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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.

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.

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.

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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Texas Children's Houston Open - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Gary Woodland	-13	-	3
T2	Nicolai Højgaard	-10	-	3
T2	Jackson Suber	-10	-	3
T4	Min Woo Lee	-9	-	3
T4	Jason Day	-9	-	3
T6	Michael Thorbjornsen	-8	-	3
T6	Sam Stevens	-8	-	3
T8	Adam Scott	-7	-	3
T8	Karl Vilips	-7	-	3
T8	Zecheng Dou	-7	-	3
T11	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-6	5	3
T11	Michael Brennan	-6	3	3
T11	Bronson Burgoon	-6	2	3
T11	Sam Ryder	-6	-	3
T11	Jake Knapp	-6	-	3
T11	Matt Wallace	-6	-	3
T11	Keith Mitchell	-6	-	3
T11	Chad Ramey	-6	-	3
T11	Jhonattan Vegas	-6	-	3
T11	Sahith Theegala	-6	-	3
T11	Jeffrey Kang	-6	-	3
T11	Paul Waring	-6	-	3
T23	Ben Griffin	-5	10	3
T23	Sam Burns	-5	6	3
T23	Chris Gotterup	-5	5	3
T23	Jimmy Stanger	-5	3	3
T23	Chris Kirk	-5	2	3
T23	Rico Hoey	-5	-	3
T23	Alex Smalley	-5	-	3
T23	Max McGreevy	-5	-	3
T23	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-5	-	3
T23	Vince Whaley	-5	-	3
T23	Stephan Jaeger	-5	-	3
T23	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-5	-	3
T23	Aldrich Potgieter	-5	-	3
T23	Tom Kim	-5	-	3
T23	Rasmus Højgaard	-5	-	3
T23	Beau Hossler	-5	-	3
T23	Johnny Keefer	-5	-	3
T23	Pontus Nyholm	-5	-	3
T41	Jordan Smith	-4	11	3
T41	Erik van Rooyen	-4	9	3
T41	Danny Willett	-4	9	3
T41	Mac Meissner	-4	7	3
T41	Davis Riley	-4	4	3
T41	Harris English	-4	4	3
T41	Takumi Kanaya	-4	3	3
T41	Shane Lowry	-4	2	3
T41	Austin Eckroat	-4	2	3
T41	Matti Schmid	-4	2	3
T41	Thorbjørn Olesen	-4	1	3
T41	Ricky Castillo	-4	1	3
T41	Denny McCarthy	-4	-	3
T54	Adrien Saddier	-3	11	3
T54	John Parry	-3	8	3
T54	Andrew Putnam	-3	5	3
T54	Steven Fisk	-3	4	3
T54	Sungjae Im	-3	4	3
T54	Tony Finau	-3	1	3
T60	Matthieu Pavon	-2	9	3
T60	Matt Kuchar	-2	7	3
T60	William Mouw	-2	6	3
T60	Brice Garnett	-2	4	3
T60	Harry Hall	-2	2	3
T65	Lee Hodges	-1	11	3
T65	Tom Hoge	-1	10	3
T65	Eric Cole	-1	7	3
T65	Kevin Roy	-1	7	3
T65	Emiliano Grillo	-1	4	3
T70	Garrick Higgo	E	10	3
T70	Danny Walker	E	8	3
T70	Jesper Svensson	E	7	3
T70	Peter Malnati	E	7	3
T74	Luke Clanton	+1	8	3
T74	Kurt Kitayama	+1	6	3
CUT	Adam Svensson	-1	F	2
CUT	Will Zalatoris	-1	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	-1	F	2
CUT	J.T. Poston	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Moore	-1	F	2
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	-1	F	2
CUT	Cole Hammer	-1	F	2
CUT	Mason Howell	-1	F	2
CUT	Marco Penge	-1	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	-1	F	2
CUT	Kevin Yu	-1	F	2
CUT	Hank Lebioda	-1	F	2
CUT	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-1	F	2
CUT	Seamus Power	E	F	2
CUT	Billy Horschel	E	F	2
CUT	Davis Thompson	E	F	2
CUT	Charley Hoffman	E	F	2
CUT	Haotong Li	E	F	2
CUT	Neal Shipley	E	F	2
CUT	Rickie Fowler	E	F	2
CUT	Doug Ghim	E	F	2
CUT	Ryan Gerard	E	F	2
CUT	Mark Hubbard	+1	F	2
CUT	K.H. Lee	+1	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+1	F	2
CUT	Nico Echavarria	+1	F	2
CUT	Aaron Wise	+1	F	2
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	+1	F	2
CUT	A.J. Ewart	+2	F	2
CUT	David Ford	+2	F	2
CUT	Wyndham Clark	+2	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	+2	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+2	F	2
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	+2	F	2
CUT	Dan Brown	+2	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	+2	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	+3	F	2
CUT	Zach Bauchou	+3	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	+3	F	2
CUT	Ryan Fox	+3	F	2
CUT	Trey Mullinax	+4	F	2
CUT	Brooks Koepka	+4	F	2
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	+4	F	2
CUT	Patton Kizzire	+4	F	2
CUT	Kris Ventura	+4	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	+4	F	2
CUT	John VanDerLaan	+4	F	2
CUT	Max Greyserman	+4	F	2
CUT	Kristoffer Reitan	+4	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+5	F	2
CUT	Brian Campbell	+5	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	+5	F	2
CUT	Casey Russell	+5	F	2
CUT	S.H. Kim	+6	F	2
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	+7	F	2
CUT	Chandler Phillips	+7	F	2
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	+7	F	2
CUT	Lucas Glover	+10	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	+13	F	2
WD	Pi Coody	-	-

