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January 22nd, 2026

Tyrrell Hatton was asked about using AI to improve his game and it went exactly how you’d expect

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January 20th, 2025

A day after smashing a tee marker, Tyrrell Hatton holds it together in Dubai to collect his eighth DP World Tour victory

The ever-volatile Englishman saved his composure for when it counted most.

January 18th, 2025

Akshay Bhatia mistakenly hits ball that was out-of-bounds, becomes latest victim of not reading local rules closely enough

The lefty contended it “didn’t say that on the sheet”, but then he was shown that, in fact, it did say that on the local rules sheet. Ouch.

January 17th, 2025

Watch Jon Rahm rip a 255-metre missile out of a fairway bunker at the Dubai Desert Classic

Hitting a fairway wood out of the sand is essentially hara-kiri for 90 percent of golfers.

January 16th, 2025

Viktor Hovland sums up 2024 frustrations: ‘S–t happens’

Hovland was asked if he regrets making any changes after his historic 2023, and while he did acknowledge second thoughts he also asserted too big a deal has been made of his alterations.

January 16th, 2025

‘I wouldn’t make that decision’: Rory McIlroy has some heartfelt advice for protégé contemplating LIV Golf move

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January 22nd, 2024

Rory McIlroy avenges last week’s loss, blitzes field on the weekend to cruise to fourth Dubai title

McIlroy now heads to the PGA Tour to ramp up his run to the Masters after having started his season with a runner-up finish last week and this Dubai Desert Classic victory, his fourth after winning in 2009, 2015 and 2023.

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January 31st, 2023

Patrick Reed’s latest rules saga just took its unlikeliest turn yet

It says something about McIlroy that he could compartmentalise his personal feelings towards Reed and yet speak up for him as well.

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January 31st, 2023

Brandel Chamblee breaking down the Patrick Reed rules situation like it’s the Zapruder film (literally) is must-see TV

The tree in question, Chamblee argued, was not the same tree that Reed took his drop for an unplayable lie.

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January 31st, 2023

Rory McIlroy uses ‘added incentive’ to hold off Patrick Reed (who else?) in dramatic Dubai finish

This was epic stuff, a truly titanic struggle between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed (who else?) for the spoils of the day, ownership of the giant trophy and the first-place cheque of $US1.53 million.

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Farmers Insurance Open - 2026
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-Chad Ramey--1
-Denny McCarthy--1
-Michael Thorbjornsen--1
-Rafael Campos--1
-Tom Hoge--1
-Rasmus Højgaard--1
-Doug Ghim--1
-Max Greyserman--1
-Mac Meissner--1
-Austin Eckroat--1
-Lee Hodges--1
-Justin Lower--1
-S.W. Kim--1
-Eric Cole--1
-Max McGreevy--1
-Erik van Rooyen--1
-Nicolai Højgaard--1
-Rico Hoey--1
-Beau Hossler--1
-Henrik Norlander--1
-Ryo Hisatsune--1
-Sahith Theegala--1
-Taylor Moore--1
-Mark Hubbard--1
-Ludvig Åberg--1
-Brooks Koepka--1
-Max Homa--1
-Aldrich Potgieter--1
-Kevin Yu--1
-Taylor Pendrith--1
-Adam Schenk--1
-Garrick Higgo--1
-Jake Knapp--1
-Maverick McNealy--1
-Wyndham Clark--1
-Will Zalatoris--1
-Xander Schauffele--1
-J.J. Spaun--1
-Harris English--1
-William Mouw--1
-Jhonattan Vegas--1
-Cam Davis--1
-Karl Vilips--1
-Stephan Jaeger--1
-Matt Kuchar--1
-Michael Brennan--1
-Joe Highsmith--1
-Aaron Rai--1
-Matt Wallace--1
-Andrew Putnam--1
-Dylan Wu--1
-Brice Garnett--1
-Sam Ryder--1
-Hank Lebioda--1
-Jackson Suber--1
-Zach Bauchou--1
-Jeffrey Kang--1
-Keita Nakajima--1
-John VanDerLaan--1
-Christo Lamprecht--1
-Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen--1
-Johnny Keefer--1
-Justin Hastings--1
-Dan Brown--1
-Sudarshan Yellamaraju--1
-Chandler Blanchet--1
-Alejandro Tosti--1
-S.T. Lee--1
-Thomas Rosenmueller--1
-Patrick Fishburn--1
-Haotong Li--1
-Ricky Castillo--1
-Seamus Power--1
-Mackenzie Hughes--1
-Lanto Griffin--1
-Neal Shipley--1
-Adrien Saddier--1
-Hunter Logan--1
-Adam Svensson--1
-Charley Hoffman--1
-Kevin Roy--1
-Luke List--1
-Sam Stevens--1
-Danny Walker--1
-Joel Dahmen--1
-Kevin Streelman--1
-David Lipsky--1
-Christiaan Bezuidenhout--1
-Thorbjørn Olesen--1
-Takumi Kanaya--1
-Camilo Villegas--1
-Patrick Rodgers--1
-S.H. Kim--1
-Keith Mitchell--1
-Alex Smalley--1
-Vince Whaley--1
-Cam Young--1
-Akshay Bhatia--1
-Patrick Cantlay--1
-Peter Malnati--1
-Tom Kim--1
-Matti Schmid--1
-Sami Valimaki--1
-Davis Thompson--1
-Billy Horschel--1
-Justin Rose--1
-Hideki Matsuyama--1
-Jason Day--1
-Tony Finau--1
-Alex Noren--1
-Marco Penge--1
-Ryan Gerard--1
-Andrew Novak--1
-Matt McCarty--1
-Adrien Dumont de Chassart--1
-Kensei Hirata--1
-Gordon Sargent--1
-Chris Gotterup--1
-Keegan Bradley--1
-Adam Scott--1
-Emiliano Grillo--1
-Gary Woodland--1
-Chandler Phillips--1
-Steven Fisk--1
-Davis Riley--1
-Aaron Wise--1
-Zecheng Dou--1
-John Parry--1
-Marcelo Rozo--1
-Matthieu Pavon--1
-Brandt Snedeker--1
-Kristoffer Reitan--1
-Jesper Svensson--1
-A.J. Ewart--1
-Marcus Byrd--1
-Luke Clanton--1
-Emilio Gonzalez--1
-Pontus Nyholm--1
-Austin Smotherman--1
-Isaiah Salinda--1
-Mark Geddes--1
-Pi Coody--1
-Kris Ventura--1
-David Ford--1
-Jordan Smith--1
-Jeremy Paul--1
-Davis Chatfield--1
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