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Tony Johnstone is one who is always very jovial and known to be blunt and to the point. Little wonder when asked what the International Team’s reaction might be later this week if their USA rivals continued the protests in US sport by kneeling for the American national anthem ahead of the start of the 2017 Presidents Cup. “It’s got absolutely bugger all to do with us”, said Johnstone. “And I don’t think we’re in a position really to talk about it,” Johnstone said, adding ...

Race to Dubai front-running Tommy Fleetwood and popular Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston have been forced out of this week’s British Masters. Fleetwood, 26 advised the European Tour he has elected to stay with his partner and manager, Clare who is soon to give birth to the couple’s child. “I wanted to give myself every chance of playing this week, but being there at the birth of your child is a special moment in anyone’s life and I would not want to miss it,” said Fleetwood. “Lee Westwood ...

Springbok rising star, Kyle Barker took Route 66 to open-up a two-shot leading cushion on day one of the MENA Tour’s Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open on Monday. Barker, 19 grabbed five birdies, including three in a row from the first, to turn in 31 before off-setting his lone bogey on the 10th with further birdies on the 13th and 16th as fading light forced play to be suspended leaving 12 players still to complete their round on the Kyle Phillips designed cousre in the UAE capital. Former Open Champion, ...

Atlanta, GA … Unheralded rookie Xander Schauffele won the $3.5m Tour Championship first prize but it was ‘Player of the Year’ elect Justin Thomas who brilliantly collected the $10m FedEx Cup victory package in Atlanta. Schauffele, 23 in just his 30th event on Tour captured a second Tour title this year with a dramatic three-foot birdie at the last in a 68 for a one-stroke 12-under winning tally on the East Lake course. “This year has just been a wild ride as I somehow managed ...

Atlanta, GA …. A decade on and Rory McIlroy faces a completely different spotlight than the one a curly-haired, freckle-faced 18-year old faced in making his pro debut at the 2007 British Masters. It came as no surprise to those present 10-years ago seeing McIlroy arrive on that warm Spring Tuesday afternoon and face a Belfry press room jam-packed of journalists and TV cameras in announcing he was turning professional. Two weeks earlier, McIlroy competed for the last time as an amateur in ...

Former Open Champion, Darren Clarke will make his second MENA Tour appearance in three starts, when he tees-up in the Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open at Yas Links on Monday. Clarke, and patron to the Tour, teed-up a fortnight ago in the Dubai Creek Open shooting scores of 68 and 69 ahead of a disappointing third and last round 74. Two years earlier, Clarke made his MENA Tour debut at the 2015 Ras Al Khaimah Classic where he finished in a tie for second. Now the popular Ulsterman has returned to the ...

Rookie professional Connor Syme is celebrating in securing a first pay cheque in the play-for-pay ranks with a superb closing bogey-free 67 for a share of 13th place on 12-under par in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. The Drumoig-based Scot, and brilliant winner earlier this year of the Battle Trophy at Crail Golfing Society, capped his round with four birdies from the 12th to 17th holes but, and in the final wash-up, was left ruing 11 opening pars to fall one stroke shy of qualifying among the ...