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Rory McIlroy brought the curtain down on his first winless season in nine years vowing to return from a near three-month golfing sabbatical again a major force in world golf. McIlroy ended a frustrating and disappointing year near the furthest most point of the Old Course at St. Andrew with a round of 72 for a disappointing four-under par tally  and a distant share of 63rd place in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. It is the first occasion since 2009 that McIlroy has contested a season without ...

British Masters champion Paul Dunne is not give up hopes of a second Tour success heading to the final round  of the Alfred Dunhill Links in Scotland. The Greystone’s golfer managed to save par after an errant drive left down his final hole at Kingsbarns Links in a round of 70 to move to third place on 11-under par. Dunne’s effort was not as good as the 64 he posted on debut at Kingsbarns two years ago but in contrast he is on the verge of another big jump in not only the World Rankings ...

England’s Jamie Elson won the inaugural Ayla Golf Championship in a tense playoff on Saturday, holing a four-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole to beat fellow Englishman Luke Joy in an exciting finish to the first professional golf event in the country. Elson, the current MENA Tour Order of Merit leader, eagled the final hole in regulation en route to a closing 68 to set the clubhouse target of a seven-under-par 212 that Joy matched with a 72, birdieing the last after producing a stunning ...

Rory McIlroy clearly cannot wait for his frustrating and first winless season in nine years to end. And, in what will be a sad reflection of his year, McIlroy will putt-out in his final event of the year at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship not on the 18th hole of the Old Course where he brilliantly earned his Tour in the same event a decade ago. No, McIlroy, and due to only just making the third day cut-off right on the four-under par mark, will end a forgettable 2017 on the ninth hole of the ...

Defending champion Tyrrell Hatton will take a commanding five-shot lead into the final day of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship as Rory McIlroy’s frustration continues unchecked heading to his last round of the year in Scotland. Hatton, who turns 26 on October 14, was in brilliant form not dropping a shot in seven-under par 65 on the Kingsbarns Links course and one of three host venues in the $US 5m event. The Englishman returns to the Old Course at St. Andrews at an impressive 18-under par ...

International Team vice-captain Tony Johnstone has now joined a chorus hitting out at the ‘yobbish’ behaviour of U.S. fans and also the unsportmanslike words and manners of U.S. players Daniel Berger and Phil Mickelson during last week’s Presidents Cup. Johnstone remarks spring from Aussie-born Marc Leishman’s wife, Audrey who bravely spoke out at the actions of dozens of the clearly beer-fuelled Liberty National spectators. However, Johnstone has gone further calling for ...

Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat continues a resurgence in form posting a six-under par 66 for a share of six place and only three shots off the lead at eight-under heading to ‘moving day’ at the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. The very affable Aphibarnrat, who was 2013 Asian Tour No. 1, capped his round with five birdies in a mid-round six-hole stretch at St. Andrews, as he seeks not only a fourth European Tour title but a victory that would see him become the first Asian-born ...