Dubai Informer

What had been a celebration of European golf at an awards dinner south of London shifted suddenly to a racially sensitive moment involving Woods, the No. 1 golfer in the world and the only player of African-American heritage on the PGA Tour. Garcia said he meant to give a funny answer to a playful question, [...]

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Damac Properties has announced plans to develop an 18-hole PGA Championship golf course worth AED 150 million in collaboration with Donald Trump at the heart of its USD 2.5 billion ‘Akoya by Damac’ master plan development. Full News here – Zawya.com – UAE News

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The 19-year-old singer is planning to keep himself occupied during his trip the United Arab Emirates city to play two concerts at The Sevens Stadium on May 4 and May 5 by having back-to-back lessons over two days while he relaxes and takes advantage of some "much-needed" alone time. A source told The Sun newspaper: [...]

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The 83-year-old knows what it takes to win a Major having lifted The Open Championship trophy five times during the 1950′s and 60′s. And now that Scott is a Masters champion and having finally broken his Major duck, Thomson claims his countryman is destined for greatness. “I should think he will be seen as the [...]

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What sort of wet and wild antics can you get up to at the Watercooled Centre? Almost all of the popular watersports are on offer at the Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa facility, including sailing, powerboating, kite surfing, stand up paddle surfing, water skiing, wakeboarding and windsurfing. They even have a unique experience – [...]

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The former world No.1, in town for the Dubai Desert Classic which starts on Thursday, turns 40 in April and while it’s not time to be thinking about life after golf just yet, it would be fair to say the world No.8 could be entering the twilight of his career. And without any of the [...]

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The 32-year-old nearly pulled off a miracle the last time he was in the UAE, finishing with a course record 62 to almost hunt down Rory McIlroy and snatch the win at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai in November. Now the world No.5 is the hunted, taking a two-shot lead over Thorbjorn Olesen [...]

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Woods missed out only after he was penalized two shots for wrongly taking a free drop, while top-ranked McIlroy was frustrated trying to adjust to his new Nike clubs, even though he used his old Titleist putter in the second round. Justin Rose, meanwhile, played solid, mistake-free golf. Away from the large galleries, the Englishman [...]

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Volunteers keep things humming smoothly behind the scenes at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. Full News here – UAE news

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The former world No.1 has so far been overshadowed by man of the moment and new Nike stable mate, McIlroy, in the UAE capital. But although no longer the biggest beast in the golfing jungle the 14-time Major winner reminded everyone that he’s not gone into the wilderness and still has plenty of roar left [...]

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This time last year the South African’s career was seemingly sinking. He was at 71 in the world rankings, had no invite to the US Masters, his time at the top over. Six months later he found himself lifting the Claret Jug for the second time after a memorable win at Royal Lytham & St [...]

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It’s his 14th Major victory and perhaps, considering he won it on one leg, his finest. Even with a double stress fracture of his left tibia, as he later revealed he’d suffered in the run up to the tournament at Torrey Pines, Woods was unbeatable. For the spectators the win was simply sensational, for his [...]

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But having the legendary rapper as a potential repeat customer has left the Dubai-based Dutchman jumping for joy. Fo shizzle, dawg! (As Snoop himself might say…) Luxury golf-shoe firm Steven Alexander will officially launch on February 29 at the Dubai Desert Classic. A year ago, Alexander, the 36-year-old managing director of the firm bearing his [...]

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The world No.9, who opens his 2013 campaign at the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii this week, will be looking for an early victory when he tees it up on The National course at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship from January 17. And the American believes his game is just about where he wants [...]

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Tropical thunderstorms meant the Asian Tour event was shortened to three rounds and it was Spaniard Garcia who coped best, completing his 24th professional victory with a winning total of 18-under-par 198. American Jonathan Moore matched him by finishing the final 18 holes in 11-under-par, but his deficit going into the final day meant his [...]

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