European Tour

Jamieson’s hot desert run continues

Jamieson’s hot desert run continues

Scotland's Scott Jamieson has made another fast start to share the lead after the opening round of the inaugural Ras Al Khaimah Championship. 4 Feb 2022
The Preview: Ras al Khaimah Championship presented by Phoenix Capital

The Preview: Ras al Khaimah Championship presented by Phoenix Capital

The big names have left town, but the DP World Tour’s Middle East swing continues this week with a new event (of sorts) on the calendar, the Ras al Khaimah Championship presented by Phoenix Capital. 1 Feb 2022
Rory comes unstuck for charging Hovland to reap the rewards

Rory comes unstuck for charging Hovland to reap the rewards

Viktor Hovland has produced a final-day charge to win the Dubai Desert Classic in a play-off after Rory McIlroy blew his chances on the last hole. 31 Jan 2022
Winner’s Bag: Viktor Hovland – Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic

Winner’s Bag: Viktor Hovland – Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic

Viktor Hovland claimed a third win in five starts on Sunday and his first Rolex Series title at the Dubai Desert Classic after defeating Richard Bland in a play-off following a birdie-eagle-birdie finish in regulation. Here is what the Norwegian had in the bag. 31 Jan 2022
McIlroy eyeing Desert Classic treble

McIlroy eyeing Desert Classic treble

South African Justin Harding has retained his two-shot lead going into the last round of the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic but Rory McIlroy is looming in his wing mirror. 30 Jan 2022
Scott makes solid start in Dubai

Scott makes solid start in Dubai

Adam Scott's hopes of a strong finish to last week's Abu Dhabi Championship may have evaporated in the final round but the Australian has bounced back with a solid start to the Dubai Desert Classic. 28 Jan 2022
Change as good as a holiday for Scott

Change as good as a holiday for Scott

Adam Scott is embracing the campaign for a second Masters green jacket with fresh enthusiasm thanks to his reworked schedule after basing his family in Switzerland. 27 Jan 2022
The Preview: Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic

The Preview: Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic

The newly renamed DP World Tour returns to its European Tour roots this week with the 34th staging of the Dubai Desert Classic, the first of its now regular schedule of Middle East tournaments. 25 Jan 2022
Scott bid fades as Pieters wins in Abu Dhabi

Scott bid fades as Pieters wins in Abu Dhabi

Adam Scott's hopes of winning his first tournament in two years evaporated in the space of three frustrating holes before Thomas Pieters went on to lift the lucrative Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. 24 Jan 2022
Jamieson leads elite field in Abu Dhabi

Jamieson leads elite field in Abu Dhabi

Scottish player Scott Jamieson has taken the early lead in the star-studded Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship with a spectacular bogey-free nine-under-par opening round of 63. 21 Jan 2022
The Preview: Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

The Preview: Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

January means desert golf on both the world’s premiere men’s Tours and while the PGA Tour will be in California this week the DP World Tour heads to Abu Dhabi for what has become one of the stronger fields “Europe” sees all year. 19 Jan 2022
PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour strengthen strategic partnership

PGA Tour of Australasia and DP World Tour strengthen strategic partnership

The DP World Tour and ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia (PGATA) are delighted to jointly announce an extension of their Strategic Alliance through until 2026 and to announce that the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship will be returning to Brisbane’s Royal Queensland Golf Club as part of the DP World Tour in late 2022. 12 Jan 2022
Lowry: I'm not a politician

Lowry: I'm not a politician

Former Open champion Shane Lowry has said he has no qualms about playing next month in Saudi Arabia, which has come under international scrutiny for its human rights record, and that he is just trying to make a living. 12 Jan 2022
Clayton: Remembering everyone’s mate ‘Shears’

Clayton: Remembering everyone’s mate ‘Shears’

This week the Australian PGA begins at Royal Queensland, but it will do so with heavy hearts as everyone remembers Bob Shearer, the champion of 1983. ‘Shears’ died suddenly on Sunday, aged only one over the par at Royal Melbourne. 10 Jan 2022
PGA Tour players granted Saudi release

PGA Tour players granted Saudi release

The PGA Tour has granted releases to 30 players who have signed to compete at the Saudi International, but the waiver comes with conditions. 21 Dec 2021
No Open spot for Asian Tour confirms R&A

No Open spot for Asian Tour confirms R&A

A traditional exemption into The Open Championship with more than 20 years of history has been removed by the R&A. The Order of Merit winner of the Asian Tour no longer eligible for a spot in the game’s oldest major. 17 Dec 2021
Details of flight emerge in Olesen trial

Details of flight emerge in Olesen trial

Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen grabbed a woman's breast and urinated on a first class seat after taking alcohol and sleeping pills on a British Airways flight from the United States to London in 2019, a court heard on Monday. 7 Dec 2021
Closing birdie delivers Van Tonder South African Open

Closing birdie delivers Van Tonder South African Open

Daniel van Tonder has sunk a birdie putt on the last hole to win the South African Open as he held off a late charge from home compatriot Oliver Bekker. 6 Dec 2021
Winner’s Bag: Thirston Lawrence – Joburg Open

Winner’s Bag: Thirston Lawrence – Joburg Open

To allow European players the chance to return home after the emergence of a new COVID variant and due to weather, the Joburg Open was reduced to 36 holes. Here is what the first time DP World Tour winner, Thriston Lawrence, had in his bag. 28 Nov 2021
Lawrence claims COVID shortened Joburg Open

Lawrence claims COVID shortened Joburg Open

South African golfer Thriston Lawrence has won the Joburg Open after the third round was abandoned because of bad weather, leaving the result to be called after just 36 holes of the inaugural event on the newly-rebranded DP World Tour. 28 Nov 2021
Hidalgo leads opening DP World Tour event in South Africa

Hidalgo leads opening DP World Tour event in South Africa

The inaugural season of the new DP World Tour, formerly the European Tour and now under a lucrative new sponsorship deal, has begun with Spaniard Angel Hidalgo shooting a six-under 65 to lead the first round of the Joburg Open. 26 Nov 2021