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Luke Donald seals US & Europe money list wins

Posted on December 12, 2011 by | Comments Off on Luke Donald seals US & Europe money list wins

Luke Donald finally became the first player ever to win the money list both sides of the pond after finishing third in The Dubai World Championship.

Donald only needed a top nine finish to complete the job in Dubai despite what McIlroy did, the only way things could have been different was if McIlroy won and Donald finished 10th or worse. McIlroy finished ten shots off the lead in the end.

Spaniard Alvaro Quiros, the overnight leader, won the title by two shots after a 67 left him at 19 under par. Quiros played great golf all week and thoroughly deserved the win on a course that suited his long hitting.

After accumulating £4.19m in winning the US money list, Donald finished with earnings of £3,632,685 from the European Tour.

He won four tournaments this year, including the World Golf Championship Match Play event and the European Tour’s flagship event, the PGA Championship at Wentworth,  which also saw him crowned world number one after beating Lee Westwood in a play-off.

One more tournament left for Donald which is the Australian Masters starting on Thursday.

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The tension in Dubai is hotting up for the weekend

Posted on December 9, 2011 by | Comments Off on The tension in Dubai is hotting up for the weekend

An interesting day in Dubai today saw Alvaro Quiros hit the top of the leaderboard with an outstanding round of 64 following his round 0f 68 yesterday. An eagle on the last capped a bogey free round of brilliant ball striking.

Luke Donald found some form today and managed to finish with a flurry of birdies on the last three holes giving him a respectable round of 68 which keeps him right in the tournament and still in with a great chance of winning the money list.

Donald would have been slightly relieved watching McIlroy making a bit hash of the last two holes, bogeying the par 3 17th and then hitting his tee shot in the water at 18 also resulting in a bogey giving him a round of 71.

So the weekend is perfectly set up with McIlroy and Donald both in the top 12 of the leaderboard and playing a course that can offer a lot of birdies and a lot of bogeys which can see some big swings on the scoring.

Make sure your watching when the players tee it up again early tomorrow morning!

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Rory McIlroy leads Luke Donald by six in Dubai

Posted on December 8, 2011 by | Comments Off on Rory McIlroy leads Luke Donald by six in Dubai

Rory McIlroy stormed into a six-shot lead over Luke Donald after day one of the Dubai World Championship after a shaky start.

It’s a must win tournament for the Northern Irishmen and he must hope Englishman Donald finishes outside the top nine to end the year top of the European rankings.

McIlroy dropped two shots on the second hole but six birdies on the back nine  moved him to six under par, two behind leader Peter Hanson.

World number one Donald, who has the chance to become the first golfer in history to win both the European and American money titles, finished the day in a tie for 26th place.

After the first nine holes McIlroy was three behind Donald and seven shots off the lead.

But Donald hit a wayward drive into bushes on the 14th and had to chip out to safety before dropping a shot and that slip was followed by two more bogeys.

Donald’s driving wasn’t up to his usual standard today, and he will have to put that right on the range if he’s got any chance if stopping a buoyant  McIlroy.

McIlroy, who won in Hong Kong last week, started his revival with a birdie on the 10th and finished carding five birdies in his last six holes.

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Donald V McIlroy – The final showdown in Dubai

Posted on December 7, 2011 by | Comments Off on Donald V McIlroy – The final showdown in Dubai

Well it’s nearly here, the final event of the year in which we will see who is going to be crowned winner of the Race To Dubai. It couldn’t be any better poised really, with two of Europe’s finest talents battling it out over four days of which is set to be scintillating golf.

Luke Donald could make history this week being the first player to win the order of merit on both sides of the Atlantic, and McIlory the youngest player for 30 years to win the European money list.

This would finish off a remarkable season for both players, McIlroy winning his first Major title at the US Open after the disappointment at The Masters, and Luke Donald winning numerous events and consistently finishing in the top 10 of the ones he didn’t win.

Luke has to finish outside the top 12 and McIlroy has to win if they are to change places at the top of the list this week.

I will certainly be keeping a close eye over the next few days, so make sure you are too! I will be posting regular updates, so keep checking.

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Virus hits Rory McIlroy Dubai World Championship hopes

Posted on December 6, 2011 by | Comments Off on Virus hits Rory McIlroy Dubai World Championship hopes

Rory McIlroy is suffering from the effects of a virus as he seeks to top the European Tour’s money list.

McIlroy triumphed at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday to keep alive his hopes of winning the Tour’s Race to Dubai.

He now needs to win this week’s season-ending Dubai World Championship and hope Race leader Luke Donald finishes outside the top nine.

