Four Canadians, Rory defends at AT%T Pebble Beach.. TEE TIMES

 PGA Tour : AT&T Pebble Beach Tee Times Leaderboard

After his career 2025 Grand Slam year including his 7th Race to Dubai title, Rory and family return to the US and to defend his title at this week's $20,000,000 signature event at Pebble Beach Links and Spyglass Hill.

While it would be a tall task for anyone, including current world #1 Scott Scheffler to duplicate last years spring where he not only won here, but at the Players and the Masters as well to become just the 6th player to complete the Grand Slam, he will be the man to beat until otherwise. 

However Justin Rose at world #3 returns after his Masterclass at Torrey Pines, Tommy Fleetwood #4 won the Fed Ex Cup, and Scheffler at #1 are among 18/20 world ranked players who surely may have their say.

He is now free to concentrate on the majors, defend his titles, and continue to be golf's ambassador spreading the game throughout the world as he did in India and Australia last year

As Shane Lowry says, "it doesn't matter now, he's done it all"

There are 4 Canadians who qualify for this limited 80 man field, pro-am signature event.

12.11 PB Corey Conners, 12.24 SH Nick Taylor, 12.50 SH Mac Hughes  1.42 SH Taylor Pendrith

WEATHER

I can report it is cold rainy with stiff winds 35kph SW that may well mean very little play today, Wednesday.

It will be calmer, cool 13*c sunny for Thursday, Friday, Saturday (cloudy)

However the current weather for Sunday is not good at all, 35kph wind SE, with rain increasing as the day goes on 70% in the afternoon for the leaders

So expect to see the touques, gloves and rain gear at some time this week on what is always one of America's most sceneic venues.

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Patrick Reed leads recent DP World members rise in OWGR..

 On the back of his second DP World Tour title in three weeks, Patrick Reed has risen inside the world’s top 20 for the first time in five years.

Patrick Reed was made an Honorary Life Member of the DP World Tour in 2019

The American won the Qatar Masters on Sunday to go alongside his victory at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic last month and now finds himself 17th in the Official World Golf Ranking – his highest position since the Tour Championship on the PGA TOUR in August 2021. 

It is more remarkable considering he spent the last 3 years on LIV where they were denied OWGR points.

His red-hot form, which includes a runner-up finish at the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship in between his two titles, means he is also the new leader on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World.

An Honorary Life Member of the DP World Tour since 2019, Reed set his sights on becoming just the second American – after Collin Morikawa – to win the Race to Dubai after his two-shot triumph in Doha.

"It’s always been a dream of mine to be an American who comes over here and have an opportunity to win the Race to Dubai," he said.

His compatriot Chris Gotterup, a fellow DP World Tour member this season, also celebrated success over the weekend as he prevailed in a play-off at the WM Phoenix Open on the PGA TOUR.

The 26-year-old has made huge leaps in the past 12 months, particularly since his victory at the co-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open last summer, which he followed up with a third-place finish at The Open.

Already a winner this year at the Sony Open in Hawaii, he is now a four-time winner on the PGA TOUR and up to a career-best 5th in the owgr

In other notable moves, Nicolai Højgaard, a 2023 Ryder Cup winner with Europe, is up to 50th after finishing in a tie for third at TPC Scottsdale.

A strong four-event Middle East stretch on the DP World Tour’s International Swing has also reaped rewards for Daniel Hillier, with the New Zealander climbing to a career-high 100th ahead of the first off-week of the year in the Race to Dubai schedule.

Calum Hill has finished runner-up in back-to-back events on the DP World Tour, moving the Scot to 124th.

Top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking

The success of the victorious Ryder Cup team at Bethpage is reflected in the top 10 owgr.

 2.Rory McIlroy, 3. Justin Rose  4. Tommy Fleetwood  8. Robert MacIntyre (was 6th) 

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Matsuyama blows lead, Gotterup gets lucky wins WM Phoenix Open... Final RESULTS

     PGA Tour : WM Phoenix Open    Results

"Well, I guess I got lucky there for sure "

Chris Gotterup hits his tee shot at the 17th hole during the first round of the Phoenix Open golf tournament at the TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Sometimes you have to be lucky to be good is the old adage, and Chris Gotterup who won his 4th title in his short stay on the PGA Tour certainly was all of that, openly admitting that he began Sunday just trying to improve his position, not thinking he was going to win.

He is the 2026 winner of the Phoenix Open 63 71 67 64 -16.

