The MENA Tour’s new-look ‘Journey to Jordan’ is on summer break. Kent Gray talks to key players inside and outside the ropes for this mid-term report.Continue Reading
Meet the ‘‘Mini Mechanic’’
With 21 European Tour titles, two Ryder Cup wins and two majors among his seven Champions Tour victories, 55-year-old Miguel Ángel Jiménez casts quite the golfing shadow. Lest we forget the reigning Senior Open champion from St. Andrews also owns the unofficial title as the coolest cat in golf. By ...Continue Reading
Keyser’s Dubai Open triumph sets up thrilling spring swing finale in Bahrain
Mathiam Keyser’s impressive victory in the Dubai Open presented by Turkish Airlines has set up a thrilling finale to the MENA Tour’s ‘spring swing’ in Bahrain.Continue Reading
MG Keyser snatches back MENA Tour record with 61 at Dubai Hills, on cusp of third title
It clearly doesn’t pay to provoke Mathiam Keyser.Continue Reading
Parisian powers to five-shot Dubai Open lead after flirting with MENA Tour’s first ever 59
Antoine Schwartz flirted with the MENA Tour’s first ever 59 and had ample consolation even though he missed out on golf’s holy grail number on the opening day of the Troon Series – Dubai Open presented by Turkish Airlines.Continue Reading
Big-hitting Scotsman Craig Ross trending nicely as Dubai Hills makes MENA Tour bow
Don’t be surprised if Craig Ross is right in the thick of things down the stretch at this week’s MENA Tour stop. Continue Reading
After making the cut in Oman, Baldwin eyes quick European Tour return as MENA Tour heads to Dubai Hills
Matthew Baldwin’s week away from the MENA Tour couldn’t have gone much better.Continue Reading
Marsh clinches maiden MENA Tour title as circuit rolls on to Dubai Hills
The touring life stands still for no man, not even champions as much as Nick Marsh probably wishes he could put his entire professional career on repeat at Ghala Golf Club in Oman.Continue Reading
Marsh chases quick Challenge Tour return while all amateur eyes on Dubai teen Hill as Ghala Open goes to the wire
Nick Marsh will be hoping for a quick, albeit it potentially temporary, return to the European Challenge Tour when he takes a two-stroke lead into the final round of the $75,000 Ghala Golf Club Open on Wednesday.Continue Reading
European Tour veteran Bland savours his new rookie status at age 46, co-leads latest MENA Tour stop in Oman
The Englishman marked his MENA Tour by Arena debut with a six-under 66 Monday to earn a share of the first round lead at the Ghala Golf Club Open alongside compatriots Max Smith and Nick Marsh, the latter in just his second our start.Continue Reading
Beware Aaron Leitmannstetter at this week’s MENA Tour stop in Oman?
Google the adage that cautions “beware the injured golfer” and you are confronted with 196,000 results in an astonishing 0.33 seconds. Aaron Leitmannstetter has 13,500 reasons and more than two months of feeling poorly to hope there is something to the timeworn fable this week.Continue Reading
Gaunt’s Al Zorah Open victory is an inspiration to any golfer struggling with their game
Daniel Gaunt might have come close to abandoning his pro golf dream 18 months ago but he clearly never lost the will to win down the stretch.Continue Reading
Daniel throws down the Gaunt-let for shot at pro golf redemption in Ajman
Daniel Gaunt was so disheartened with his golf game and the financial toll it was taking on his family 18 months ago that he decided to down sticks and go to work on the tools at his home club in England.Continue Reading
Thomas one back of lead pack of five heading into moving day at Al Zorah Open
Two pesky three putts haven’t stopped Dubai-domiciled amateur Rayhan Thomas from making a decent start to his bid for a third professional title at the Troon Series-Al Zorah Open.Continue Reading
Thomas begins farewell MENA Tour campaign among the favourites for this week’s Al Zorah Open
Rayhan Thomas is determined to turn his recent Desert Swing frustrations into a fitting MENA Tour farewell.Continue Reading
Down on his luck, Swede Sturehed returns to happy Ajman hunting ground looking for MENA Tour boost
After a heartbreaking end to last season and a sickly start to this one, sometimes European Tour professional Henric Sturehed is due a bit of luck. Don’t be surprised if it arrives in Ajman this week.Continue Reading
Baldwin cruises to record victory to open MENA Tour’s Journey to Jordan in style
How do you ease the heartache of losing your European Tour card while simultaneously breaking your freefall from golf’s big time? Matthew Baldwin seems to have cracked the code.Continue Reading
Law’s European Tour breakthrough proudly reverberates 13,600km away at the MENA Tour’s season opener in Jordan
Sunday was a day of proud reflection for MENA Tour officials when a former winner on tour, David Law, secured his European Tour breakthrough at the Vic Open on the outskirts of Melbourne.Continue Reading
