Meet Curtis Knipes, the MENA Tour’s latest amateur head-turner
The English amateur’s rookie MENA Tour campaign has him rethinking his pro plans
MID-TERM REPORT: The MENA Tour’s giant (mini-tour) strides
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.
Teen whizkid Josh Hill waltzes away with crazy 10th EGF title in his last 17 starts
Josh Hill won’t repeat as Emirates Golf Federation champion later this month – he’s been far too busy making waves in his rookie MENA Tour campaign for that – but has made a late-season statement anyway.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
