2008 but was over-looked as a ‘wildcard’ pick in 2010 by Captain Colin Montgomerie in favour of Padraig Harrington despite Casey being ranked higher in the world than the Irishman. Since then, Casey has made himself unavaible for selection by not rejoining the European Tour and ...

Antalya, Turkey … Paul Dunne faces a grinding five event schedule on three different continents before finally bringing down the curtain on his stunning season. The reigning British Masters is contesting this week’s Turkish Airlines in Antalya before signing off on November 26th in far off Hong Kong. Dunne began the biggest golfing trek journeying from Dublin to Shanghai and then last Sunday onto to Turkey.  He will head then to Sun City in South Africa for the Nedbank Challenge before ...

Antalya, Turkey …. Scotland’s Scott Jamieson will be looking to celebrate moving his young family Stateside by ending a four-year winless European Tour drought at this week’s Turkish Airlines Open. The Scot revealed he is taking his family of four to Ponte Vedre in Florida and just ‘down the road’ from Jacksonville where top-ranked Scot Russell Knox is based. Jamieson, who had gone to college in Florida, will from January 2018 contest the European Tour from his new Florida home ...