Rory McIlroy threw his support behind the DP World Tour’s ultimatum to LIV Golf players overnight, and in doing so levelled a damning accusation about what LIV officials were saying on the grounds of Augusta National this April.
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.
Journeyman Paul Waring of England birdied the final two holes to fend off late challenges from Tyrrell Hatton and Rory McIlroy and win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Yas Links in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
He’s exhausted, battling his swing and barely hanging on, yet David Micheluzzi can celebrate a major milestone simply by teeing it up in this week’s Abu Dhabi Championship in Abu Dhabi.
Stenson, along with 11 other players who have teed-up at least once on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour (a list that includes Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed, Bernd Wiesberger and Adrian Otaegui), appear on the entry list for the upcoming Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.