Dubai: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy will play in the Dubai Desert Classic in 2014, giving a boost to the tournament that is marking its 25th year.
Both skipped the tournament last year in favor of the Abu Dhabi Championship, but are no strangers to the Dubai event, with Woods winning it twice and McIlroy notching his first professional victory there at the age of 19.
Woods says he has "really good memories" of playing in the $2.5 million tournament, which will run from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2.
McIlroy adds that he is looking forward to returning to a course that has such fond memories, adding that it "will be fun to be part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the tournament."...
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06:18 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Petaling Jaya (Malaysia): Back to his short putter, a confident Anirban Lahiri is gunning for the title at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters starting here on Wednesday despite a less-than-happy last round the previous week. Lahiri, who dropped from fourth to tenth at the Queen's Cup, is gung-ho as he begins his hunt for a fourth Asian Tour title. The three-time Asian Tour winner, who previously used the belly putter,...
04:56 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Ardmore: Like a vintage bottle of wine brought out of the cellar after gathering dust for 32 years, Merion Golf Club's iconic East Course made a welcome return as host of the US Open - and did so in classic style. The challenging par-70 layout with its brutally difficult finish had long been regarded as too short to stage one of golf's four major championships, many feeling that it had...
08:35 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Ardmore: Tiger Woods was a big favourite coming into the U.S. Open as he tried to end a five-year drought in the majors but walked away with a 13-over 293 total Sunday that he blamed on poor putting and iron play. A triple-bogey eight on the par-five second hole got world number one Woods off on the wrong foot in a final round of four-over-par 74 at Merion Golf Club....
09:26 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Ardmore: Rory McIlroy was miserable at Merion and he took out his frustrations on his club on No. 11 on Sunday. His first tee shot plopped in the water. He took a drop, then sent another ball into the same creek. McIlroy then jammed the club into the ground and completely twisted the head. "I think that's what this tournament does to you," he said. "At one point or another,...
08:51 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Ardmore: Justin Rose could see all the pieces coming together in this US Open. The sun was breaking through the clouds Sunday evening at Merion as he stood in the 18th fairway with a one-shot lead. That famous Ben Hogan plaque was in front of him, a road marker bronze that one pure swing and two putts might be all that stood between Rose and his first major championship. That...
08:42 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Samui: A disastrous front nine saw Anirban Lahiri falter in the final round of the Queen's Cup and lose the chance of making a bid for his first Asian Tour outside his home turf. Lahiri with a final round of 75 totalled four-under 280 and finished in a tie for 10th place. Lahiri dropped no less than three bogeys and a double bogey in his five-over 41 for the front...
10:33 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Ardmore: Tiger Woods made birdie at the first hole, only to watch his day go racing downhill from there. By the time it was over, Woods skidded to seven bogeys and a 6-over-par 76 Saturday, tumbling down the leaderboard and matching his worst round as a pro at the US Open. That left him 10 strokes behind third-round leader Phil Mickelson, the only player under par at the short but...
09:19 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Ardmore: For all those runner-up finishes, with so much heartache chasing the major he covets, Phil Mickelson has never had a better chance to win the US Open. It's the first time he has ever had the outright lead going into the final round. Of the nine players within five shots, only one has the experience of winning a major. And Tiger Woods went from contender to middle-of-the-pack by matching...
08:55 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Samui, (Thailand): Anirban Lahiri gave himself a chance to bag his first Asian Tour outside India with an electric finish that saw him card three birdies in the last four holes on the third day of the $312,000 Queen's Cup here on Saturday. Lahiri, who has won three Asian Tour titles at home and all on the Delhi Golf Club, carded a second straight four-under 67 to move to eight-under...
06:01 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Ardmore, Pennsylvania: Amateurs Pan Cheng-tsung of Taiwan and South Korea-born Michael Kim kept the flag flying high for Asia with stunning performances in difficult conditions at the U.S. Open on Friday. Pan birdied two of his first nine holes to lie joint third at level par midway through the weather-delayed second round while Kim was a further stroke back, after covering his first 11 holes in two under. Both players...
12:16 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Ardmore: Phil Mickelson knew it was going to be close, so he made sure his group could finish the second round of the U.S. Open on Friday. The rule when a round is halted because of darkness is that players have the option to complete a hole. Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Keegan Bradley were on the 17th with the sun falling fast when Lefty spoke to Dustin Johnson in the...
09:39 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Pennsylvania: Phil Mickelson drilled a long birdie on his final hole and Billy Horschel made every green in regulation on Friday to be the only two players below par after a long and trying second day of the U.S. Open. Nearly half the field did not finish the second round when it was suspended by darkness. Moments after the horn sounded to stop play, Mickelson opted to finish his round...
09:07 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Pennsylvania: Tiger Woods, battling an injury and changing conditions at Merion, had two bogeys and a birdie on Friday morning to complete a three-over 73, six shots behind US Open leader Phil Mickelson. Woods returned to finish eight holes in the weather-delayed first round. After sinking a short par-putt at the 11th, he bogeyed the 12th, birdied the short par-three 13th and bogeyed 17. The world number one, seeking to...
11:50 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Pennsylvania: Luke Donald bogeyed two of the last three holes in tough scoring conditions to hand Phil Mickelson a one-shot lead when the weather-delayed first round of the US Open was completed on Friday. Englishman Donald had been a stroke in front with five holes remaining when play was suspended in fading light on Thursday but slipped back with three-putt bogeys at the par-four 16th and par-four last to card...
11:33 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Samui, (Thailand): Anirban Lahiri carded a superb four-under 67 and was one of the only two Indians who made the halfway cut at the $312,000 Queen's Cup here on Friday. Lahiri, who is now four-under 138 for two rounds, is lying tied eighth, while the other Indian ensuring action for the weekend was Rahil Gangjee, who added a life-saving three-under to his first 76 to survive the cut. At two-over...
08:15 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Ardmore, Pennysylvania: Tiger Woods said his left wrist was fine. It's his game that was hurting him Thursday in the U.S. Open. Woods finished only 10 holes in the rain-delayed first round at Merion, spending far too much time trying to gouge out of the thick rough with a wedge. On at least four occasions, he was either flexing or shaking his left hand after the forceful shots. He was...
10:12 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Ardmore, Pennsylvania: Phil Mickelson, typically bold and unconventional in his tournament build-up, thrilled his fans by moving into an early one-shot lead in the weather-hit first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday. Despite having arrived at Merion Golf Club in the early hours of the morning on an overnight flight from his native California, Mickelson soared into contention at the year's second major with a three-under-par 67. The American...
09:20 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Ardmore, Pennsylvania: Clouds gave way to peeks of sunshine, squeegees gave way to putters, and the 13th hole gave way to birdies during the first round of the U.S. Open's return to Merion Golf Club on Thursday. Drenching storms caused a 3 1/2-hour delay, halting play less than two hours after it began. When the golfers returned to the course, one thing was evident: a 102-yard hole was easy pickings...
11:50 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Samui: Anirban Lahiri was the sole Indian to shoot a par score as his compatriots struggled on the opening day of the USD 312,000 Queen's Cup here on Thursday. Lahiri, a three-time winner on Asian Tour, carded an even par 71 to be placed 25th, while the next best Indian was Sujjan Singh (73) in tied 59th place. Rahil Gangjee and C Muniyappa carded 76 each and were placed 99th,...
06:56 PM, Jun 13, 2013
