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DENMARK’S Joachim B Hansen, winner of the European Challenge Tour Rankings in 2018, drew level with first-round leader Kurt Kitayama at the Oman Open as the second round in Muscat was suspended due to high winds. The Dane completed 16 holes at Al Mouj Golf before play was suspended, due to winds gusting up to […]
ENGLAND Golf performance director Nigel Edwards has been named as Team GB’s golf team leader for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The announcement of all the team leaders was made by the British Olympic Association (BOA) at a planning workshop for the Games, which are just over 500 days away. Team GB deputy chef de mission […]
KURT Kitayama carded a six-under par 66 to lead the Oman Open after the first round at Al Mouj Golf. The American, who earned his card for 2019 at Qualifying School and then won his first title in just his third European Tour start at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, at Anahita, parred the first […]
DUTCHMAN Joost Luiten hopes to carry his impressive form at the start of the 2019 Race to Dubai season into his Oman Open title defence at Al Mouj Golf. Luiten started the season with a third place finish at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship The Holland golfer then finished in a share of sixth place […]
WOMEN’S British Open champion Georgia Hall will support The R&A’s drive to inspire more women, girls and families into playing golf by becoming its latest ambassador. The R&A is investing £80million into women’s and mixed golf over the next 10 years to boost participation in the sport and the 22-year-old will undertake a wide range […]
Gleneagles Announces Celebratory 4-ball Green Fee To Mark Its Hosting Of The Solheim Cup Gleneagles, the world-famous Scottish hotel and sporting estate, is giving all golfers the chance to celebrate its hosting of The Solheim Cup, September 9-15, with the launch of a special four-ball green fee that runs until the end of April, 2019. […]
THE 151st Open will be played at Royal Liverpool’s Hoylake course in 2022, the R&A has announced today. It will be the 13th time that golf’s oldest championship has been played over the famous Merseyside links where many of the greatest names in the sport have lifted the iconic Claret Jug. The Open was last […]
BIGGA member Stuart Imeson rounded off an outstanding year that saw him become a father for the first time and then be placed in charge of the entire operations at his golf club by winning a prestigious industry award. The general manager and head greenkeeper at Dunstanburgh Castle, in Northumbria, was the winner of the […]
MARIANNE Skarpnord ended a six-year drought to claim her fourth title on the Ladies European Tour after a closely fought battle for the Pacific Bay Resort Australian Ladies Classic. Skarpnord fired a final round of 69 to earn a two-stroke victory on eight-under par ahead of Australian Hannah Green and Spain’s Nuria Iturrios, after four […]
DUSTIN Johnson won his second European Tour title of the season as he cruised to a stunning five-shot victory at the WGC-Mexico Championship. The American is the only player to have won all four World Golf Championships events. And the 2016 US Open winner took his tally to six WGC titles at Chapultepec Golf Club […]
Praise For Clubs As Lancashire Nominated For Top Award Lancashire clubs are hoping their support for the drive to get more people playing golf will help land a prestigious national award. The Red Rose county has been nominated in the 2019 England Golf awards, sponsored by adidasGolf. The Lancashire team are bidding to secure a double success, having […]
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 […]
New Gleneagles Golf Ambassador Hannah McCook To Help Inspire Newcomers To The Game Gleneagles, the world-famous Scottish hotel and sporting estate, has today announced Hannah McCook, as a new Golf Ambassador, supporting the iconic Perthshire venue’s plans to inspire more young people, school children and women to take up the game. Recently turned professional, proud […]
Catriona Matthew And Muni He Join Elite Field At HSBC Women’s World Championship Duo to join Singapore’s Amanda Tan in region’s premier women’s golf tournament as title sponsor looks to balances experience with youth Major winner Catriona Matthew and up-and-coming LPGA rookie Muni He have received invitations from Championship sponsor HSBC, to participate in the HSBC […]