Two time winner, Hideki Matsuyama was holding off Gotterup, Kim, Thorbjornsen, and for a while Scheffler, with the 54 hole lead and a bogey free Sunday looking for his third title, until he got the "lefts" on the par4 17th driving it nearly in the water for a scrambling par, compounding it by hitting it way left on 18 resulting in a bogey 5 and to fall into a -16 playoff with Gotterup.

On 18, Lady Luck smiled on Gotterup who hit his massive drive so far right it went into the stands, only to find a good lie in the trampled down grass, however the good arrived as his approach rolled to within 4 feet for birdie, when bogey looked more likely.

The playoff  was anti climatic as Matsuyama hit it even further left off the tee, and Gotterup hit a another huge drive down the fairway then sunk a 45 footer for birdie to conclude the week.

Canadians 

AJ Ewart T28  69 68 72 68 -7

Nick Taylor T28  71 68 71 67 -7

Mac Hughes T28  68 69 69 71 -7

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T54  74 64 70 73 -3

As for Scott Scheffler he lost the tournament on Thursday with his 73 finishing -15 T3 with 65, 67, 64 a shot out of his 3rd title here.

This week is a signature $20,000,000 restricted field event the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with Rory defending and all the big boys in attendance.

With the Seahawks smothering SuperBowl win over the Patriots, the NFL is done, Spring Training begins, and the Winter  Olympics continue in the mountains of northern Italy.

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Matsuyama vies for the triple, Hughes leads Canadians in Phoenix..54 hole results

     PGA Tour : WM Phoenix Open  Tee Times 

You won't read about him in the headlines  at this version of the WM Phoenix Open, but Mac Hughes is doing his standing in the Fed Ex standings a world of good so far this week.

At T20 68 69 69 -7 he has moved up 53 places, to give you some idea he was ranked #119 on Thursday morning, if it ended today he would be #66.

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T25 74 64 70 -5

AJ Ewart T37 69 68 72 -4

Nick Taylor T46 71 68 71 -3

At the top of the table is two time winner Hideki Matsuyama, who has a host of Japanese accredited media following his every move. 68 64 68 -13 has him with the slenderest of leads

Four players are at -12 Nicolai Hojgaard, Maverick McNealy, Si Woo Kim and Ryo Hisatsune.

Another four are at -11,  another five are at -9 and none of them are called Scott Scheffler who is with another for at 73 65 67 -8 and he of course is getting all the attention, 5 shots back.

Please note the tee times have been moved up to 7.45am in threesomes off split tees #1 and #2 to clear the decks for the US Superbowl coverage.

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Reed wins Qatar Masters...Final results

      DP World Tour : Qatar Masters Tee Times Leaderboard

You will remember the young South African, Jayden Schaper who in the fortnight before Christmas won the Alfred Dunhill Championship, then chipped in at the final hole to win the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open the following week, he was the talk of the DP World Tour.

This morning he was up and attem' early to post a bogey free 7 birdie 65 to move up 27 places T7 -11. That's the type of round the leader Patrick Reed will need to fend off to win his 2nd DP World title today.

Through 11 holes he is -1 on his round -15 with a 22 shot lead over 4 players at -13 who are snapping at his heels, but are also running out of holes...

FINAL EDIT

Patrick Reed left LIV this year and with his family, Justine and two children Windsor and Barrett back home in the Woodlands, Texas.

He and his team with his wife's brother Kessler on the bag came to Dubai 3 weeks ago and beat Rory and others from the Ryder Cup team to win the Hero Dubai Desert

Then on to Bahrain with the rank and file where he T2 lost in a 3 man playoff to Freddie Schott.

Now, moments ago he outlasted the field with a strong back nine bogey free, 3 birdie 33 to finish with 33 -16 for another victory, this one by shots, and a big lead at #1 in the early days of the 2026 Race to Dubai.

Calum Hill, the other man beaten last week's play-off as Freddy Schott won in Bahrain, finished second on -14 for a second consecutive runner-up finish, one shot ahead of Reed's playing partner Jacob Skov Olesen and Johannes Veerman.

“It wasn’t looking very good there on the front nine," he admitted afterwards. "To lose the lead like that and then to be able to kind of flip the switch there on the back nine obviously felt amazing.

“I just needed a putt to go in. I mean, I had 18 putts on the front nine, yesterday I had 33 putts, so I felt like I was hitting the ball fine.

“I felt like right when we made the turn - you know, we were chasing at that point - I just decided to go for it and trust in the putter and trust in the process, and we were able to kind of get it done.”

win-T2-win in his last 3 outings, and remember he T3 at the Masters in 2025.

