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• Life-sized Ballesteros statue goes missing

  20-01-2026 13:07 via bbc.com
  Spanish authorities are investigating after a bronze statue commemorating five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros disappears in his hometown in Spain.
  
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• Reed leads by four shots after day three in Dubai

  24-01-2026 14:36 via bbc.com
  Patrick Reed leads by four shots after the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club.
  
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• Rory McIlroy backs Muirfield for Open return despite ‘lowest point’ in 2013

  24-01-2026 13:04 via theguardian.com
  Scottish links last staged championship 13 years ago ‘It’s one of the best courses on the rota and in the UK’Rory McIlroy has endorsed Muirfield’s case for an Open revival despite reaching a golfing nadir there when the major was last staged at the Scottish links in 2013.McIlroy famously declared he felt “unconscious” and “brain dead” while en route to a missed cut in East Lothian 13 years ago. The refusal of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Gol
  
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• Scheffler and teenager Brown lead American Express

  24-01-2026 00:30 via bbc.com
  A stunning 60 gives teenager Blades Brown a share of the lead with Scottie Scheffler after the second round of the American Express in California.
  
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• Patrick Reed unfazed by fines as he hits the front in Dubai Desert Classic

  23-01-2026 16:22 via theguardian.com
  American tops leaderboard but sanctions loom largeRory McIlroy toils seven shots off the leadPatrick Reed finds himself in a curious situation. The former Masters champion could prevail this weekend in the Dubai Desert Classic and see a decent chunk of the $1.5m (£1.1m) first prize duly handed back to the DP World Tour in fines. Reed has joked that it will not be particularly easy for him to make a profit on this tour during 2026. Indeed, he basically starts his season in the red.Reed&rsqu
  
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• Reed leads Sullivan by one with McIlroy seven back

  23-01-2026 16:07 via bbc.com
  American Patrick Reed leads England's Andy Sullivan by one shot after round two of the Dubai Desert Classic, with Rory McIlroy seven off the pace after a second-round 69.
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: arguments, insults, fights, protests and drama

  23-01-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Have you been following the big stories in football, tennis, rugby, golf, ice hockey, F1 and the NFL? Continue reading...
  
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• Scheffler one off lead on return at American Express

  23-01-2026 00:52 via bbc.com
  World number one Scottie Scheffler shoots a nine-under 63 in the first round of the American Express in California on his first PGA Tour appearance of the season.
  
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• McIlroy eight behind leader Molinari in Dubai

  22-01-2026 15:53 via bbc.com
  Rory McIlroy is eight shots adrift of first-round leader Francesco Molinari at the Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club.
  
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• Hatton dismisses LIV tension with McIlroy as talk in Dubai focuses on wines not fines

  22-01-2026 14:42 via theguardian.com
  No apparent ill-feeling between Ryder Cup pair ‘I asked if he had any good wine over Christmas’The talk was of wines, not fines. Any notion of an awkward 18 holes between Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton was firmly dismissed by the Englishman in the immediate aftermath. McIlroy used pre-tournament media duties at the Dubai Desert Classic to assert that Hatton and Jon Rahm should settle their seven-figure penalties due to the European Tour Group for their participation in LIV Golf.McIl
  
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• Rory McIlroy urges LIV Golf duo to pay £4.5million in fines as repercussions clear

  21-01-2026 18:50 via express.co.uk
  Rory McIlroy has made a firm order to two LIV Golf stars on the eve of the DP World Tour's Dubai Tennis Classic.
  
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• McIlroy challenges Hatton and Rahm to pay Tour fines

  21-01-2026 15:00 via bbc.com
  Rory McIlroy says Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm can "prove" their commitment to Europe's Ryder Cup team by settling the fines handed down to them by the DP World Tour.
  
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• What does the future hold for LIV Golf after Koepka exit?

  21-01-2026 12:08 via bbc.com
  With the PGA Tour going on the offensive, how hard LIV's paymasters fight to keep Bryson DeChambeau may well go a long way to dictating the future credibility of its series, writes Dan Roan.
  
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• ‘Pay up’: Rory McIlroy delivers Ryder Cup warning to LIV pair Hatton and Rahm

  21-01-2026 11:51 via theguardian.com
  LIV rebels are appealing against DP World Tour sanctionsForthright McIlroy wants duo to show their commitmentRory McIlroy has challenged Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm to demonstrate their commitment to the Ryder Cup cause by settling fines for their LIV Golf participation.McIlroy pointed towards motivation used by Europe during victory at Bethpage last September after it emerged the United States players were paid to play in the Ryder Cup. Continue reading...
  
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• Tommy Fleetwood's eight-word reply over LIV Golf approach after Brooks Koepka return

  20-01-2026 21:10 via express.co.uk
  Tommy Fleetwood has quashed any rumours of joining LIV Golf for the 2026 season, while speaking about Brooks Koepka's return from the Saudi circuit.
  
