The rain might have left the Emirates Golf Club as soggy as a wet day in the midlands, but the sponsors must be licking their lips with Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed locked together ahead of a Monday finish to the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

SEAMUS POWER sees Ian Poulter as his role model as a Ryder Cup player as he bids to make Luke Donald's team to take on the Americans in Rome in September.

Ian Poulter last night insisted he can still play the Ryder Cup next year despite Rory McIlroy's assertion that the defection of former European Ryder Cup stars to LIV Golf felt like a "betrayal".

GREG Norman will have to qualify for The 150th Open at St Andrews after the R&A made it clear there will be no special exemption for the 1986 and 1993 champion.

SHANE LOWRY sported some ugly trousers but looked sharp with partner Ian Poulter as they moved into contention for the $8.3 million Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

SHANE LOWRY is looking to end his run of near misses when he teams up with Ian Poulter in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

France’s Victor Perez took a giant step towards qualifying for his Ryder Cup debut under Pádraig Harrington when he beat Robert MacIntyre and Sergio Garcia to reach the semi-finals of the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club.

Rory McIlroy faces a “seismic shift” in thinking under Pete Cowen as he digests his 6 and 5 drubbing by a clinical Ian Poulter in his first round-robin match at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas.

Shane Lowry won’t be the only Ryder Cup hopeful joining defending champion Graeme McDowell in the Saudi International powered by Softbank Investment Advisers at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club from 4 – 7 February 2021.