European Tour - Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

Rickie Fowler produced two moments of magic to hold off late charges from Thomas Pieters, Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson to win his second European Tour title at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.

The World Number Six held a three-shot lead at the turn but while he made seven straight pars on the back nine, McIlroy came home in 31 with an eagle at the last and Stenson came back in 32 to sit one shot behind the leader in the clubhouse.

Fowler was not to be outdone, however, and he chipped in on the 17th to open up a two-shot lead, with a par at the last enough to keep him at 16 under and hand him a one-shot victory over Pieters, who birdied the final hole.

The 27 year old had earlier holed from a bunker for an eagle on the eighth immediately after a double bogey on the seventh cut his advantage to one on a dramatic final day at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.

The victory follows Fowler's triumph at last season's Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and makes him just the second American to win this event after Chris DiMarco, who claimed the inaugural title in 2006.

This was a big one. Last year having a multiple-win season, to come back and work on getting back in the winner's circle after a successful season and keep moving forward. This is a great start - Rickie Fowler

"It's a great field that HSBC has put together here. The course is in perfect shape.

"It was a lot of fun today. It was a bit stressful at times. Thomas is playing well. It's fun to kind of go head-to-head with him being in the same group. We had a good time.

"It's nice to come out on top this week."

The result moves Fowler up to fourth in the Official World Golf Ranking behind Spieth, Jason Day and McIlroy, and he is eager to turn the 'big three' into the 'big four'.

PGA Tour – CareerBuilder Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation

Jason Dufner made two great escapes. The first, from Alcatraz, no less.

David Lingmerth got no such reprieve at PGA West's punishing TPC Stadium Course.

Dufner won the CareerBuilder Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation with a par on the second hole of a playoff Sunday, taking advantage of Lingmerth's shot that bounced off the jagged rocks and into the water.

In regulation on the island-green 17th called Alcatraz, Dufner -- tied with Lingmerth for the lead -- pulled his 8-iron tee shot and thought it bounced into the water. Instead, it settled into a small sandy area between some of the tangled rocks that circle the green.

"I was like, 'Man, this is a great break I'm going to take advantage of it,'" Dufner said. "`This is what I need. I need this right now. I need this break to happen. I'm confident with what I can do with this shot and I need to make this happen and get a par.'"

He hooked a chip that struck the flagstick and stopped inches away.

"It's a shot that I've hit some, not in the hazard, but something similar," Dufner said. "You kind of hit that low little spinning one with some check on it."

On the first extra hole on the par-4 18th with a rock wall and water running the length of the left side, Dufner hit his 3-wood drive near the front lip in a right-side bunker. He blasted out 100 yards to set up a 110-yard third shot that he hit to 11 feet.

"I wanted to hit 6-iron -- about 180 to the front there," Dufner said. "But it was probably a shot I pull off maybe two out of 10 times or three out of 10 times. The other seven or eight times it probably hits the lip or goes in the water.

"I felt like, 'My wedges have been good, I'm going to play the percentages. If he makes birdie, then he deserves to win. I'll try and get it up-and-down and extend it.'"

Asian Development Tour - The Players Championship

Thai talent Itthipat Buranatanyarat rounded off a superb week after closing with a six-under-par 66 to win by three shots for his second Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the US$100,000 Players Championship on Saturday.

The 22-year-old Thai compiled a career-best winning total of 20-under-par 268 at the Raffles Country Club’s par-72 Palm course to take home the winner’s prize purse of US$17,500 and six Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points.

The victory also earned him a prized spot at the US$1 million SMBC Singapore Open which will be played at the Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong course from January 28 to 31 next week.

Newcomer Suradit Yongcharoenchai, also of Thailand, signed for a 67 to take second place while overnight leader Tirawat Kaewsiribandit (71) slipped to third place with Filipino veteran Antonio Lascuna (67) on 272.

Quincy Quek and Choo Tze Huang emerged as the highest-placed Singaporeans in tied-11th place on 277 following rounds of 68 and 70 respectively at the Players Championship, which is the first ADT event to feature in the lion city since the burgeoning Tour was inaugurated in 2010.

Pro Golf Tour – Red Sea Egyptian Classic

Frenchman Antoine Schwartz is the first winner of the Pro Golf Tour season 2016. At the Red Sea Egyptian Classic in Ain Sokhna the man from Paris was able to prevail against his opponents with a total 6 under par (73, 68, 69). The 26-year-old secured his victory with a margin of only one stroke ahead of Scotsman David Law (70, 71, 70/-5).

Antoine Schwartz had finished the 2015 season as 11th after a victory at the CEEVEE Leather Open in June. In Ain Sokhna the Frenchman impressively proved that his aims in 2016 are higher: A very solid and concentrated game granted him the trophy, 5000 ranking points in the Pro Golf Tour Order of Merit and also as much Euros prize money. On the excellent course of the Sokhna Golf Club Schwartz managed to play a reliable 73 on the first day while heavy squalls made it much more difficult to play.

The day after was even more successful for Schwartz, as he only needed 68 strokes in round two. He stayed bugless, scored two birdies and an eagle. After 36 holes the 26-year-old shared the first place on the leaderboard with Scotsman David Law, who had already been in the lead since Tuesday.

It was a thrilling final round on the excellent prepared par-72 course: Just a single birdie more than Law was enough for Schwartz to secure the win and become the first Pro Golf Tour tournament-winner in 2016. “I’ve worked a bit on my technical skills but mainly on my physical conditions during the mid-season break”, said Schwartz. “The season is very long and last year I got a little tired. This shouldn’t happen again to me.”