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Tyrrell on top in Abu Dhabi as Falcon remains elusive for McIlroy

Tyrrell Hatton started the European Tour season like a man in a hurry, got angry along the way (kind of) and ended up cruising to one of the most impressive victories the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship has witnessed.

January 24, 2021

16th AD HSBC Championship

Abu Dhabi has itself a monster leaderboard for the final round of the European Tour 2021 opener

A leaderboard prominently featuring maybe three of the five top-20 players in the starting line-up would have been just about everyone’s dream scenario heading into the final round of the 16th Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

January 23, 2021

16th AD HSBC Championship

‘Angry golfer’ Tyrrell Hatton leads the way in Abu Dhabi

When the alarm clock wakes Tyrrell Hatton early on Saturday so he can put the finishing touches on his thus far brilliant second round at the 16th Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the anticipation will almost be palpable.

January 22, 2021

16th AD HSBC Championship

Rory McIlroy fires Abu Dhabi best 64 in ‘lovely’ start to the new year

Rory McIlroy complied one of those uniquely Rory rounds Thursday that makes golf look easy. We all know, McIlroy included...

January 21, 2021

16th AD HSBC Championship

After snaring two early eagles, Tyrrell Hatton is right in the hunt for the Falcon trophy

After a near three hour delay for fog, it didn’t take long for Tyrrell Hatton to get the new European Tour season off to a fast and spectacular start.

January 21, 2021

News & Tours

The rise and rise of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

Abu Dhabi’s stock in world golf continues to flourish.

January 21, 2021

16th Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

Rory McIlroy hopes to begin his 2021 season by accomplishing this career first

In 10 starts at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Rory McIlroy has eight top-five finishes, but no wins. Warren Little By John Huggan If Rory McIlroy subscribes to Albert Einstein’s presumably ...

January 20, 2021

Anniversaries

The (absurd) golf anniversaries we’ll be celebrating in 2021

Time passes, seasons change and things that once felt new are now alarmingly old in ways that whisper to you...

January 5, 2021

Crunching the Numbers

7 financial milestones that tour pros could potentially break in 2021

A new year brings the chance for tour pros to set new goals.

January 2, 2021

16th AD HSBC Championship The Gulf Club

Defending champion Westwood headlines quartet of former champions for Abu Dhabi

Freshly minted Race to Dubai champion and European Tour Player-of-the-Year Lee Westwood headlines a quartet of former champions confirmed for next month’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

December 26, 2020

Signing Season

TaylorMade’s Christmas card might just have revealed a big change on the equipment front

Rob Carr By E. Michael Johnson On Monday, TaylorMade announced it had signed Tommy Fleetwood to an already stacked tour staff that included Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day, ...

December 17, 2020

European Tour The Gulf Club

CONFIRMED: Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas to headline 2021 Desert Swing opener

Rory McIlroy is poised to make his first appearance at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship since 2018 but the mental scar-tissue of a quartet of near misses in the UAE capital won’t be the only hurdle to finally snaring the Falcon Trophy.

December 16, 2020

News

Report: Rory McIlroy to headline Abu Dhabi; DPWTC also identified as part of new ‘global’ tour

Rory McIlroy is poised to make his first appearance on the European Tour in more than a year at next month’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in the first sign of how the new European and PGA Tour cooperation will impact the global game.

December 15, 2020

Newsmakers 2020

The long, strange, surreal year in golf, summed up in 18 quotes

How do you recap a golf year unlike any other? In birdies? Bogeys? Trophies? COVID tests?

December 14, 2020

Voices

10 lessons we learned from the PGA Tour’s one-of-a-kind 2020 season

The PGA Tour ended, or should we say passed, its challenging 2020, the Mayakoba Golf Classic serving as the final event of this season unlike any other.

December 8, 2020