Olesen and Veerman shared third place, with Lindell and Bradbury joined by Angel Ayora and Sebastian Söderberg on -12 for a share of fifth.

The top ten was completed by Schaper, Gregorio De Leo, David Micheluzzi, Antoine Rozner and Kazuma Kobori in a T9 on -11 

Ireland's three-time Major Champion Padraig Harrington, in his 500th DP World Tour event, was under par for the fourth day in a row with a 71 to finish -5 

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Four Canadians make the weekend, Japanese flag fly's WM Phoenix Open...36 hole results

    PGA Tour : WM Phoenix Open  Tee Times 

Four Canadians will play the weekend at WM Phoenix Open where the Japanese flag is at full mast heading into moving day.

Ryo Hisatsune was the 2023 Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the year on the DP World Tour where his brilliant play won him dual membership on the PGA Tour.

He was in the final group with Justin Rose last weekend and finished a distant 2nd to Rosie's masterclass at Torrey Pines, today the little Japanese shot a brilliant -9 63 aided by a chip in birdie after finding water on the 17th and he has the lead at -11.

One of his idols, Hideki Matsuyama has won here twice, and is well placed to make it three with with 68 64 -10 for 2nd place.

Canadians

Mac Hughes T19  68 69  -5

AJ Ewart T19  68 69  -5

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T28 74 64 -4 ( Moved up 77 places with his 64)

Nick Taylor T37 71 68 -3

Corey Conners MC  72 72 +2

After all the hullabaloo surrounding Brooks Koepka's return he has now missed 2 cuts, 75 69 +2 with the cut falling at -1.

Scheffler 74 65 is T28 -4 in that large group 7 shots off the lead.

Bryan Angus

Reed on a role atop leaderboard, Saturday in Qatar..54 hole results

     DP World Tour : Qatar Masters Tee Times Leaderboard

It's well into moving day in Qatar this morning, I can tell you the breeze is up gusting at 22kph, its cool by desert standards at 19*c, lots of 72+ scores from the early wave.

The greens have firmed up, rolling at 12 on the stimp meter.

Patrick Reed continues his recent form (1st, 2nd) at -13 tied with Joakim Lagergren -13 through  holes, two shots clear of the field..

FINAL EDIT>>>>>

Patrick Reed secured a two-shot lead to take into Sunday's final round of the 2026 Qatar Masters.

The in-form American shot 70 on Moving Day at Doha Golf Club to reach -14 and boost his chances of a second victory in three weeks.

Playing partner Joakim Lagergren responded with a one-over par 73, leaving Jacob Skov Olesen as Reed's nearest challenger on -12.  Daniel Hillier and Angel Ayora were -11  with Lagergren in a group of four players a further shot back at -10

Reed's birdies at the second and the par-five tenth were backed up by 16 pars in a rock-solid round and he said: “I felt like I hit the ball better today than I did the last two days – well, really compared to yesterday, and shot two shots worse, so it’s an interesting game.

“The golf game feels good, it feels solid, it feels steady and really just got to go out there and keep the foot on the gas tomorrow, get off to hopefully a faster start than today, and see where it goes. 

“It’s one of those days you’ve got to take advantage of the par-fives, I didn’t really do that very well today. A three-putt on the last obviously stings but to go round this place bogey-free, especially with how the wind was, it’s obviously successful.

Reed, won won the Hero Dubai Desert Classic two weeks ago and was only beaten in a play-off at last week's Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship, he is 18 holes away from a big lead in the Race to Dubai as he continues to enjoy his membership, and he will play a lot of this DP World Tour this year, often while Rory is away in the States.

Further bogeys for Lagergren at the 11th, 14th and 16th left him four off the pace, meaning Olesen will play with Reed in Sunday's final group.

The Danish left-hander was one over for his front nine but five birdies coming home, including three in the last four holes, put him in contention for his maiden DP World Tour win.

Ayora shot 70 and Hillier 71 to stay well in touch, while Oliver Lindell was -10 after his 68 set the early clubhouse lead. The Finn shared fifth place with Lagergren, Gregorio De Leo and David Micheluzzi.

Calum Hill, runner-up alongside Reed in Bahrain last week, and Antoine Rozner each shot 66 and Sebastian Söderberg 65, the best of the day, to all reach -9 Alongside them on that total were Dan Bradbury, Kazuma Kobori and Johannes Veerman.