South Africa 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Bryson DeChambeau	-26	18	4
2	Jon Rahm	-26	18	4
T3	Thomas Detry	-23	18	4
T3	Branden Grace	-23	18	4
T3	Abraham Ancer	-23	18	4
T6	Dean Burmester	-22	18	4
T6	David Puig	-22	18	4
8	Carlos Ortiz	-21	18	4
T9	Anirban Lahiri	-20	18	4
T9	Charles Howell III	-20	18	4
11	Scott Vincent	-19	18	4
T12	Michael La Sasso	-17	18	4
T12	Josele Ballester	-17	18	4
T12	Richard Bland	-17	18	4
T12	Joaquin Niemann	-17	18	4
T12	Victor Perez	-17	18	4
T17	Louis Oosthuizen	-16	18	4
T17	Sergio Garcia	-16	18	4
T17	Cameron Smith	-16	18	4
T17	Younghan Song	-16	18	4
T17	Laurie Canter	-16	18	4
T22	Jason Kokrak	-15	18	4
T22	Adrian Meronk	-15	18	4
T24	Tom McKibbin	-14	18	4
T24	Luis Masaveu	-14	18	4
T24	Caleb Surratt	-14	18	4
T24	Charl Schwartzel	-14	18	4
T24	Brendan Steele	-14	18	4
T24	Talor Gooch	-14	18	4
30	Peter Uihlein	-13	18	4
T31	Richard T. Lee	-12	18	4
T31	Dustin Johnson	-12	18	4
T31	Marc Leishman	-12	18	4
T31	Martin Kaymer	-12	18	4
T31	Lucas Herbert	-12	18	4
T31	Cameron Tringale	-12	18	4
37	Sebastian Muñoz	-11	18	4
T38	Harold Varner III	-10	18	4
T38	Tyrrell Hatton	-10	18	4
T38	Paul Casey	-10	18	4
T38	Bubba Watson	-10	18	4
T38	Thomas Pieters	-10	18	4
43	Yosuke Asaji	-9	18	4
T44	Ben Campbell	-8	18	4
T44	Elvis Smylie	-8	18	4
T44	Byeong Hun An	-8	18	4
T44	Sam Horsfield	-8	18	4
T48	Phil Mickelson	-7	18	4
T48	Ian Poulter	-7	18	4
50	Lee Westwood	-6	18	4
51	Miguel Tabuena	-4	18	4
52	Danny Lee	-3	18	4
T53	Graeme McDowell	-2	18	4
T53	Matthew Wolff	-2	18	4
55	Björn Hellgren	-1	18	4
56	Anthony Kim	+1	18	4
57	Minkyu Kim	+3	18	4

Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	CRUSHERS GC	-76	18	4
2	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-75	18	4
3	TORQUE GC	-72	18	4
4	FIREBALLS GC	-69	18	4
5	LEGION XIII	-64	18	4
6	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-61	18	4
7	HYFLYERS GC	-50	18	4
8	RIPPER GC	-48	18	4
9	4ACES GC	-44	18	4
10	SMASH GC	-41	18	4
11	MAJESTICKS GC	-37	18	4
12	RANGEGOATS GC	-33	18	4
13	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	-24	18	4

Hero dubai desert classic

Tyrrell Hatton was asked about using AI to improve his game and it went exactly how you’d expect

A day after smashing a tee marker, Tyrrell Hatton holds it together in Dubai to collect his eighth DP World Tour victory

Akshay Bhatia mistakenly hits ball that was out-of-bounds, becomes latest victim of not reading local rules closely enough

Watch Jon Rahm rip a 255-metre missile out of a fairway bunker at the Dubai Desert Classic

Viktor Hovland sums up 2024 frustrations: ‘S–t happens’

‘I wouldn’t make that decision’: Rory McIlroy has some heartfelt advice for protégé contemplating LIV Golf move

Rory McIlroy avenges last week’s loss, blitzes field on the weekend to cruise to fourth Dubai title

Patrick Reed’s latest rules saga just took its unlikeliest turn yet

Brandel Chamblee breaking down the Patrick Reed rules situation like it’s the Zapruder film (literally) is must-see TV

Rory McIlroy uses ‘added incentive’ to hold off Patrick Reed (who else?) in dramatic Dubai finish

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