The 33rd edition of the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic will feature three of the world’s current top-10 with Viktor Hovland confirmed to join already announced ...Continue Reading
Lowry, Hatton aiming for fast starts to 2022 at Saudi International
European Ryder Cup teammates Shane Lowry and Tyrrell Hatton are both targeting strong early-season showings at next month’s PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers.Continue Reading
Scott returns to Dubai Desert Classic after 20 year absence; Fleetwood also confirmed
The last time Adam Scott played the Dubai Desert Classic the Euro had just been introduced, 400,000 people in Congo were in the midst of being displaced following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo...Continue Reading
Great Scott! Aussie Adam confirmed for Yas Links’ DP World Tour debut
The patient wait for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship’s support cast is over with a gaggle of usual suspects – four former champions among them – set to join Collin Morikawa and Rory McIlroy at Yas Links.Continue Reading
Golf Saudi target schools in dual mission to grow game and raise awareness of Saudi International
Pioneering Saudi professional Othman Almulla appropriately had the honour as Golf Saudi launched a nationwide tour...Continue Reading
Casey chooses Asian Tour’s Singapore Open over Abu Dhabi for Dubai title-defence tune-up
Paul Casey will warm up for his defence of the Dubai Desert Classic at the US$1.25 million SMBC Singapore Open, opting for the Asian Tour over a shot at history in Abu Dhabi.Continue Reading
Wolff, Reed and Finau join Aussie trio as Saudi International field grows ever stronger
The field for the Asian Tour’s 2022 season opener is the gift that keeps on giving...Continue Reading
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For fans of professional golf, it doesn’t get much better than January in the UAE.Continue Reading
Golf Saudi duo appointed to top Arab Golf Federation roles
His Excellency Yasir Al-Rumayyan, who has spearheaded the meteoric growth of golf in Saudi Arabia...Continue Reading
Asian Tour and MENA Tour form strategic partnership with aim of full merger in 2023
The Asian Tour confirmed today they have entered a strategic partnership with the MENA Tour which will help facilitate the formation of one of the most comprehensive and innovative development tours in the modern game.Continue Reading
RAK Championship start up for grabs at 40th Arab Golf Championship
The 40th Men’s Arab Golf Championship starting in Egypt today suddenly enjoys added significance with the champion set to earn a start in one of the DP World Tour's newest events.Continue Reading
With ‘Seve’-Esque par from ‘dead’ lie, Josh Hill is the epitome of clutch and on his way back to the DP World Tour
Josh Hill has won the Abu Dhabi Amateur Championship in dramatic, last-gasp fashion to book a return to the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. needed a final-hole birdie to win the 2019 Abu Dhabi Amateur Championship by a stroke from his pal Arjun Gupta and subsequently become the youngest player to tee it up in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.Continue Reading
Amateur Faisal Salhab wins start alongside golf’s biggest stars at Saudi International
Faisal Salhab has taken the lessons from a pair of eye-opening Asian Tour starts in Thailand home and wasted no time in turning them into a dream start in February’s star-studded Saudi International.Continue Reading
Viktor Hovland backs fellow OSU Cowboy Rayhan Thomas to have ‘great year’ in 2022
Freshly-minted Hero World Challenge champion Viktor Hovland has given a glowing appraisal of Dubai-based amateur Rayhan Thomas.Continue Reading
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship’s switch to Yas Links free for fans
Entry to all three of the UAE’s Rolex Series events is now free.Continue Reading
After six near-misses, Thailand’s child prodigy finally claims his maiden Asian Tour win
Expectation, driven silently from within and overtly so from well-meaning external sources, is often the uncomfortable bedfellow of golf success at a young age.Continue Reading
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The power play for professional golf gets more intriguing by the day.Continue Reading
Eight (sometimes Middle East) reasons why Phuket, not the Bahamas, deserves your golf attention this week
If you’re not quite ready for the start of golf’s made-for-TV silly season, there’s a strong argument – and Middle East motives – to switch attention 14,000-odd km away to the $1 million Laguna Phuket Championship.Continue Reading
