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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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-Patrick Rodgers--1
-Kevin Roy--1
-Mac Meissner--1
-Takumi Kanaya--1
-Doug Ghim--1
-Vince Whaley--1
-Mark Hubbard--1
-Bud Cauley--1
-Sam Stevens--1
-Johnny Keefer--1
-Michael Thorbjornsen--1
-Joe Highsmith--1
-Aldrich Potgieter--1
-Tom Kim--1
-Lee Hodges--1
-Emiliano Grillo--1
-Mackenzie Hughes--1
-Billy Horschel--1
-Min Woo Lee--1
-Ludvig Åberg--1
-Harris English--1
-Will Zalatoris--1
-Daniel Berger--1
-Pontus Nyholm--1
-Jeffrey Kang--1
-John VanDerLaan--1
-Zecheng Dou--1
-Pi Coody--1
-Jordan Smith--1
-Jesper Svensson--1
-Kensei Hirata--1
-Haotong Li--1
-Christo Lamprecht--1
-Patrick Fishburn--1
-Jackson Suber--1
-Seamus Power--1
-Taylor Moore--1
-Rico Hoey--1
-Ryo Hisatsune--1
-Matti Schmid--1
-David Lipsky--1
-Rafael Campos--1
-Matt Wallace--1
-Adam Long--1
-Kevin Streelman--1
-Lanto Griffin--1
-Erik van Rooyen--1
-Davis Thompson--1
-Michael Brennan--1
-Kurt Kitayama--1
-J.T. Poston--1
-Sami Valimaki--1
-Matthieu Pavon--1
-S.W. Kim--1
-Davis Riley--1
-Scottie Scheffler--1
-Justin Rose--1
-Cam Davis--1
-Andrew Novak--1
-Alejandro Tosti--1
-Marcelo Rozo--1
-Chan Kim--1
-Michael Block--1
-Emilio Gonzalez--1
-Sudarshan Yellamaraju--1
-John Parry--1
-Isaiah Salinda--1
-Tony Finau--1
-Max Greyserman--1
-S.H. Kim--1
-Frankie Capan III--1
-Michael Kim--1
-Denny McCarthy--1
-Joel Dahmen--1
-Beau Hossler--1
-Chad Ramey--1
-Harry Higgs--1
-Tom Hoge--1
-Eric Cole--1
-Rickie Fowler--1
-Nico Echavarria--1
-Peter Malnati--1
-Brice Garnett--1
-Nick Dunlap--1
-Gary Woodland--1
-Harry Hall--1
-Ryan Gerard--1
-Jacob Bridgeman--1
-Chris Kirk--1
-Wyndham Clark--1
-Robert MacIntyre--1
-Russell Henley--1
-Akshay Bhatia--1
-Kevin Yu--1
-Karl Vilips--1
-Austin Smotherman--1
-Neal Shipley--1
-Jason Dufner--1
-Danny Walker--1
-Hank Lebioda--1
-Dylan Wu--1
-Justin Lower--1
-Sam Ryder--1
-Blades Brown--1
-David Ford--1
-Adrien Saddier--1
-Gordon Sargent--1
-Jason Day--1
-Alex Noren--1
-Adam Svensson--1
-Car Young--1
-Austin Eckroat--1
-Adam Schenk--1
-Matt Fitzpatrick--1
-Adam Scott--1
-Matt Kuchar--1
-Camilo Villegas--1
-William Mouw--1
-Matt McCarty--1
-Charley Hoffman--1
-Brandt Snedeker--1
-Andrew Putnam--1
-Patton Kizzire--1
-Chandler Phillips--1
-Andrew Landry--1
-Christiaan Bezuidenhout--1
-Rasmus Højgaard--1
-Keith Mitchell--1
-Zach Johnson--1
-Alex Smalley--1
-Max McGreevy--1
-Brian Harman--1
-Max Homa--1
-Stephan Jaeger--1
-Brian Campbell--1
-Steven Fisk--1
-Jhonattan Vegas--1
-Patrick Cantlay--1
-Ben Griffin--1
-Sepp Straka--1
-Sam Burns--1
-Taylor Pendrith--1
-Nick Taylor--1
-A.J. Ewart--1
-Adrien Dumont de Chassart--1
-Kris Ventura--1
-Jimmy Stanger--1
-Dan Brown--1
-Zach Bauchou--1
-Ricky Castillo--1
-Davis Chatfield--1
-Luke Clanton--1
-Keita Nakajima--1
-S.T. Lee--1
-Chandler Blanchet--1
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