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Reed continues to dominate after 36 holes at Qatar Masters..Full results

    DP World Tour : Qatar Masters Tee Times Leaderboard

Red hot Patrick Reed led at the halfway point of the 2026 Qatar Masters after a closing birdie on day two.

Reed spent the latter stages of his round sharing top spot with Joakim Lagergren, whose eventful 66 took him to -11 under par, but holed a seven-footer for his third birdie in the final five holes to pull ahead at -12.

The American made just two birdies on the front nine but took advantage of the par-five tenth for the second consecutive day and his gains at the 14th, 16th and 18th more than offset a bogey at the 15th.

Despite a 67 to follow his opening 65, Reed said: “Honestly, today was a little frustrating, especially early.

“Didn’t hit my first fairway until six, finally had a little bit of a celebration there for hitting the fairway and next thing you know I go and birdie the hole.

“Ball-striking wasn’t quite as sharp as it was yesterday but I missed in the right spots today and because of that I was able still to get balls on greens. Going round this place and feeling like you didn’t hit it quite as well as you wanted to, and hit 17 greens is always a positive."

Lagergren made four birdies and an eagle but the most memorable moment of his round came at the second hole. The Swede's tee-shot landed in a rock formation but with the help of powerful caddie Jesse Karlsson, he was able to move the obstructions and clear a path to the ball to make par.

He finished off in style with a 24-foot putt to pick up two shots at the 18th and spent much of the day at the head of the leaderboard until overhauled late on by Reed.

Lagergren said: “Yeah, it was very good today, very solid, so I'm happy with the day."

Daniel Hillier, who shared the first-round lead with Reed, carded 69 to sit alongside Richard Sterne in third on -10.

Angel Ayora, Matt Wallace and Ewen Ferguson shared fifth place on -9 with Jacob Skov Olesen and Kota Kaneko at -8

Pádraig Harrington shot 70 to reach -3 and make the cut for the 380th time in his 500 DP World Tour events, an impressive 76 per cent rate.

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Mac Hughes leads Canadians at WM Phoenix Open...18 hole results

   PGA Tour : WM Phoenix Open  Tee Times 

Mac Hughes put together a workman like round 4 birdie 1 bogey -3 68 at the Stadium course, to lead the Canadian contingent T13.

With a huge crowd in attendance on this Super Bowl weekend rookie AJ Ewart who was an alternative and got in as the PGA Tour accommodated Brooke Keopka and had to increase the field to make up the pairings, was next T27 -2 69.

Nick Taylor T56 E 71, Corey Conners T76 +1 72 and the other rookie Sudarshan Yellamaraju T105 +3 74.

Meanwhile in the news Scottie Scheffler had a merely mortal round of +2 73 T89 10 shots off the lead, and Brooke Keopka was worse T109 +4 75 Wouldn't it be something if these two who have gotten all the media attention, missed the cut altogether.

American Chris Gotterup at 26, got all our attention during his two weeks in Britain last July when he beat Rory to win the Genesis Scottish Open then T3 at the Open Championship.

He is the real deal, his Dad is an amateur legend in New Jersey with a slew of titles to his name. His -8 63 has the 18 hole lead, he won the Sony earlier in Hawaii for his 3rd win, and hits it a mile.

European Ryder Cup star Matt Fitzpatrick torched the front nine with birdies in 7 of 9 holes for a record tying 29, and would be the leader if not for bogey's at 17 and 18 for -6 65.

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Cockerill misses cut in Qatar...Live scoreboard

   DP World Tour : Qatar Masters Tee Times Leaderboard

With rounds of 74 70 E Aaron Cockerill  needed to wait for the final cut line to see if he was in or out for the weekend at the Qatar Masters.

After a bright birdie, birdie start out in -2 35, he posted 3 more on his back nine but ran into a little 3 putt, 2 bogey trouble that ultimately left him at E with the late wave on course and the cut projected to be -2

The clubhouse leader was Sweden's Joakim Lagergren 67 66 -11. 

Aaron can be excused for have other things on his mind as we all await word from wife Chelsea at home in Dubai, overdue for the birth of their 2nd child.

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EDIT >>> The cut fell at -2 with Patrick Reed getting to -12 for the 36 hole lead so Aaron is out.

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TEE TIMES for Thursday at WM Phoenix Open, 5 Canadians

  PGA Tour : WM Phoenix Open Field Tee Times

From the desert in Qatar to the desert at Scottsdale Arizona the PGA Tour is assembled at the Stadium Course for this year's WM Phoenix Open.

