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DP World Tour ready to embrace rebels including DeChambeau after LIV Golf collapses

Bankruptcy proceedings for LIV Golf begin in New Jersey court DP World Tour expecting an influx of players from LIV Golf The DP World Tour is expecting an influx of players from LIV Golf next year and is ready to extend an olive branch to all the former rebels, including the face of its doomed revival, Bryson DeChambeau. The two-time US Open winner had been due to sign for LIV 2.0 next season, saying recently their “business plan made a lot of sense” and that the reborn rebel tour would “last forever,” but instead they began bankruptcy proceedings in a New Jersey court on Thursday following th

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‘It doesn’t look good’: McIlroy gets two-shot penalty after improving his lie

Ulsterman insists was no intention on his part Laporta leads Abu Dhabi Championship Rory McIlroy was handed a two-shot penalty after his first round at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Thursday, with officials ruling he improved his lie on a hole where he made double-bogey to spoil his card. McIlroy’s score of six at the par-4 12th hole turned into an even uglier eight and left him posting a two-under 70 to be eight shots off the lead, held by Francesco Laporta after his bogey-free round of 62. Continue reading...

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I know the dangers a wounded Trump presents – this is how the UK should deal with him now | Kim Darroch

Power is draining away at home, but the US president will see a chance to make his mark through foreign policy Kim Darroch was Britain’s ambassador to the US between January 2016 and December 2019 Election nights are party time in Washington. The bars and restaurants fill up and the city rocks. For diplomats, it’s an opportunity – but it’s also a long night, as you trek across the party scene in search of insight and illumination. Invariably, it has its moments. I recall being at the Washington Post party on the night of the presidential election on 8 November 2016. Washington is an overwhelmi

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