DEREK LAWRENSON IN ABU DHABI: It is still more than two months until the clocks go forward, and Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have yet to hit a shot.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: When the idea of a world golf tour surfaced once more last week, the mind wandered back to Greg Norman's original concept 25 years ago.

The hole on the par-3 16th will be cut 24 paces on and eight from the left edge of the green to honour Bryant's two most iconic shirt numbers during his remarkable 20-year career within NBA.

On Friday afternoon, a rumour spread like wildfire at the Genesis Invitational that Phil Mickelson was about to be announced as the first face of the proposed Premier Golf League.

Rory McIlroy has delivered a potentially fatal blow to the proposed Premier Golf League by ruling himself out of joining a breakaway circuit.

Tommy Fleetwood will have a golden opportunity on Sunday to claim his first victory on the PGA Tour - and banish an unwanted label.

EXCLUSIVE BY DEREK LAWRENSON: As ever with Fleetwood, the tone was measured and the words considered - but he made no secret of his displeasure at being in the middle of a media storm.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN ORLANDO: As a media scrum assembled around Rory McIlroy on Friday night, his playing partner Justin Rose made a dejected exit. These are tough times for him.

The European Tour are ready to hold events on every day of the week and are prepared to have tournaments running concurrently in a desperate bid to save the season.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Sir Nick Faldo believes Rory McIlroy and other leading lights will have a real opportunity to rewrite golf history if the majors are packed into a tight window.

INTERVIEW BY DEREK LAWRENSON: Westwood thought he'd be playing lnear the site of the Battle of the Alamo, not at home in Newcastle doing a jigsaw re-enacting the Battle of Waterloo.

Count the previously buoyant European Tour as another branch of sport staring into a financial black hole owing to the effects of coronavirus.

The rigorous testing procedures put forward by the PGA Tour will involve players, caddies and officials being sent testing kits - already on mass order - to their homes.

Tiger Woods' arrogance on the course may have made him come across as a 'p****', but it is also what sets him apart as a true champion, according to his former coach.

Oleg Smolenkov, the Kremlin aide named in Russia as the CIA's asset at the heart of Putin's regime tracks closely to a source described in the Steele dossier, claims Ilya Shumanov.

Siberian shaman Alexander 'Sasha' Gabyshev, 60, nicknamed the 'new Rasputin' has vowed to restart his two-year journey to 'exorcise' Vladimir Putin after he was arrested last month.

Mazlum Abdi, the head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), phoned Moscow to 'thank Vladimir Putin (pictured yesterday) and Russia for their keenness in defusing the war'.

Furious former Labour MPs have lashed out at Jeremy Corbyn after he signalled he would be willing to scrap the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent if he becomes prime minister.

Sergei Skripal had been warned. He had been a double agent, and in 2010, when the Russians released him from jail in a spy-swap, Putin made his intentions clear: 'Traitors will kick the bucket.'

Vladimir Putin was asked to confirm or deny years of rumours that he uses body doubles to avoid being assassinated, claiming that he was advised to do it back in 2000 but turned down the idea.

The Canadian crooner looked like he was in full preparation mode as he made his way to the dance studio on Thursday. The Yummy singer, 25, seemed like he was in high spirits.

The Montage Beverly Hills hotel is a kingdom of opulence frequented by the rich and famous in one of the world's most famous postcodes - 90210. Ted Thornhill dips his toes into the waters of luxury...

Bieber, 25, was clad in a red Flâneur hoodie with black shorts and high-top white sneakers as he rode a bike in the luxe locale.

The 25-year-old Canadian pop star ranked three of his wife Hailey Bieber's famous friends from favorite to least favorite on Thursday on The Late Late Show With James Corden on CBS.

With roughly two and a half months to go before embarking on his first tour in three years, Justin Bieber shared a new video of him getting ready.

The Canadian hitmaker, 26, is preparing to go back out on the road for the first time since cutting short his Purpose Tour in 2017. He released his fifth studio album Changes on February 14.

The singer, 26, has relocated venues in Glendale Arizona, Houston, Dallas, Nashville, Columbus Ohio, Indianapolis, Washington DC and Detroit, it was reported on Saturday.

The 29-year-old - who has also written hits for Justin Bieber and Cardi B, posted a message to Instagram on Tuesday revealing he had to beg to be tested after initially being denied.

It was originally scheduled to kick off May 14 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle alongside openers Kehlani and Jaden Smith

They have been loved-up as ever in lockdown. And Hailey Bieber, 23, posted a romantic Instagram snapshot Wednesday in which she kissed her husband Justin Bieber, 26, under a dazzling blue sky.

The 20-year-old actor-rapper admitted 'it was my fault' and asked his famous 50-year-old father if they could take a family photo while they were exiting El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood

The Austrian intimacy and relationship expert, 52, has spent the last two decades counselling high-profile clients - who include Grammy-winning musicians, film producers and business pioneers.

The 18-year-old daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett will be spending 24 hours inside of a box at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles.

Danielle Armstrong shared a video to her Instagram Story on Friday reassuring fans she hasn't gone into labour, following a few days off social media.

The star, 31, told fans that her 'lips feel huge' as she shares a pregnancy update following a social media silence on Tuesday.

The former TOWIE star, 29, has recently moved into a new house and has been showing the settling process on the show.

The actress, 29, shared a sweet Instagram snap on Wednesday as she took her daughters Matilda, four, and Delilah, 21 months, on a family walk.

Cast members including Sarah Jayne Dunn and Stephanie Waring honoured their colleague by wearing blue in snaps they shared to Instagram, after his death in March of suspected coronavirus.

With filming halted amid the coronavirus lockdown, Coronation Street are planning a series of spin-off episodes honouring the ITV soap's favourite icons.

Coronation Street actress Brooke Vincent and her Sheffield United footballer beau Kean Bryan are celebrating their four year anniversary. 

The actress, 26, vlogged her day and date night with the Coronation Street star, 37, as she admitted that she has had a 'tough few days' during lockdown.

Joe Root has turned to a club coach and lifelong friend in his quest to rediscover his batting touch post-Ashes. The 28-year-old enjoyed a family holiday in Greece before putting his pads on again.

The HRT crisis is forcing some British women to go 'cold turkey' on the advice of their GP, causing the return of debilitating menopause symptoms.

LARISA BROWN: The gateway to Greece and the EU for migrants encouraged to leave by Turkey's regime is a short walk across no man's land. But they cannot advance any further.

This young man said he had walked for several hours through Greece before police 'took everything from us - including all our money, clothes and phones' and started to beat them.

Ministers from nine countries, including France, Italy, Greece and Spain, wrote to European Union chiefs yesterday warning the industry faces collapse if measures are not rolled out soon.

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