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SPAIN’S Nuria Iturrios holds a four-shot lead midway through the Pacific Bay Resort Australian Ladies Classic after a superb second round of 67, played in strong winds and rain at Bonville. Just nine players are in red figures for the tournament with Iturrios leading on eight-under-par. Overnight leader Doey Choi dropped to four-under and outright […]
RORY McIlroy equalled the lowest opening round of his European Tour career to lead the way after day one of the WGC-Mexico Championship. The Northern Irishman fired an eagle and seven birdies at Chapultepec Golf Club en route to his fifth first round of 63 and his lowest starting round on the European Tour since […]
The Spaniard held the lead at Chapultepec Golf Club with three holes to play back in 2017 as he made his WGC debut, eventually losing out to Dustin Johnson just weeks after winning his first professional title. Since then, the 24-year-old has claimed three European Tour wins and been a member of a victorious Ryder […]
TIGER Woods will break new ground this week when makes his debut appearance at Chapultepec Golf Club, as the 14-time Major Champion prepares for his first event played in Mexico. The 43-year-old has triumphed at this week’s WGC-Mexico Championship seven times in its previous guises and is looking forward to putting on a show and […]
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE’S Meghan MacLaren and fellow Ladies European Tour players skipped breakfast to explore the beautiful scenery on the Coffs Coast ahead of the Pacific Bay Resort Australian Ladies Classic, which tees off at Bonville Golf Resort in New South Wales, on Wednesday night (GMT). The golfers met a troop of kangaroos on the ‘Look at […]
FRANCESCO Molinari is looking forward to getting his season up and running as he prepares to launch the defence of his Race to Dubai title at this week’s WGC-Mexico Championship. The Italian enjoyed a dream 2018 campaign, winning The 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links before becoming the first European to win five points […]
FRILFORD Heath’s Eddie Pepperell is looking forward to taking part in a tournament he enjoyed watching last year when he makes his World Golf Championships debut this week in Mexico City. The Englishman has risen to 40th in the Official World Golf Ranking after a stellar 2018 Race to Dubai season which saw him win […]
KIWI Ryan Fox claimed a convincing 3&2 victory over Spain’s Adrian Otaegui to win his first European Tour title at the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth. The New Zealander finished eight-under par after 54 holes of strokeplay in the innovative event at Lake Karrinyup Country Club, sealing a place inside the top eight. That […]
THOMAS Pieters mastered the windy afternoon conditions to fire a second round 66 and join Ryan Fox in a four-way tie for the lead heading into the weekend at the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth. New Zealander Fox recorded a second consecutive round of 68 to set the target at eight under par alongside […]
SOLHEIM Cup legend Trish Johnson, Berkshire’s Ryder Cup player Barry Lane and European Challenge Tour winner Ben Stow have confirmed their entry into the world-first Jordan Mixed Open in April. The innovative format breaks new ground in the world of golf, bringing together 40 players from each of the Ladies European Tour, Challenge Tour and […]
NORWAY’S Kristoffer Reitan and Miguel Tabuena carded opening rounds of 65 to share the lead after day one of the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth. Out in the first group of the day off the 10th, Tabuena made eight birdies in his opening nine holes to tie a European Tour record and added another […]
COUNTY Durham’s Boldon Golf Club is leading the way to grow the women’s game by becoming the first club in England to sign up to The R&A’s Women in Golf Charter. The club has made a series of pledges which include running events to encourage more women and girls to play golf, to have at […]
THE climax to the 2019 European Tour season will see the largest first prize in the history of tournament golf on offer – a cheque for $3m. In a bid to keep Europe’s leading players on this side of the Atlantic for the tour’s key events, the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, played at Dubai’s […]
THOMAS Pieters’ last visit to Australia yielded glory for his country, and the Belgian is aiming for more success in a very different format at the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth. The Ryder Cup ace is the tournament favourite at Lake Karrinyup Country Club, arriving in Perth on the back of seven straight top […]
MIN Woo Lee has announced his arrival on the world stage in style this season… and he is aiming to impress further on home soil when he tees it up at the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth on Thursday. The 20-year-old Perth native proved that he could go toe to toe with the biggest […]
SCOTLAND’S David Law produced an incredible finish to overhaul Wade Ormsby and win his first European Tour title at the ISPS Handa Vic Open. Law had called a penalty on himself to surrender a bogey on the ninth after accidentally making his ball move, which left him five shots back at the turn. He was […]
FOUR clubs which offer an outstanding welcome to members and visitors are targeting a top England Golf Award. Staffordshire’s Branston Golf and Country Club, Burghill Valley Golf Club, in Herefordshire, Devon’s Exeter G&CC and Horton Park Golf Club, in Surrey, are all finalists for the Most Welcoming Club of the Year Award. England Golf chief […]
AUSTRALIANS Nick Flanagan and Jason Scrivener share a one-shot lead going into the weekend in the ISPS Handa Vic Open, as home favourites dominate the leaderboard at 13th Beach Golf Links. Scrivener has three top 10 from four events so far in the 2019 Race to Dubai. And he continued his excellent start to the […]
HOME favourite Nick Flanagan recorded a brilliant round of 62 to take a two-shot lead at the end of a low-scoring first day of the ISPS Handa Vic Open. Flanagan opened with a 10-under par round – one shot away from the course record on the Creek course at 13th Beach Golf Links. Nick said: […]
HOME favourite Lucas Herbert is targeting a first professional win as he returns to familiar territory at the ISPS Handa Vic Open. The 23-year-old enjoyed a successful rookie campaign on the European Tour in 2018, finishing in 46th place in the Race to Dubai Rankings, thanks to five top five finishes and seven top 10s […]