“I visited the doctor yesterday,” McIlroy revealed. “I won’t get the results back until later in the week.”

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SA players battle to read lines at the 2011 Mission Hills World Cup of Golf in China

Posted on November 25, 2011 by | Comments Off on SA players battle to read lines at the 2011 Mission Hills World Cup of Golf in China

Twice the South Africans nearly holed monstrous approach shots on Friday, but it was their putting which prevented them making a bigger move in the second round of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup.

Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen nevertheless carded a four-under-par 68 in the difficult foursomes format, one of five countries who managed to do so hitting alternate shots, and it took them to eight-under-par for the tournament, five off the pace set by first round leaders Australia and now shared at halfway by Ireland.

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With a heart-wrenching loss at Augusta and an explosive win at the U.S. Open

Posted on November 1, 2011 by | Comments Off on With a heart-wrenching loss at Augusta and an explosive win at the U.S. Open

Rory McIlroy was playing in the North of Ireland Championship at Royal Portrush in July 2005. As a 2-year-old, he had poked a 40-yard drive; at 15, he had played for Europe’s winning Junior Ryder Cup team.

But now, at 16, his McNificence was still largely a matter of conjecture. He’d been left off Great Britain & Ireland’s 10-man Walker Cup team that would travel to Chicago to play the United States that September, a conspicuous, controversial omission. The kid still had much to prove at Portrush.

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McIlroy joins best pal McDowell

Posted on October 25, 2011 by | Comments Off on McIlroy joins best pal McDowell

US Open champion Rory McIlroy has split with his manager Andrew Chandler.

The 22-year-old Northern Irishman has been with Chandler’s International Sports Management company since turning professional in 2007.

A spokesman for ISM said: “There has been no falling out, it is amicable. He is joining his great friend Graeme McDowell at Horizon.”

In a statement, Chandler said: “We have had a brilliant year. Rory has grown and he leaves us as a major champion.”

McIlroy became the youngest winner of the US Open since Bobby Jones in 1923 when he won by eight shots at Congressional in June.

It capped a remarkable  four years of golf for the world number three who turned professional after the 2007 Walker Cup.

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McIlroy & Bradley share lead at Golf’s Grand Slam Event

Posted on October 19, 2011 by | Comments Off on McIlroy & Bradley share lead at Golf’s Grand Slam Event

Rory McIlroy carded four birdies on the back nine in a four-under 67 to share the first day lead with Keegan Bradley on his quest to become the PGA Grand Slam Champion in Bermuda.

The 22-year-old US Open champion from Northern Ireland holed from 30 feet at the 12th in the two-day competition for the four winners of the year’s major Championships.

Masters champion Charl Schwartzel shot a 74 and Open-winner Darren Clarke slumped to a 77.

McIlroy reached the turn at two-under, despite missing a series of short putts from inside 10 feet at the extremely tough Port Royal  Golf Course in Southampton.

He birdied the fifth after almost driving the 380-yard par-four but three-putted the 11th before his round was revived by the long putt at 12.

Bradley was out of the blocks quickly,  firing majestic six-irons to within two feet at both the second and seventh for his eagles to reach six-under but bogeyed the 14th and 16th to drop back to four under.

Today should make for interesting viewing, hopefully Darren Clarke can play some better golf and challenge the young guns for the title.

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Golf Has A New Rising Star

Posted on October 17, 2011 by | Comments Off on Golf Has A New Rising Star

Englishman Tom Lewis birdied five of the last seven holes to win his maiden title at the Portugal Masters, in only his third professional start in golf.

The 20-year-old, who shot to fame by leading The Open as an amateur in July, beat a field that included Padraig Harrington and Martin Kaymer.

Lewis, who entered the closing stretch only in seventh spot, shot a closing 65 to finish with a 21-under-par 267.

“If you said that I’d finish 21 under, I’d have said ‘no way’,” he said.

“I’m a long way behind Rory in the Order of Merit so I’ve got a long way to go. But I’m really pleased.

“To shoot 65 in the last round, I wouldn’t have thought I’d be able to do that.”

Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello was the nearest challenger, finishing two shots adrift.

Tiger Woods needed five tournaments to land his first professional title, while McIlroy did not taste success until his 38th European Tour event.

Lewis two-putted the long 12th and then had four more birdies in a row from the 14th. He kept his nerve to par the dangerous final hole and had to wait the best part of an hour before victory was confirmed.

Instead of facing a trip to the Tour school in December – he entered the week 234th on the Tour money list and 621st in the world – he is now exempt for two seasons because of his win.

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