Category: Golf

• Briton’s 66 with birdie-birdie finish seals two-shot win
• Tyrrell Hatton finishes second, Rory McIlroy ties for third

Paul Waring produced a stunning finish to hold off a stellar chasing pack and win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship by two shots from Tyrrell Hatton.

Waring had taken control of the event with a course-record 61 at Yas Links on Friday but saw his five-shot halfway lead reduced to one with a 73 on Saturday. The 39-year-old from the Wirral had spoken of feeling jittery during his third round but he displayed nerves of steel in a flawless closing 66 to secure victory with a 24-under-par total.

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Rory McIlroy backed the US president-elect Donald Trump to mend the relationship between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia funded breakaway, LIV circuit. McIlroy even floated the idea of Elon Musk, who he called 'the smartest man in the world', becoming involved in golf’s elongated merger plans. Trump has a keen interest in golf as well as business connections to Saudi Arabia and LIV Golf. He previously claimed he could align professional golf within 15 minutes.

• Rory McIlroy hopes Trump and Musk can heal golf’s civil war

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• Northern Irishman hopes president can help find peace
• McIlroy: ‘Musk is the smartest man in the world’

Rory McIlroy has suggested Donald Trump’s return to the White House could accelerate peace talks between traditional golf tours and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. McIlroy even floated the idea of Elon Musk becoming involved in golf’s elongated merger plans.

It has long been assumed that a Trump victory in the US presidential election could have a spin-off for golf. Trump has business connections to Saudi Arabia and LIV Golf – which the PIF funds – having previously staged events for the PGA Tour.

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Bradley’s pick was a panicked one after failing to entice Woods and the early noise around 2025 event resembles chaotic circus

A potential scenario, one which may be necessary to preserve some of the lofty status already bestowed on the 2025 Ryder Cup. Early noises around the event are so chaotic that Coco the Clown feels like an appropriate mascot for Bethpage as the US host Europe.

Via this theoretic plan, Keegan Bradley continues his ascent back towards the summit of professional golf. He qualifies for the team of which he is, for the time being, the captain. Because it is supposedly impossible to combine playing for a modern-day Ryder Cup team with captaining one, Bradley has to pass on his duties.

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• Standard tickets for Rome last year cost just over £200
• Online backlash over price hike for New York edition

Golf fans seeking to attend the Ryder Cup next year through the event’s “random selection” process face being charged $750 for day tickets for the competition proper. The cost of attending Bethpage Black in New York, where Europe are seeking to defend the trophy won in Rome last year, is only likely to increase the sense the Ryder Cup is pricing out ordinary golf fans as it moves towards the corporate classes. The online backlash has proved fierce.

Those who have not already bought Bethpage tickets can register for free via the Ryder Cup’s official site for the random allocation. Successful applicants for the event next September will be informed by early next month. Only single tickets for each day have been made available although those picked via the ballot may be able to buy up to four, if they can afford them.

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• Spaniard would have to rejoin DP World Tour
• García has had strong season in LIV Golf

Sergio García could be in line for a sensational Ryder Cup return at Bethpage next year after Luke ­Donald revealed he has held recent talks with the ­Spaniard about rejoining the DP World Tour.

García resigned from the Tour in 2023 after a sports arbitration panel ruled sanctions imposed on the former Masters champion and others who joined LIV Golf were ­appropriate. That appeared the end of the Ryder Cup road for García, the event’s record points scorer, given only DP World Tour members can play for Europe. García had an impressive 2024 season on LIV, ­finishing third on the overall individual standings.

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One of the nation's most storied golf courses is dealing with the aftermath of Helene, the former Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Florida on Friday

One of the nation’s most storied golf courses is dealing with the aftermath of Helene, the former Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Florida on Friday and was downgraded to a tropical depression as it continued its wrath into Georgia on Friday.

Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley said in a statement Saturday officials still are assessing how much damage was done to the iconic course, which has hosted the annual Masters Tournament since 1934. Augusta, Georgia, is located in the eastern portion of the state, along the border of South Carolina.

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Former Nigeria international on starting in slippers, hoping to inspire African golfers and that attempt to join QPR

“It’s unbelievable,” says Peter Odemwingie. “I never thought I could get so obsessed with this game.” On a cloudy Tuesday afternoon in the affluent northern suburbs of Birmingham, the former West Brom, Stoke and Nigeria striker has just ripped a drive well beyond 300 yards down the third fairway at Sutton Coldfield Golf Club.

Watched by Odemwingie and his friend and fellow pro Lewis Pearce from nearby Aston Wood GC – not to mention Pearce’s pet dachshund, George – it is soon my turn to step up to the tee. Having somehow scrambled a par to win the 1st, my early advantage has evaporated thanks to a miscued tee shot into the trees at the 2nd. With the match level, the pressure is on. But sadly my tee shot fails to get off the ground and comes to rest in a big patch of heather no more than 80 yards away.

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