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Softly-Spoken Dunne Ready To Make Loud Noise In Abu Dhabi.

Softly-spoken Paul Dunne made plenty of noise with an eagle mid-round to put himself well into contention heading to the weekend rounds of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Dunne upstaged some of his more fancied opponents, including the reigning Masters, US Open and Open Champion’s, with a sizzling six under par 66 and more to a share of third place at 10-under par. Triple Abu Dhabi winning specialist, Martin Kaymer eagled his third hole and also grabbed six back nine birdies also in a 66 to lead ...

Laird Celebrating 10th Pro Season Soaring With Second Straight Eagle On 10th Hole.

La Quinta Resort, CA … Martin Laird continued to celebrate heading into his 10th pro career season by holing his second shot at the 10th hole for a second day running at the Career Builder Challenge at La Quita in California. Laird delighted in starting his second day by holing a 133-yard wedge second shot for eagle ‘2’ at the 10th hole of the Stadium Course in an eventual second straight 67 and move to 10-under par in the £STG 4.7m event. A day earlier, Laird holed out from 102-yards ...

Paul Casey Says He Needs To Consider His Future Ryder Cup ‘Options’.

La Quinta, CA … US-based Brit Paul Casey indicated he needs to consider his ‘options’ after wide-spread European Ryder Cup qualifying changes. Casey let his clubs do all the talking on day two of the PGA Tours Career Builder Challenge in posting a 69 to move to eight under par and six shots behind La Quinta clubhouse leader, American Hudson Swafford. Casey ended his round with rain starting to fall and a few hours shy of former US President, Barak Obama and his family touching down at the ...

Seamus Power Shows Off His Talent Shooting 67 As He Looks To Make Most Of Opportunities.

La Quinta Resort, CA …. Seamus Power set about making the most of his early season PGA Tour appearances with a five under par 67 on day one of the Career Builder Challenge at La Quinta in California. Power snatched seven birdies and with his only mishap a double bogey at his sixth hole on the Jack Nicklaus course and one of three venues hosting this week’s $US 5.8m event. It handed the Irishman of 11th place and just three shots behind little known American Dominic Bozzelli who signed for ...

Mickelson Starts New Season With ‘Definitive Goal’ To Compete In 2018 Ryder Cup.

La Quinta Resort, CA … Phil Mickelson returned to competition following a double hernia operation declaring his ‘definitive goal’ to qualify automatically for the 2018 USA Ryder Cup team. Mickelson kick-started his new season with a respectable four under par 68 on the opening day of the PGA Tour’s Career Builder Challenge being staged over three courses at the La Quinta resort some three hour’s drive to the east of Los Angeles. The five-time Major winner had been in doubt for the ...

Martin Laird Starts New Year Soaring After Holing 105-Yard Eagle Shot.

La Quinta Resort, CA … Martin Laird ended a two-month competition lay-off sensationally holing his second shot for an eagle ‘2’ on the opening day of the PGA Tour’s Career Builder Challenge at La Quinta in California. Laird was level par after two birdies and two bogeys through nine holes when standing over his second shot on the 10th fairway and 105-yard from the flag stick before choosing a sand wedge and then watched in delight as his ball took one bounce to disappear ...

Stenson Reveals Lack Of Sleep & Lack Of Practice Key To Abu Dhabi 64.

Henrik Stenson joked a lack of sleep and a lack of practice was the key storming his way to a two shot lead courtesy of an eight under par 64 on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The Swede kick-started the first event of his 16th full European Tour season looking to follow up on a brilliant 2016 that saw him named ‘AGW Golfer of the Year’ and on Monday also named ‘2016 Swedish Male Sports Star of the Year’. Stenson ended the round clear of 17 players, including ...