European Tour

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
Min Woo eyes U.S. after breakout year

Min Woo eyes U.S. after breakout year

Knowing even his ‘B’ game is good enough, Australian golf sensation Min Woo Lee has set his sights on the lucrative PGA Tour after taking Europe by storm. 26 Nov 2021
DP World Tour expands into Japan

DP World Tour expands into Japan

The DP World Tour has long outstripped its origins of its former European Tour moniker and to underline that it will host an event in Japan for the first time. 24 Nov 2021
So-called expert golf tips for this week

So-called expert golf tips for this week

As one season concludes on the now DP World Tour, another immediately begins, while the Asian Tour resumes this week after nearly two years. Fresh off nine top-10s and a win, our so-called experts have made their picks in South Africa and Thailand. 23 Nov 2021
The Preview: Joburg Open

The Preview: Joburg Open

There’s nothing resembling an off season for the newly named DP World Tour with last week’s grand finale in Dubai already all but a distant memory. 23 Nov 2021
‘He probably will win a major’: Minjee Lee

‘He probably will win a major’: Minjee Lee

She won't tell him as much but Minjee Lee has lauded her younger brother Min Woo as a major winner in waiting as the emerging talent hunts down a spot in the Masters. 22 Nov 2021
Winner’s Bag: Collin Morikawa – DP World Tour Championship

Winner’s Bag: Collin Morikawa – DP World Tour Championship

World No.2 Collin Morikawa took home both the DP World Tour Championship and Race to Dubai title back to the United States for the first time on Sunday. Here is what he had in the bag. 22 Nov 2021
Aussies on Tour: Minjee and Cam sign off in style

Aussies on Tour: Minjee and Cam sign off in style

Cameron Smith and Minjee Lee will rest easy over the off-season after the two Aussie No.1s signed off on their 2021 campaigns with top-5 finishes. 22 Nov 2021
Morikawa first American Euro Tour winner

Morikawa first American Euro Tour winner

Collin Morikawa has become the first American to win the Race to Dubai title, the honour accorded to topping the European Tour money list, after a late surge took him to victory in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. 22 Nov 2021
Scott smiling after hitting 'rock-bottom'

Scott smiling after hitting 'rock-bottom'

It is not often Adam Scott gets dejected but one of Australia's most optimistic sporting luminaries couldn't help reflecting on the day his golf game hit "rock-bottom" just four months ago. 19 Nov 2021
McIlroy shines, Morikawa in pole position for Dubai Race

McIlroy shines, Morikawa in pole position for Dubai Race

Min Woo Lee has made an underwhelming start in his long-shot bid to be crowned the top European Tour golfer of the year, but Rory McIlroy has scorched the Earth Course in the season-ending World Tour Championship in Dubai. 19 Nov 2021
Morikawa seeks big finish in Race to Dubai

Morikawa seeks big finish in Race to Dubai

Open champion Collin Morikawa is determined not to let another opportunity to become the first American to win the Race to Dubai slip through his fingers. 18 Nov 2021
Scott backs Lee to be new Aussie golf star

Scott backs Lee to be new Aussie golf star

Min Woo Lee is ready to set out on his quest to be crowned top golfer on the 2021 European Tour, backed by a huge vote of confidence in his "super talent" from his illustrious Australian colleague Adam Scott. 18 Nov 2021
Horschel: Earn big bucks rather than handouts

Horschel: Earn big bucks rather than handouts

Billy Horschel believes the world's top golfers should stop looking for "handouts" and be made to play better to earn the vast amounts of money on offer in the game. 17 Nov 2021