Hero dubai desert classic

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

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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

Even as the four-time major winner tried to take his mind off the minutiae of pro golf, he was called back into it.

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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

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.

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.

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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Baycurrent Classic - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Xander Schauffele	-19	F	4
2	Max Greyserman	-18	F	4
3	Michael Thorbjornsen	-16	F	4
T4	Byeong Hun An	-14	F	4
T4	Garrick Higgo	-14	F	4
T4	Rico Hoey	-14	F	4
T4	Takumi Kanaya	-14	F	4
T4	Alex Smalley	-14	F	4
9	Nico Echavarria	-13	F	4
T10	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-11	F	4
T10	Min Woo Lee	-11	F	4
T10	Keith Mitchell	-11	F	4
T10	Matt Wallace	-11	F	4
T14	Nicolai Højgaard	-10	F	4
T14	Rasmus Højgaard	-10	F	4
T14	Matt McCarty	-10	F	4
T14	Collin Morikawa	-10	F	4
T18	Kazuki Higa	-9	F	4
T18	William Mouw	-9	F	4
T20	Brian Campbell	-8	F	4
T20	Sungjae Im	-8	F	4
T20	S.W. Kim	-8	F	4
T20	Hideki Matsuyama	-8	F	4
T20	Sam Ryder	-8	F	4
T20	Ren Yonezawa	-8	F	4
T20	Kevin Yu	-8	F	4
T27	Ryan Gerard	-7	F	4
T27	Emiliano Grillo	-7	F	4
T27	Mac Meissner	-7	F	4
T27	Alex Noren	-7	F	4
T27	Adam Scott	-7	F	4
T27	Sahith Theegala	-7	F	4
T33	Kota Kaneko	-6	F	4
T33	Max McGreevy	-6	F	4
T33	Aldrich Potgieter	-6	F	4
T36	Bud Cauley	-5	F	4
T36	Beau Hossler	-5	F	4
T36	Sam Stevens	-5	F	4
T36	Camilo Villegas	-5	F	4
T40	Chris Gotterup	-4	F	4
T40	Lee Hodges	-4	F	4
T40	Max Homa	-4	F	4
T40	Keita Nakajima	-4	F	4
T40	Kevin Roy	-4	F	4
T40	Karl Vilips	-4	F	4
T46	Isaiah Salinda	-3	F	4
T46	Matti Schmid	-3	F	4
T48	Wyndham Clark	-2	F	4
T48	Eric Cole	-2	F	4
T48	Mark Hubbard	-2	F	4
T48	Kurt Kitayama	-2	F	4
T52	Mikumu Horikawa	-1	F	4
T52	David Lipsky	-1	F	4
T54	Billy Horschel	E	F	4
T54	Kaito Onishi	E	F	4
T56	Austin Eckroat	+1	F	4
T56	Michael Kim	+1	F	4
T56	Tom Kim	+1	F	4
T56	Taylor Moore	+1	F	4
T60	Taiga Semikawa	+2	F	4
T60	Vince Whaley	+2	F	4
T62	Patrick Fishburn	+3	F	4
T62	Takanori Konishi	+3	F	4
T62	Patrick Rodgers	+3	F	4
T65	Andrew Putnam	+4	F	4
T65	Tatsunori Shogenji	+4	F	4
T67	Taiga Kobayashi	+5	F	4
T67	Satoshi Kodaira	+5	F	4
T69	Joel Dahmen	+6	F	4
T69	Joe Highsmith	+6	F	4
T69	Ryo Ishikawa	+6	F	4
T72	Ryo Hisatsune	+7	F	4
T72	Sami Valimaki	+7	F	4
T72	Gary Woodland	+7	F	4
75	Danny Walker	+8	F	4
76	Naoto Nakanishi	+9	F	4
77	Riki Kawamoto	+10	F	4
78	Davis Riley	+15	F	4

Hero dubai desert classic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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