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Australia’s Scott Hend has added another feather in the cap by winning the Asian Tour Players’ Player of the Year award. Following a stellar 2016 campaign where he was crowned as the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit champion with earnings of US$1.004 million, the 43-year-old was recognised by his peers as the top performer on the region’s premier Tour through a voting process. Zimbabwean Scott Vincent was named Rookie of the Year after finishing 28th on the final Order of Merit with US$136,812, ...

‘Changeableness’ is the word Graeme McDowell believes he will not have to deal with heading into the 2017 season. Next year will be G Mac’s 15th year in the pro ranks 37-year old McDowell for the 14-times winning Northern Irishman. However McDowell is recharging the batteries over the Christmas break not having toasted success in 2016.  Of course, he captured the OHL Mayakoba Classic during the PGA Tour’s 2015/16 season but that was some 13 months ago in November 2015. And ...

For a very first time in his long and distinguished career double Open Champion, Greg Norman will be teeing-up on the secondary Web.com Tour In fact, Norman will be hitting the opening tee shot of the 2017 Web.com Tour and a Tour he never once competed while a playing member of the PGA Tour. Norman designed in 2003 the Emerald Reef Course at Sandals Emerald Bay in Great Exuma and host for the January 8th starting  The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic. The Great White Shark will also be on-site during ...

Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy has delighted a new centre for children with learning disabilities with a £500,000 donation to the charity Mencap. McIlroy made the donation on behalf of his own Rory Foundation that helped build the facility. The Mencap Centre was officially opened in March 2016 and serves as a model for Mencap’s early intervention services across the UK and Ireland At the heart of the Mencap Centre is the Mencap Children’s Centre, a nursery for 2-4-year-olds with a learning ...

The former European Ryder Cup Captain duo of Bernhard Langer and Nick Faldo have now added their weight suggesting changes to the qualifying process ahead of the 2018 showdown in France. New European Team captain Thomas Bjorn and European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley have hinted of changes to the qualifying process for the 12-man Le National course side. This comes after Rory McIlroy singled out the scenario of England’s Paul Casey, and who was not a member of the European Tour at the time, but ...

Tiger Woods has a second aspect of his equipment locked-in for 2017 and that’s the golf ball he will use. In fact, Bridgestone Golf announced today Woods has signed a multi-year agreement for exclusive use of its golf ball. It comes as no surprise given Woods has been using the Bridgestone Tour B330-S ball in competition at the recent Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. “Finding the right golf ball is extremely important,’ Woods, 40, said in a statement as his deal with Bridgestone ...

World No. 8 Patrick Reed and World No. 9 Alex Noren are the first players to announce they will be heading to Lake Karrinyup Country Club to compete in the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth. Reed and Noren will headline a superstar field to contest the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth from 16-19 February, when the European Tour and ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia come together to sanction the combined stroke play and match play tournament. Reed hinted late this year of his desire to contest the Australian ...