Articles by Kent Gray
Scott returns to Dubai Desert Classic after 20-year absence; Fleetwood also confirmed
The last time Adam Scott played the Dubai Desert Classic, Euro coins and notes had just been introduced, 400,000 people in Congo were in the midst of being displaced following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo and Queen Elizabeth II was preparing for her Golden Jubilee to mark 50 years since her succession to the throne.
EXCLUSIVE: New Zealand Open, scheduled for Queenstown in February, set to be cancelled
Organisers have stalled a final decision in the hope of an unrestrictive trans-Tasman bubble opening up but are racing towards their self-imposed “drop dead deadline” of November 1 with little certainty in sight.
3M Open - 2026
| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson Koivun | -20 | - | 4 |
| T2 | Emiliano Grillo | -17 | - | 4 |
| T2 | Ben Kohles | -17 | - | 4 |
| T4 | Michael Brennan | -16 | - | 4 |
| T4 | Chandler Phillips | -16 | - | 4 |
| T6 | Denny McCarthy | -15 | - | 4 |
| T6 | Billy Horschel | -15 | - | 4 |
| T6 | Michael Kim | -15 | - | 4 |
| T9 | Davis Thompson | -14 | - | 4 |
| T9 | Seamus Power | -14 | - | 4 |
| T9 | Scottie Scheffler | -14 | - | 4 |
| T9 | Brian Harman | -14 | - | 4 |
| T13 | Kevin Streelman | -13 | 9 | 4 |
| T13 | Zecheng Dou | -13 | 4 | 4 |
| T13 | Zac Blair | -13 | 1 | 4 |
| T13 | Hideki Matsuyama | -13 | - | 4 |
| T13 | Lee Hodges | -13 | - | 4 |
| T18 | Jake Knapp | -12 | 13 | 4 |
| T18 | Patrick Fishburn | -12 | 6 | 4 |
| T18 | Hank Lebioda | -12 | 2 | 4 |
| T18 | Troy Merritt | -12 | 1 | 4 |
| T18 | Davis Chatfield | -12 | - | 4 |
| T18 | Kevin Yu | -12 | - | 4 |
| T24 | Maverick McNealy | -11 | F | 4 |
| T24 | Muzzy Donohue | -11 | F | 4 |
| T24 | Tom Kim | -11 | 8 | 4 |
| T24 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | -11 | 7 | 4 |
| T24 | Mark Hubbard | -11 | 5 | 4 |
| T24 | Chris Kirk | -11 | 2 | 4 |
| T24 | Chandler Blanchet | -11 | 2 | 4 |
| T24 | Gary Woodland | -11 | 2 | 4 |
| T32 | Pontus Nyholm | -10 | 17 | 4 |
| T32 | John Parry | -10 | 14 | 4 |
| T32 | Mackenzie Hughes | -10 | 13 | 4 |
| T32 | Joel Dahmen | -10 | 11 | 4 |
| T32 | Corey Conners | -10 | 10 | 4 |
| T32 | Vince Whaley | -10 | 9 | 4 |
| T32 | Kristoffer Ventura | -10 | 6 | 4 |
| T32 | John VanDerLaan | -10 | 5 | 4 |
| T32 | Austin Smotherman | -10 | 5 | 4 |
| T32 | Kevin Roy | -10 | 4 | 4 |
| T32 | Kurt Kitayama | -10 | 3 | 4 |
| T43 | Matti Schmid | -9 | 16 | 4 |
| T43 | Max Greyserman | -9 | 15 | 4 |
| T43 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -9 | 9 | 4 |
| T46 | Jordan Smith | -8 | 11 | 4 |
| T46 | Jimmy Stanger | -8 | 12 | 4 |
| T46 | Jesper Svensson | -8 | 9 | 4 |
| T46 | Keith Mitchell | -8 | 8 | 4 |
| T46 | Ricky Castillo | -8 | 6 | 4 |
| T51 | Beau Hossler | -7 | 7 | 4 |
| T51 | Casey Jarvis | -7 | 3 | 4 |
| T53 | A.J. Ewart | -6 | 16 | 4 |
| T53 | Neal Shipley | -6 | 11 | 4 |
| T55 | Haotong Li | -5 | 17 | 4 |
| T55 | Austin Eckroat | -5 | 14 | 4 |
| T55 | Camilo Villegas | -5 | 14 | 4 |
| T55 | Zach Bauchou | -5 | 10 | 4 |
| T59 | Sam Stevens | -4 | F | 4 |
| T59 | Will Gordon | -4 | F | 4 |
| 61 | Rico Hoey | -3 | F | 4 |
| T62 | Lanto Griffin | -2 | F | 4 |
| T62 | Jeffrey Kang | -2 | F | 4 |
| T62 | Lucas Glover | -2 | 15 | 4 |
| 65 | Trace Crowe | -1 | 14 | 4 |
| 66 | Fabián Gómez | +1 | F | 4 |
| CUT | Ben Silverman | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brian Campbell | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Gordon Sargent | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Luke Clanton | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Keita Nakajima | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Preston Stout | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Rasmus Højgaard | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Harry Higgs | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Tyler Duncan | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Mac Meissner | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | William Mouw | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Stephan Jaeger | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Marcelo Rozo | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Hayden Springer | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Doug Ghim | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Taylor Moore | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Sungjae Im | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Steven Fisk | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Matthieu Pavon | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Luke List | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Ben James | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Ryder Cowan | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Adam Svensson | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Takumi Kanaya | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Aldrich Potgieter | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Johnny Keefer | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Griffin Wood | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Sihan Sandhu | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Dylan Wu | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Erik van Rooyen | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Joe Highsmith | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Adam