Joe Dean winning the British Masters is one of the best golf stories of 2026. The 32-year-old Englishman was delivering groceries three years ago, and now he’s revealed he barely warms up before his rounds.
A birdie-eagle finish courtesy of a stunning tap-in eagle to finish the third round at the BMW PGA Championship has Rory McIlroy poised to overtake an injured Patrick Reed at the top of the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai.
Aaron Rai survived a playoff against the reigning FedEx Cup champion in Tommy Fleetwood and the lowest round of Rory McIlroy’s DP World Tour career to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Calling his six Race to Dubai wins “a huge achievement”, McIlroy was clearly keen to enjoy the moment and the fact that he has now tied the record of the late, great Seve Ballesteros. Only Colin Montgomerie’s eight wins are still to be surpassed.
The final day of the Qatar Masters was a contrasting mixture of heartwarming and heartbreaking stories within that stark narrative, quite apart from Sami Valimaki’s second tour win.
Jon Rahm is skipping the European Tour’s Race to Dubai finale, giving up on the chance to win the season-long points title for the second time in three years.
The future looks brighter. Early doubts that the evolution of the European Tour’s strategic alliance with the PGA Tour would be more likely to enhance the stature of the latter at the expense of the former have been appeased.
Australian Golf Digest