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• Foul play? Seve Ballesteros statue vanishes from hometown in Spain

  20-01-2026 17:22 via theguardian.com
  Life-size statue disappears in golf legend’s hometown‘Everything indicates that it was a theft,’ says councilSpanish authorities have launched an investigation following the disappearance of a statue commemorating golfer Seve Ballesteros from his hometown of Pedrena, near Santander in northern Spain’s Cantabria region.The Marina de Cudeyo Town Council confirmed the incident on Sunday through their social media accounts, describing the disappearance as “an unfortunat
  
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• Luke Donald to hold talks with Ryder Cup executives as he eyes third tilt at captaincy

  20-01-2026 12:27 via theguardian.com
  Donald in Dubai and to discuss Adare Manor in 2027 Potential captain Justin Rose expected still to playLuke Donald will hold talks with senior officials at the European Tour Group this week in Dubai, as the Englishman edges closer to a third stint as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain. While no announcement is imminent, there is a rising sense Donald will seek to make history by leading Europe to three Ryder Cup successes in a row.Donald, who is in the field for this weekend’s Dubai Desert C
  
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• MacIntyre laments breaking putter after fourth-place finish

  19-01-2026 12:43 via bbc.com
  Scotland's Robert MacIntyre cards a best-of-the-day 63 to finish in a share of fourth at the PGA Tour's season-opening Sony Open in Hawaii but blames his "attitude" earlier in the tournament for falling short of the title.
  
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• Shane Lowry chips into water at 72nd hole to blow lead as Elvira wins in Dubai

  18-01-2026 14:06 via theguardian.com
  Nacho Elvira takes advantage for Dubai Invitational titleRory McIlroy finishes in tie for third after final-day dramaShane Lowry blew a one-shot lead on the last hole as Nacho Elvira recovered to claim victory in a dramatic finish to the Dubai Invitational.Lowry, who had started the final round in a tie for second, two strokes behind the Spaniard, barged into the lead after a birdie on the 15th and appeared to have the title at his mercy. But the Irishman found both bunker and water on the 18th,
  
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• Elvira beats Lowry to dramatic Dubai title

  18-01-2026 13:14 via bbc.com
  Shane Lowry finds the water on the 18th hole as he misses out on the Dubai Invitational title to Nacho Elvira in a dramatic final round.
  
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• Tommy Fleetwood's caddie earned astronomical amount from £7.4million golf payday

  18-01-2026 11:00 via express.co.uk
  Tommy Fleetwood has worked with caddie Ian Finnis for a decade, and the pair have enjoyed success together.
  
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• Hall wins Vic Open title on Australasia tour

  18-01-2026 09:50 via bbc.com
  Wales' Lydia Hall took her fourth WPGA Tour of Australasia title with victory in the Vic Open at 13th Beach Golf Links.
  
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• World Sports Photography Awards 2026 winners revealed – in pictures

  17-01-2026 20:00 via theguardian.com
  More than 4,120 photographers from 123 countries submitted a record-breaking 23,130 images across the 24 categories to this year’s World Sports Photography awards, the only global competition for sporting photography.To see the silver, bronze and special merit images from all of the categories click here Continue reading...
  
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• McIlroy three behind third-round Dubai leader Elvira

  17-01-2026 14:12 via bbc.com
  Rory McIlroy sits three shots behind leader Nacho Elvira after the third round of the Dubai Invitational, with Shane Lowry two adrift of the pacesetter.
  
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• Tiger Woods' former caddie's staggering net worth record that is now in jeopardy after row

  17-01-2026 08:30 via express.co.uk
  Tiger Woods' dominance of golf wasn't just good for his bank balance.
  
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• Faldo returns home after open-heart surgery

  16-01-2026 18:17 via bbc.com
  Sir Nick Faldo is returning home after having "successful" open-heart surgery, the six-time major winner's team says on social media.
  
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• McIlroy hits water four times as Lowry ties Dubai lead

  16-01-2026 14:22 via bbc.com
  Shane Lowry claims a share of the halfway lead at the Dubai Invitational as Rory McIlroy slips back after finding water four times during an erratic second round.
  
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• Rory McIlroy responds to Brooks Koepka's PGA Tour return after LIV Golf exit

  16-01-2026 13:29 via express.co.uk
  Brooks Koepka is returning to the PGA Tour later this month after three-and-a-half years with LIV Golf, with Rory McIlroy welcoming the five-time major champion
  
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• Inside Tommy Fleetwood's life in Dubai after quitting UK with wife 23 years older than him

  16-01-2026 10:00 via express.co.uk
  Tommy Fleetwood is competing on home turf at the Dubai Invitational.
  
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• LIV 'haven't signed anyone who moves the needle' - McIlroy

  15-01-2026 20:49 via bbc.com
  Rory McIlroy says the return of Brooks Koepka to the PGA Tour could suggest that the rival LIV Golf tour is in decline.
  
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