Thomas Detry is the defending champion but the big hitting Belgian has decided to forgo his PGA Tour status for a big signing bonus on LIV.

Here are the TEE TIMES for the 5 Canadians

Mac Hughes 9.20 10th

Nick Taylor 10.04 1st

AJ Ewart  10.48 10th

Corey Conners 2.00 1st

Sudarshan Yellamaraju 3.28  10th

Weather : Sunny,warm mid 20's*c, breeze 14kph NE for the early wave diminishing by afternoon.

With the winter Olympics underway and the Super Bowl on Sunday in San Francisco it's a big sports weekend.

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Reed continues to flourish on DP World Tour....Live scoreboard from Qatar

  DP World Tour : Qatar Masters Tee Times Leaderboard

Patrick Reed has quit LIV but he brought his A game with him to the Middle East on  this DP World Tour with a win at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and last week T2 at the Bahrain Championship.

Early this morning in Qatar he continued his purple patch posting 6 birdies in his first holes on his way to -7 65 and a  T1 with another in form player Daniel Hillier who added an eagle to his 6 birdies -7 65.

Canada's Aaron Cockerill, who's wife Chelsea is due any day with their 2nd child, sunk a 20 footer on his first hole back after 45 days away, and is E through 6 holes.

more to follow.

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Final EDIT

Patrick Reed continued his stunning start to the season to share the first-round lead with Daniel Hillier at the 2026 Qatar Masters.

The 2018 Masters Champion recorded his fourth DP World Tour win at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic two weeks ago and was only denied another in a play-off at last week's Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship.

Hillier, for his part, goes into the week fifth on the Race to Dubai Rankings delivered by DP World after four top-six finishes in his five events so far including second place at the Dubai Invitational and a tie for fourth in Bahrain - and the pair shared top spot here on-7  after rounds of 65.

The American said: "I hit the ball pretty well, especially early in the round, a lot of my birdies were just kind of kick-inshich is always nice, not having to think too much around there.

“The golf course, especially when it’s windy like this, it requires a lot of shot-making – you have to work the ball both ways, or flight things down, or take it up in the air. That’s the kind of golf I like. w

"I like to get creative when I’m out there and a golf course like this with a lot of doglegs and cross-winds, it allows you to do that. It’s just one of these places that kind of suits my eye."

There was a Scandinavian flavour to the chasing pack, with Sweden's Marcus Kinhult, Dane Jacob Skov Olesen and Finland's Oliver Lindell all at -6

They were joined late in the day by Spain's Angel Ayora and Italy's Gregorio De Leo, the latter ending his round with a bogey at the ninth hole to deny him a share of the lead.

Another Swede, Joakim Lagergren, was -5 alongside New Zealand's Kazuma Kobori.

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Aaron Cockerill returns to action at Qatar Masters... TEE TIMES

 DP World Tour : Qatar Masters Tee Times

Believe it or not it was the week before Christmas that Aaron Cockerill played a competitive round of golf at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open were he MC, 45 days ago.

His wife Chelsea is heavily pregnant with their 2nd child, the last posting on Instagram a week ago "waiting patiently for the latest Cockerill, mother 4 days overdue"

So the usual Christmas trip back to family in Winnipeg was cancelled,, Aaron osted pictures of them at their home in Dubai

This is the first event he has qualified for since the break. His new Category 18 status for the top 20 at Q School isn't as strong as his previous Category 10 as a card carrier in the top 100.

He is at #135 in the Race to Dubai standings after just 4 events and now with owgr #443.

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Five Canadians this week WM Phoenix Open...Full Field

 PGA Tour : WM Phoenix Open Field

There will be 5 Canadians in the field for this week's WM Phoenix Open which is also Super Bowl weekend in the USA, this year in San Francisco with the Patriots / Seahawks and to add to those, the Winter Olympics get under way in Italy this week

Canadians and their owgr.

Corey Conners #32 ,Nick Taylor #55, Mac Hughes #105, Sudarshan Yellamaraju #232 and AJ Ewart #418 (late addition as an alternative)

Taylor Pendrith is eligible but did not enter,

Thomas Detry is the defending champion, it is not a signature event this year.

Signature Events $20,000,000

Feb 12-15 AT&T Pebble Beach

Feb 19-22  The Genesis Invitational (was cancelled in 2025 due to fires)

Mar 5-8  AP Invitational

Apr 16-19  RBC Heritage

Apr 30 -May3  Miami Invitational

May 7-10  Truist Championship

June 4-7  The Memorial

June 25 - 28 Travelers Championship

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Inside the Qatar Masters includes #500 for Paddy..

