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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 ...

Marc Warren might consider offering a small ‘thank you’ of sorts to George Coetzee after the hapless South African gifted Warren second place in the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura. Coetzee was sharing second place with the Scot in the Victoria course clubhouse on 16-under par when he found water left off the tee at the final hole in taking a horror triple-bogey ‘7’ and tumble to a share of seventh. So, instead of sharing second Warren’s full second-place prize-money, and a cheque for ...

Atlanta, GA … Paul Casey is on target to celebrate the birth of his daughter with a whopping $Us 11.5m victory celebration at the Tour Championship in Atlanta. Casey brilliantly grabbed a sixth hole eagle and five birdies in a third round 65 and take a two-shot lead at 12-under in the final round on the East Lake course in Atlanta. The Americans Kevin Kisner (64) and Xander Schauffele (65) share second place on 10-under par while Justin Rose struggled with a 71 to be sharing ninth place on ...

Atlanta. GA … Jason Day was delighted to bouce back from dropping three shots in succession from his 12th hole to birdie two of his closing three holes in a round of 67 to stay well in sight of the leaders heading to the weekend rounds of the Tour Championship in Atlanta. Day ended his round sharing 11th place at four-under par and only three back of the leading trio of England’s Paul Casey (67) and the American pair of Justin Thomas (66), and with the reigning U.S. PGA winner eagling ...

Atlanta, GA .. Justin Rose shrugged off a left shoulder concern to muscle his way into contention on day two of the PGA Tour season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. Rose produced a superb up-and-down from a greenside bunker at the last in first playing a 100-foot wedge shot from the forward slope of the bunker and then was clearly pleased to see his 10-foot birdie putt drop in a round of a four-under par 66. Rose’s round, that included four other birdies and just one bogey, handed him ...

Scot Marc Warren has brilliantly boosted hopes of retaining his Tour card for next season by muscling his way to a share of second and into contention at the Portugal Masters. Warren produced a flawless display of five birdies and then capped his round with a 17th hole eagle in a sizzling seven-under par 64 in ideal scoring conditions of the Victoria course at Vilamoura. Warren, 36 heads to the weekend rounds sharing second place with Dane Lucas Bjerregaard (65) and with 29-year old Italian Nino ...