It is early to be sure, but initial signs would indicate that the European Tour’s new and more stringent pace-of-play policy is having its desired effect.Continue Reading
How Lee Westwood resuscitated a career that seemed to be over
A clean mind and a little motivation have the now 25-time European Tour winner thinking big in 2020 Continue Reading
Lee Westwood has a shot to mark his 25th season on tour with a 25th European Tour title
Former world No.1 Lee Westwood will take a one-stroke lead and a quarter of a century of winning experiences into the final round of the $7 million Rolex Series event.Continue Reading
Italian journeyman Francesco Laporta hangs tough in Abu Dhabi
With a chequered European Tour history, few gave 36-hole leader Francesco Laporta much chance of hanging onto the big names on moving day at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Continue Reading
Bernd’s back in business
With a bogey-free run at 38 holes and counting, Bernd Wiesberger is showing no hint of a hangover from his near run thing in last season’s Race to Dubai. A third Rolex Series title in six months would be an even sweeter remedy.Continue Reading
The cameraman who stood in a dangerous spot to film this Brooks Koepka punch shot deserves a raise
The man behind this camera absolutely deserves a raise. World No. 1 hitting the shot or not, that's still a dangerous place to stand. Continue Reading
Sergio Garcia is playing well and living up to his reputation for never a dull moment
As ever when the matter at hand happens to be the professional life and times of the ever-volatile Sergio Garcia, there is a lot going on.Continue Reading
Matthew Fitzpatrick, in contention in Abu Dhabi, is an early fan of the Euro Tour’s new pace-of-play policy
It depends who you talk to—or at least try to talk to—but the European Tour’s new pace-of-play initiative seems to be having an effect.Continue Reading
Unheralded Italian Francesco Laporta fires 63 for halfway lead in Abu Dhabi
Unheralded Italian Francesco Laporta leads the way but the door is ajar and plenty of big names are poised to burst through on moving day at the $7 million Rolex Series event.Continue Reading
Hill’s confidence unshaken after missed cut: ‘I feel like I can compete with these guys’
Josh Hill might have missed the cut in his bittersweet European Tour debut but there will be no weekend off for the teen.Continue Reading
Diamond in the rough as 75 sends Brooks Koepka tumbling down leaderboard
The way Brooks Koepka started off his second round on Friday like he left off the first one on Thursday, it looked like the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship might be a foregone conclusion.Continue Reading
Cabrera Bello, Fitzpatrick poised just one back heading into weekend in Abu Dhabi
Rafa Cabrera Bello gleefully accepted a couple of gifts from the golfing gods while Matthew Fitzpatrick was pleased to take lady luck out of the equation with his “disciplined” play.Continue Reading
Love-Li to make the weekend
With his broken English, transcribes from Haotong Li interviews promise two things: the answers will be short and sweet and, more often than not, leave you wanting more from one of the most interesting characters on the European Tour.Continue Reading
Martin Kaymer hasn’t won in five years but has set out to rectify that
No professional has a closer connection with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship than Martin Kaymer, both in terms of the level of success he has enjoyed and in the stunning failure he has endured.Continue Reading
After a 74, Dubai amateur Josh Hill still has weekend ambitions
Josh Hill opened his maiden European Tour round with a birdie and finished it in similarly spectacular style. All he’s got to do now is sort out the rough stuff in between.Continue Reading
With an opening 66, Brooks Koepka shows why he’s the world’s best
If Brooks Koepka’s peers were secretly hoping the world No.1 would slowly ease his way back into competitive golf and leave them to scrap it out for the Falcon trophy this week, well, they should have known better.Continue Reading
Paratore and Norris set pace but will sleep on an uncomfortable lead with Koepka lurking
Having summited the leaderboard early, Renato Paratore and Shaun Norris clearly have designs on staying put throughout the remainder of the 15th Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA. With the world No.1 lurking so ominously, that’ll be easier said than done, of course.Continue Reading
Sergio’s equipment shift reaps instant reward
New year, new clubs, same old Sergio Garcia. Continue Reading