Hadwin | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Chad Ramey | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Cameron Champ | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Nick Dunlap | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Tony Finau | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Ben Martin | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Justin Lower | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | David Lipsky | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jackson Suber | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Christo Lamprecht | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Garrick Higgo | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Andrew Putnam | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Tom Hoge | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Stefano Mazzoli | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Paul Peterson | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Thorbjørn Olesen | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Davis Riley | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Taylor Pendrith | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Karl Vilips | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Cam Davis | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Nick Hardy | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jeremy Paul | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | David Skinns | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Rafael Campos | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Danny Walker | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Alejandro Tosti | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Max Homa | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brannon Fahrny | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Matt Kuchar | +5 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Cooper Schultz | +5 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Pi Coody | +6 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Thomas Campbell | +6 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jeevan Sihota | +6 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | +7 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Aaron Wise | +7 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Kensei Hirata | +8 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | +8 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Nicholas Lindheim | +10 | F | 2 |
| WD | Patton Kizzire | - | - |
United Kingdom 2026 Leaderboard
| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Herbert | -29 | 16 | 4 |
| 2 | Tyrrell Hatton | -23 | 16 | 4 |
| 3 | Bryson DeChambeau | -21 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | Cameron Smith | -17 | 17 | 4 |
| T5 | Abraham Ancer | -14 | 17 | 4 |
| T5 | Harold Varner III | -14 | 17 | 4 |
| T7 | Charles Howell III | -13 | 17 | 4 |
| T7 | Laurie Canter | -13 | 17 | 4 |
| T7 | Caleb Surratt | -13 | 17 | 4 |
| 10 | Carlos Ortiz | -12 | 16 | 4 |
| 11 | Byeong Hun An | -11 | 17 | 4 |
| 12 | Marc Leishman | -10 | 17 | 4 |
| T13 | Ian Poulter | -9 | 16 | 4 |
| T13 | David Puig | -9 | 18 | 4 |
| 15 | Anthony Kim | -8 | 16 | 4 |
| T16 | Peter Uihlein | -7 | 17 | 4 |
| T16 | Charl Schwartzel | -7 | 17 | 4 |
| T16 | Björn Hellgren | -7 | 18 | 4 |
| T16 | Branden Grace | -7 | 17 | 4 |
| T20 | Dean Burmester | -6 | 17 | 4 |
| T20 | Tom McKibbin | -6 | 16 | 4 |
| 22 | Josele Ballester | -5 | 17 | 4 |
| T23 | Scott Vincent | -4 | 17 | 4 |
| T23 | Anirban Lahiri | -4 | 17 | 4 |
| T23 | Jon Rahm | -4 | 17 | 4 |
| T23 | Paul Casey | -4 | 16 | 4 |
| T23 | Thomas Pieters | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| T28 | Victor Perez | -3 | 17 | 4 |
| T28 | Adrian Meronk | -3 | 17 | 4 |
| T28 | Joaquin Niemann | -3 | 16 | 4 |
| T31 | Martin Vorster | -2 | 17 | 4 |
| T31 | Luis Masaveu | -2 | 17 | 4 |
| T31 | Thomas Detry | -2 | 18 | 4 |
| T31 | Bubba Watson | -2 | 17 | 4 |
| T31 | Younghan Song | -2 | 17 | 4 |
| T31 | Cameron Tringale | -2 | 18 | 4 |
| T31 | Danny Lee | -2 | 18 | 4 |
| T31 | Martin Kaymer | -2 | 18 | 4 |
| T39 | Matthew Wolff | -1 | 17 | 4 |
| T39 | Sam Horsfield | -1 | 18 | 4 |
| T41 | Lee Westwood | E | 17 | 4 |
| T41 | Sebastian Muñoz | E | 17 | 4 |
| 43 | Sergio Garcia | +1 | 16 | 4 |
| 44 | Yosuke Asaji | +2 | 17 | 4 |
| T45 | Talor Gooch | +3 | 17 | 4 |
| T45 | Richard Bland | +3 | 18 | 4 |
| T47 | Travis Smyth | +4 | 17 | 4 |
| T47 | Minkyu Kim | +4 | 18 | 4 |
| T49 | Miguel Tabuena | +5 | 16 | 4 |
| T49 | Brendan Steele | +5 | 16 | 4 |
| 51 | Ben Campbell | +6 | 18 | 4 |
| 52 | Dustin Johnson | +7 | 18 | 4 |
| T53 | Do-Yeob Mun | +8 | 16 | 4 |
| T53 | Graeme McDowell | +8 | 17 | 4 |
| 55 | Jason Kokrak | +10 | 16 | 4 |
| 56 | Michael La Sasso | +11 | 16 | 4 |
| Richard T. Lee | +2 | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIPPER GC | -52 | 18 | 4 |
| 2 | LEGION XIII | -46 | 18 | 4 |
| 3 | CRUSHERS GC | -42 | 18 | 4 |
| 4 | TORQUE GC | -29 | 18 | 4 |
| 5 | MAJESTICKS GC | -23 | 18 | 4 |
| 6 | SOUTHERN GUARDS GC | -22 | 18 | 4 |
| 7 | FIREBALLS GC | -15 | 18 | 4 |
| 8 | 4ACES GC | -7 | 18 | 4 |
| 9 | CLEEKS GOLF CLUB | -5 | 18 | 4 |
| 10 | RANGEGOATS GC | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| 11 | KOREAN GOLF CLUB | -1 | 18 | 4 |
| 12 | OKGC | +7 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | HYFLYERS GC | +10 | 18 | 4 |