 The International Swing reaches its midway point as the Qatar Masters returns for its 29th edition in Doha. 

• Entry List

500 up for Harrington

This week sees some DP World Tour royalty reach a momentous landmark as Pádraig Harrington becomes the 50th player to tee it up 500 times. From his first start at the 1995 Smurfit European Open to this week at Doha Golf Club he has played in 33 different countries, winning in ten of them, and racked up three Major Championship victories along the way. His 15 wins make him the most successful Irish golfer in history and as he plays his fourth consecutive week at 54 years of age, the three-time Senior Major winner shows no sign of slowing down. Keep your eyes across DP World Tour broadcast, socials and website this week for all things Harrington.

Former winners look to shine again

This week sees the 29th consecutive edition of the Qatar Masters since its inaugural edition and eight previous champions tee it up looking to win the Mother of Pearl Trophy for a second time. 

Darren Fichardt lifted it way back in 2003 and his incredible longevity means he is in the field this week having finished in the top 116 on the Race to Dubai last season, the same season he won his first Legends Tour event and came second at the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship. 

Champion from 2013 Chris Wood is currently without status on Tour but is on the comeback trail after winning his last start on the MENA Golf Tour and 2018 winner Eddie Pepperell is also on a comeback of sorts after regaining his card at last year's Qualifying School. 

Justin Harding is looking for his first victory in nearly five years while Jorge Campillo, Antoine Rozner and Ewen Ferguson are all seeking a fourth DP World Tour win this week. Rikuya Hoshino, our champion from 2024, returns to the scene of his sole DP World Tour win after spending last season as a dual member with the PGA TOUR.

Inside the field

The battle at the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World is set to intensify this week with a host of players at the top end of the standings teeing up. Leader Jayden Schaper - already a two-time winner this term - is looking to continue his remarkable form and he is joined by nearest challenger Patrick Reed after the 2018 Masters champion recently added a Rolex Series win at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic to his CV. 

Andy Sullivan, Julien Guerrier, Daniel Hillier and Nacho Elvira will all also be looking to continue their impressive starts to the season.

International Swing hits midway point

With three events completed and three more to come after this week, our stop in Qatar, our last trip to the Middle East before the DP World Tour Play-Offs, represents the midway point in the International Swing. 

Unsurprisingly our three winners so far top the Rankings but with an enhanced-points victory at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and a play-off loss in Bahrain, it is Patrick Reed who leads that pack. 

The winner of the International Swing will gain entry into every event in Phase Two of the season - the Back 9 - while also securing a US$200,000 bonus, with a spot at the Genesis Scottish Open also available to the highest player in the Rankings not already exempt.

Doha Golf Club goes from strength to strength

This week's host has staged this event in 26 of its 28 editions, becoming a regular and popular stop for our players. 

Things may look a little different this year, however, with several new and upgraded tee complexes across the course - notably at the first, sixth, eighth, 13th and 15th - allowing greater flexibility in set-up while enhancing turf quality and visual definition. 

These improvements support a more strategic test for players while ensuring consistency across all tournament rounds. Operating in a desert environment, sustainability is a core part of how the course is managed and Doha Golf Club utilises warm-season turfgrasses selected specifically for heat tolerance, reduced water demand and long-term durability. 

Irrigation practices are closely monitored and data-driven, ensuring water is applied efficiently and only where required, while ongoing soil health programmes help minimise inputs without compromising performance.

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Brooke Henderson 3rd, hires a new caddie after LPGA Tournament of Champions reduced to 54 holes...Final results

 LPGA : Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions 

Results

 Due to high winds and frigid temperatures by Florida standards this year's opening LPGA event was reduced to 54 holes on the Lake Nona course.

Nelly Korda posted a  brilliant Saturday 64 in bad weather to get to -13 which was good enough for the win..$500,000   (68 71 64)

Amy Yang 68 69 69 -10 was second $320,000

Brook Henderson was 3rd  73 70 66 -7  $230,000

Older sister Brittany carried Brooks bag for the last time as she is expecting in June and is taking maternity leave. Her return date has not been decided as she wants to concentrate on becoming a mother for now.

Brooke has hired veteran caddie John Killeen for 2026, who has looped for Julie Inkster and Meg Mallon

The LPGA now heads to the Far East, Thailand, Singapore and China before returning to USA,  March 19th in California

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