He already has Dubai’s famous coffee pot and now Bryson DeChambeau is coming for Abu Dhabi’s fabled Falcon trophy. Continue Reading
Lowry goes wire-to-wire but not before wobbly final day in Abu Dhabi
They don’t give away €1.02 million easily in golf. Just ask Shane Lowry.Continue Reading
Richard shows he’s made of Sterne Stuff after Abu Dhabi heartache: “Life carries on”
Richard Sterne hadn’t won a golf tournament since 2013 at the start of the week. He still hasn’t, but his close call at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship has him fizzing to tee it up again in Dubai next week.Continue Reading
Offaly Good: Lowry on target for wire-to-wire win in Abu Dhabi
Shane Lowry starts the final round with a three shot lead over Richard Sterne and a serious shot at winning wire-to-wire. Continue Reading
Poulter proving a Dream Weaver
Ian Poulter has, almost literally, sleepwalked his way to the cusp of a dream finish at the 14th Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.Continue Reading
Play it again Pablo
Demonstrative and streaky. Pablo Larrazábal is playing the archetypal Spaniard at the upgraded Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and it could very well snare him a second Falcon trophy in six years.Continue Reading
Koepka calm and carrying on
Brooks Koepka remained in a holding pattern on moving day but still believes he can make a late charge for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship’s $1.16 million winners cheque on Sunday.Continue Reading
Lowry overcomes “pretty horrendous” start to maintain lead in Abu Dhabi
On a day when the $7 million Rolex Series event very nearly lost its defending champion Tommy Fleetwood, witnessed American drawcard Dustin Johnson wielding a freezing cold putter and the “Iceman” Henrik Stenson melt in a rare missed cut, Lowry kept his cool - and the lead. Continue Reading
Smooth-Lee does it
A “stress-free” 68 on Thursday has seen the Tour’s career money leader negotiate 36 holes of The National course with a solitary bogey to be two shots adrift of halfway leader Shane Lowry.
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Poulter’s Falcon bid takes flight despite jetlag
Watch out if Ian Poulter managed a good nights kip leading into the third round of the 14th Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Continue Reading
Birdies and waffles as Dubai-based qualifier Foos makes the weekend in Abu Dhabi
How does a fledgling tour pro celebrate making just his sixth European Tour cut in 21 attempts? If you’re Dominic Foos, it’s with a tasty waffle from a food truck behind the range at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Continue Reading
Top of the Morning as Lowry sets sizzling pace with National course record
To quote Shane Lowry, golf is a “funny game, isn’t it”. Sometimes it’s even downright “weird”. Continue Reading
Who needs a putter? Not Pablo Larrazábal (for two holes anyway)
With Shane Lowry rattling off 10 birdies in an historic 62, you’d have thought it difficult to muscle in on the highlights reel on the opening day in Abu Dhabi. No one told Pablo.Continue Reading
Westwood, with an opening 66, finds his lady luck
Lee Westwood confesses to putting on a few extra pounds over Christmas but with a four-year title drought emotionally consigned to history in South Africa in November, he’s playing like a man with a weight lifted.Continue Reading
Brooks goes 10 better
When Brooks Koepka last played the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship he opened with a five over 77 and exited The National the very next afternoon having missed the cut by seven strokes.Continue Reading
Back in the Kaymer Zone
Martin Kaymer knows better than most how to negotiate The National as his opening 66 at the 14th Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship amply illustrated. Continue Reading
New year, new irons. Same old Tommy Fleetwood in Abu Dhabi?
Tommy Fleetwood will need to tame Tiger’s new prototype irons if he is to snare a third Falcon trophy.Continue Reading
A sticky conundrum on The National
To putt with the flag in or not to putt with the flag in, that is the question. If you’re looking for the answer at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA, know that the stars don’t align on golf’s stickiest new rule.Continue Reading
