Harding hoping to go back-to-back in Kenya
JUSTIN Harding is looking to win back-to-back titles on three different golf tours by claiming victory at the Magical Kenya Open this week. The South African, who won on the European Tour for the first time at last week’s Qatar Masters, has triumphed on five occasions in the last ten months, with back-to-back victories coming […]
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Lundin Golf Club
Lundin Golf Club Lundin Golf Club, near to St Andrews the ‘Home of Golf’, is well known throughout the golfing world as a course of rare quality. Founded in 1868, on a Tom Morris course it was extensively redesigned by five times Open Champion James Braid in 1909. Fine links fairways and excellent greens have […]
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MacLaren makes mark as double NSW Open champion
ENGLAND’S Meghan MacLaren claimed the Worrells New South Wales Women’s Open for the second successive year after an impressive final round of 69 gave her a three-stroke victory at Queanbeyan Golf Club. MacLaren was the only player in the field to shoot four rounds under par and finished on 12-under – three ahead of New […]
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Harding clears head to secure victory in Qatar
JUSTIN Harding became the fifth South African to win the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters as he secured his first European Tour title by two strokes. The 33-year-old was one of 15 golfers who started the day three strokes behind 54-hole leader Oliver Wilson at Doha Golf Club. But he made a fast start to the […]
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Solheim Cup Celebrates International Women’s Day
Solheim Cup Celebrates International Women’s Day European Captain Catriona Matthew meets teen star Hannah Darling just ahead of six months to go milestone Scotland, Friday 8th March, 2019 – Two generations of female Scottish golfing talent came together to celebrate International Women’s Day just six months before the iconic Solheim Cup returns to the Home […]
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Scots Star Carly Booth To Become Scottish Golf Ambassador for Women and Girls’ Golf
Scots Star Carly Booth To Become Scottish Golf Ambassador for Women and Girls’ Golf Carly Booth is set to support Scottish Golf’s plans to grow the game among women and girls in the Home of Golf after it was announced on International Women’s Day that the former Scottish Girls’ Champion will partner the national governing […]
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Women And Girls Encouraged To Social Network In New Wales Golf Campaign
Women And Girls Encouraged To Social Network In New Wales Golf Campaign Wales Golf are using today’s International Women’s Day to launch their #New2Golf #Back2Golf female campaigns for 2019, highlighting the appeal of the sport for women and girls. Placing emphasis on the opportunity for social networking and the fun, accessible side to golf, women […]
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Rookies ready for Canberra Classic challenge
THE Ladies European Tour rookies who made a great start to their 2019 seasons in the Pacific Bay Resort Australian Ladies Classic – Bonville are looking for more success in this week’s ActewAGL Canberra Classic. Rising European stars Linnea Ström and Esther Henseleit both secured top-10 finishes on their LET debuts at Bonville Golf Resort, […]
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Hansen closes on Kitayama as winds force halt in Oman
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 […]
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Edwards to lead Toyko Olympics golf Gold defence
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 […]
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Kitayama closes on Route 66 in Oman
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 […]
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Luiten looking forward to Oman defence
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 […]
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Georgia Hall agrees to become R&A ambassador
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 […]
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Gleneagles Announces Celebratory 4-ball Green Fee To Mark Its Hosting Of The Solheim Cup
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. […]
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Lucky 13 as Open heads to Hoylake in 2022
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 […]
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Greenkeeping award for Dunstanburgh Bunker Camp founder
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 […]
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Skarpnord ends six-year drought at Pacific Bay
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 […]
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Dustin Johnson in Mexican stroll to sixth WGC title
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 […]
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Praise For Clubs As Lancashire Nominated For Top Award
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 […]
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Lower ball flight works well at Bonville for Iturrios
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 […]
