When COVID Takes a Golf Friend

I GOT A CALL the other night from my old buddy Moon Man who wanted to let me know that the hero of our glory days had died of COVID.

MAJOR MAGNETISM

PIONEERING. ICONIC. REVERED. THE UNDISPUTED ‘MAJOR OF THE MIDDLE EAST’. THE 32ND EDITION OF THE DESERT SWING’S ORIGINAL SHOWPIECE HAS ATTRACTED ANOTHER QUALITY FIELD TO THE HALLOWED MAJLIS LAYOUT AT EMIRATES GOLF CLUB

“I still believe my best golf is ahead of me”

JUSTIN ROSE WILL MAKE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT EMIRATES GOLF CLUB SINCE 2009 HAPPILY SUBSCRIBING TO THE THEORY THAT LIFE BEGINS AT 40

ROYAL Rumble III

When even titleholder GRAEME MCDOWELL, a popular major champion, struggles for airtime, you know your field is seriously deep. Welcome then, to the 3rd Saudi International and the rise and rise of a Desert Swing juggernaut.

Reality (golf) TV

Meet the man behind the ambitious Emirates Amateur Golf League, a world-first concept poised to positively disrupt the golfing landscape

It's time to get TroonFit

FOR GOLFERS KEEN ON PERFORMANCE GAINS OR SOME SERIOUS POST-ROUND RELAXATION AND REFUELLING, THE NEW COUNTRY CLUB AT THE ELS CLUB DUBAI IS HARD TO BEAT

Raise Your Golf IQ

Common sense for common problems

DEEP STATE

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU’S PHYSIQUE AND RESULTING DISTANCE ADVANTAGE OFF THE TEE WILL BE A KEY NARRATIVE AT THE SAUDI INTERNATIONAL BUT THE AMERICAN IS SEARCHING FOR EVEN BIGGER GAINS ELSEWHERE

COOL COLLIN COLLECTED

IN AN AGE DOMINATED BY BOMBERS, COLLIN MORIKAWA GETS IT DONE DIFFERENTLY

Awkwardly good

U. S. GOLF’S BRIGHTEST young star meets an angry golfer in faux therapy, the European Tour’s very own “awkward and shy” and awfully impressive major champion in waiting.

SCARY SHOTS

THEY MIGHT BE UNNERVING, BUT YOU CAN PULL THEM OFF

NEXT ON THE TEE: TERROR

ACCEPT YOUR FIRST-TEE JITTERS, BUT DON’T SUCCUMB TO THEM

THE BEST OF BREED

The former Golf Channel host shares tips to make 2021 your best golf year ever

Undercover Caddie

What’s a good caddie worth on tour? This many strokes . . .

RELENTLESS-LEE - ABU DHABI HSBC CHAMPIONSHIP

WHISTLING STRAITS and an 11TH RYDER CUP appearance beckons but the reigning RACE TO DUBAI CHAMPION begins his 28th season on the European Tour looking no further than his defence of the FALCON TROPHY

Sami Välimäki

The 2020 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie-of-theYear hopes to continue his new love affair with desert golf to keep his name on captain Pádraig Harrington’s Ryder Cup radar

Clearing Trees

Don’t surrender and pitch back out

Intriguing entrée

The 2021 edition of ABU DHABI’S ANNUAL EUROPEAN TOUR stop has suddenly been transformed into A WINDOW TO A BRIGHT NEW FUTURE FOR THE GLOBAL GAME

LAND OF PLENTY

SOUTH AFRICA IS A LONG WAY TO GO TO PLAY GOLF FOR MOST PEOPLE. THANKFULLY, THE COUNTRY ALSO OFFERS MANY OTHER GREAT COURSES TO CHOOSE FROM TO MAKE YOUR TRIP WORTHWHILE.

A First for Tiger Woods

Payne’s Valley in Missouri is his public debut

The Year That Changed Everything

In this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year, many golfers find themselves feeling a tremendous sense of guilt. You know what I mean. In the worst of times, for the lucky ones it’s been the best of times.

The Curious Case Of PATRICK REED

IF ‘CAPTAIN AMERICA’ BECOMES THE FIRST PLAYER FROM THE UNITED STATES TO WIN THE RACE TO DUBAI, WILL IT SHUSH HIS FIERCEST CRITICS? YES, SIR. WELL, SORT OF.

Putting North of 40

Don’t let your age dictate your stroke

Pistol Putting

Struggle with poor contact and distance control on the greens? The issue could be as simple as your set-up

THE RACE REIMAGINED

FIVE REASONS WHY THE COVID-COMPLICATED EUROPEAN TOUR SEASON WASN’T SO BAD AFTER ALL

Undercover Caddie

Players aren’t the only ones who choke

How to Take Good Divots

Get to your front foot and hit from the inside

One very sTranGe year

AS THIS RACE TO DUBAI SEASON LIKE NO OTHER CLOSES IN ON ITS FINAL FORTNIGHT AT JUMEIRAH GOLF ESTATES, WE ASK WHAT HAPPENS NEXT FOR THE EUROPEAN TOUR.

Fire's Pivotal 5

DUBAI GOLF HEAD OF ACADEMIES STEPHEN DEANE SURVEYS THE HOLES SET TO PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE OUTCOME OF THE INAUGURAL GOLF IN DUBAI CHAMPIONSHIP ON FIRE

Conquer the Rough

Don’t just get out of trouble, knock it on