Rookie Anna Foster opened with a three-under 70 to leap into contention in the LET’s Lalla Meryem Cup

A good start is half the work but it was the finish that left a bad taste in the mouth for Brandon Robinson Thompson and Irish duo Pádraig Harrington and Conor Purcell in the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship

Padraig Harrington’s hopes of becoming the DP World Tour’s oldest winner faded in the Ras Al Khaimah Championship in the UAE.

Pádraig Harrington got off to a great start in his bid to become the oldest winner of a DP World Tour-sanctioned event when he used all his short-game skills to open with a four-under 68 in the Ras Al Khaimah Championship in the United Arab Emirates.

Six-time Race to Dubai champion Rory McIlroy will be hoping to take a step closer to matching Colin Montgomerie’s record of eight Order of Merit wins when he returns to the site of his first professional victory on Irish soil for the Amgen Irish Open at The K Club from September 4-7.

Rory McIlroy hailed LIV Golf’s Tyrrell Hatton as “a massive asset” to Europe’s Ryder Cup team and urged him to never change his fiery temper after the English star’s one-shot win in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic sent him to the top of the qualifying charts.

Rory McIlroy and Tom McKibbin mounted final-round challenges but couldn't stop LIV Golf's Tyrrell Hatton from claiming his fifth Rolex Series win with a one-shot victory in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

Rory McIlroy struggled with a cold putter but believes he can still win a record fifth Hero Dubai Desert Classic and his third in a row.

Rory McIlroy was pleased not play his way out of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic after chiselling out a 70 that left him tied with LIV target Tom McKibbin and veteran Padraig Harrington.

Rory McIlroy has urged Tom McKibbin to “make a different choice” and turn down the chance to go to LIV Golf for what's believed to be in the region of $8 million.

Padraig Harrington has questioned Tom McKibbin’s expected move to LIV Golf and insists the Holywood star would be “better off learning to compete and win more in Europe”.

Tom McKibbin performed like a veteran as he partnered Tyrrell Hatton to a fourball win over Antoine Rozner and Julien Guerrier and helped Great Britain take a 3.5-1.5 lead over Continental Europe in the Team Cup in Abu Dhabi.