Written by TG staff writer on Sunday 31 May 2015
Dane Soren Kjeldsen kept his cool to claim his fourth European Tour victory – the Irish Open – in dramatic fashion at windswept Royal County Down this afternoon. The delighted 40-years-old came up trumps at the first play-off hole after finishing -2 alongside England’s Tom Pepperell and Austrian Bernd Wiesberger. The trio played the par-5 18th to decide the winner and it was...
Wednesday 27 May 2015
Byeong-hun An shocked the vast majority of us Fantasy Golf managers with his incredible breakthrough victory at the BMW PGA Championship last week. Colin Tuff’s ‘Trampled under foot’ team took the spoils but even he overlooked the Korean. Jimenez, Fleetwood, Molinari and Lowry were his big scorers and it is to the latter’s homeland that attention shifts for week seven. The...
Tuesday 26 May 2015
When golfer Rory McIlroy tees off at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open on May 28, he’s certain to turn heads, but not for the reasons one might expect. During each round of the Irish Open, McIlroy will lace up a different pair of strikingly unique Nike Lunar Control 3 golf shoes, each designed by a child whose life has been...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 26 May 2015
Frenchman Alexander Levy earned a debut appearance at next month’s the US after finishing on top of the international sectional qualifier at Walton Heath yesterday. Levy fired a 66 (-6) on the Old Course in the morning and a 67 (-5) on the New Course in the afternoon to lead 11 players who booked berths at the season’s second major. Also through...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 25 May 2015
When he was at the peak of his powers on the main Tours Colin Montgomerie couldn’t win a major title for love nor money. Now, since moving into senior service, he’s won three in quick succession.It’s clearly a different ball game as far as Monty is concerned after he successfully defended his Senior PGA Tour Championship title yesterday. The 51-year-old Scot shot...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 25 May 2015
American Chris Kirk clinched his fourth US Tour victory at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial thanks to a par-saving 7-foot putt after an errant tee shot at the 18th hole. Kirk edged home by a single with a closing round of 66, giving him a -12 (268 total), one ahead of Masters champion Jordan Spieth, playing partner Brandt Snedeker and...
Written by TG staff writer on Sunday 24 May 2015
Little known Korean Byeong-Hun An was a shock winner of the European Tour’s flagship event – the BMW PGA Championship – at Wentworth today. An landed his maiden European Tour title in record-breaking fashion with a sensational final round performance which confirmed the enormous promise he showed as an amateur. In the end, the Korean emerged after carding a final round 65...
Written by TG staff writer on Thursday 21 May 2015
The US PGA Tour’s Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, Texas, got off to a soggy start today. Persistent heavy rain has saturated the course and as a result the scheduled start was delayed with tee-times being pushed back, enabling the greenkeeping staff to put the course back in order and playable again. Tournament director Michael Tothe said: “We’ve had electricity in the...
Written by TG staff writer on Tuesday 19 May 2015
The European Tour returns home this week for the 61st staging of its flagship event – the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club. Many of the biggest names in the game, including World no.1 and defending champion Rory McIlroy, are preparing to contest a record €5m prize fund and the right to be acclaimed the latest BMW PGA victor. The field exudes class...
Written by Joe Downes on Tuesday 19 May 2015
Like Rory McIlroy, I enjoyed a good week at Quail Hollow last time out with American duo Mickelson and Simpson ably supporting the Northern Irishman in my line-up. However, my score of 108 was 18 shy of weekly winner Mark Darby whose ‘Charthur02’ team included stand-out performers Justin Thomas and Gary Woodland as well as Simpson and the world number...
Written by TG staff writer on Sunday 17 May 2015
James Morrison planned to celebrate his first European Tour title for five years in style tonight. After producing a brilliant final round display to claim a handsome four shot victory at the Open de España at El Prat GC, near Barcelona, he quipped: “You try and enjoy it now; I’ve been off the booze this week for the first time in...
Written by TG staff writer on Thursday 14 May 2015
Most eyes will be on Sergio Garcia at this week’s Open de España which started today at El Prat near Barcelona. Garcia, who just missed out on his second Players Championship title in Florida last week, hopes to build on his remarkable record on home soil. The Spaniard has won five of his 11 European Tour titles in his homeland, although only...
Written by Joe Downes on Tuesday 12 May 2015
Rickie Fowler took the headlines at Sawgrass last week and his extra-time win was good news for Seamus Clerkin. He led our Fantasy Golf game for the week with 228 points as his ‘RoundtheRimandIn’ team included Fowler, runner-up Sergio Garcia and early pacesetter Kevin Na. Victory at the Players Championship was Fowler’s second on the PGA Tour with his first coming...
Tuesday 12 May 2015
The 2015 HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour season gets underway on Wednesday at Celtic Manor Resort with a record number of members vying to earn promotion to the Challenge Tour at the end of the season. A field of 168 players will tee it up in the opening event, played over 54 holes on the Montgomerie Course. The World Snooker Open marks...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 11 May 2015
Rickie Fowler confounded his critics by dramatically beating Sergio Garcia and Kevin Kisner in a play-off to clinch the prestigious Players Championship – the unofficial fifth major – at Sawgrass. The trio finished on 12-under but Fowler beat Kisner at the first sudden death hole after Garcia bravely bowed out at the conclusion of the thrilling three-hole play-off. It was Fowler’s second...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 11 May 2015
South African favourite George Coetzee defeated Thorbjorn Olesen in a play-off to claim the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open title. Coetzee (28) lived up to his billing as the highest-ranked player in the field with straight birdies at the 18th hole, once in regulation and then twice in the play-off after the pair finished tied on -13. The last of those was enough...
Written by TG staff writer on Wednesday 6 May 2015
An exciting field has been confirmed for the inaugural AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, which starts at the Heritage Golf Club tomorrow. This ground-breaking tournament – the first to be tri-sanctioned between the European, Asian and Sunshine Tours, offers a prize fund of €1m and is exclusively previewed here with Ryan Dodds, Heritage GC’s General Manager. Entries include Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who recently...
Written by Joe Downes on Tuesday 5 May 2015
It took seven rounds over five days but Rory McIlroy scored a first success on American soil this year at the WGC Cadillac Match Play tournament last week. It was the perfect way for the world number one to celebrate his 26th birthday and he’ll be hoping for a double celebration as he heads to Florida for The Players Championship. This...
Written by TG staff writer on Monday 4 May 2015
World no.1 Rory McIlroy, 26 today, celebrated his birthday a day early by winning the WGC-Cadillac Match Play at TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, yesterday. The Northern Ireland superstar claimed his second WGC title following a crushing 4&2 victory over big-hitting but errant American Gary Woodland who conceded the spoils – and the crown – at the 16th hole of a...