THE European Tour has announced a concrete four-point plan aimed at tackling the issue of slow play in professional golf. The plan, which will be implemented at the start of the 2020 season, was approved by the European Tour’s Tournament Committee in July and fine-tuned over the past month. It will focus on four key […]
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Slow play: European Tour introduces four-point plan to crack down for 2020 events
No putting the wind up Paul Lawrie as 1999 Open winner claims first Staysure title
PAUL Lawrie won the Scottish Senior Open to claim his first Staysure Tour title in front of a home crowd at Craigielaw Golf Club. The 1999 Open Champion battled gusty conditions throughout the final round to record a level par round of 71 to win his maiden over-50s title by two shots ahead of Peter […]
Senior wins third play-off as Meadow leads field in ISPS Handa World Invitational
LOCAL hero Stephanie Meadow held off Charley Hull to win the women’s tournament while Jack Senior defeated compatriot and good friend Matthew Baldwin in a sudden death play-off at the inaugural ISPS Handa World Invitational, in Northern Ireland. Galgorm Castle Golf Club witnessed high drama until the final putt was holed as Meadow showed real […]
Pieters pips Arnaus who has to settle for third runners-up spot in the Czech Masters
THOMAS Pieters claimed his first European Tour victory in three years and a second triumph in the D+D Real Czech Masters. The Belgian held off a brave late charge from his playing partner Adri Arnaus to win by a single shot at Albatross Golf Resort. The 27-year-old’s distance from the tee was pivotal all week […]
Fowler moves up board at Scottish Seniors Open at Craigielaw stalked by Lawrie
AUSSIE Peter Fowler will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Scottish Senior Open after an impressive five-under par round of 66, at Craigielaw Golf Club. The Australian, who won the Willow Senior Golf Classic 12 months ago at Hertfordshire’s Hanbury Manor, battled blustery conditions at the East Lothian links to card […]
Meadow closing in on glory as first women’s ISPS Handa World Invitational winner
STEPHANIE Meadow is in pole position to secure an emotional victory on home soil as she takes a four-stroke lead into the final day of the ISPS Handa World Invitational Men | Women, at Galgorm Castle Golf Club. Northern Ireland’s US-based Symetra Tour winner posted a sublime six-under par round of 67 to reach a […]
Joseph Pagdin taken down by England team-mate Brown in Boys’ Amateur at Saunton
LAKE Nona’s Joseph Pagdin – the highest-ranked player in the field – was one of the big name to tumble out of the The R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship at Saunton. The Florida-based England junior international went head- to-head in a tight tussle on the North Devon links with good friend and England team-mate Barclay Brown. […]
Former English Amateur champion Clements hits front on Challenge Tour
ESSEX’S Todd Clements holds a one-shot lead after the weather-delayed second round of the Challenge Tour’s innovative ISPS Handa World Invitational with a separate men and women’s tournament being staged side by side for the first time in Europe. Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow (pictured) and Manon De Roey are leading the way in the women’s […]
McKinney breezes into last 32 but Welsh Champ Davies and Florida’s Pagdin lurk
LEADING qualifier Connor McKinney made it through to Friday’s second round of matchplay at the 93rd Boys’ Amateur Championship, at Saunton. McKinney, the Australian-based Scot, defeated Worthing Golf Club’s Billy Groom 6&4, on the North Devon links. It was a convincing victory for McKinney, who said it was important to limit mistakes in windy conditions, […]
Ross and Givens lead the way at ground-breaking Tour event at Galgorm Castle
SIX-under par was the score of the day at the ISPS Handa World Invitational Men | Women, as Scotland’s Craig Ross and Darlington’s Eleanor Givens wrote their names into the record books as first-round leaders. Ross, who won on the EuroPro Tour last year, carded a 64 at Massereene Golf Club, while England’s Givens signed […]
McKinney leads way in Boys’ Championship at Saunton but champ Davies is ‘danger’
SCOTLAND’S Connor McKinney lead the qualifiers into the matchplay stage of the 93rd R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship, at North Devon’s Saunton Golf Club. Playing in challenging conditions, McKinney posted an even-par round of 71 on the West Course to finish on five-under par after two rounds. McKinney was a shot clear of Frenchman Martin Couvra […]
Fuller on the heels of Italy’s teenage sensation Nobilio who leads Girls’ centenary
ROEHAMPTON’S Annabell Fuller was the leading qualifier from the Home Nations during as the first phase of the centenary R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship, came to a close after 36 holes at Panmure. The Surrey member of the Great Britain and Ireland Vagliano Trophy team, racked up five consecutive birdies from the sixth in her bid […]
Golf is only going in One Direction as Nial Horan tees up first joint tournament
THE eyes of the world will be on Northern Ireland this week as the ISPS Handa World Invitational Men | Women gets under way in Northern Ireland, on Thursday. The event – presented by One Direction star Nial Horan’s Modest! Golf Management group – takes place at Galgorm Castle Golf Club and Massereene Golf Club, […]
Harrington looking for first win in three years while Lee Westwood likes it in Prague
PADRAIG Harrington returns to this week’s D+D Real Czech Masters hoping to go one better than his debut appearance in Prague 12 months ago. The Irishman finished runner-up to Andrea Pavan after a thrilling final day battle. The 2020 Ryder Cup Captain shared a three-stroke lead with the Italian going into Sunday last year at […]
Purdis Heath set to host English Women’s Open Amateur Strokeplay
AUSTRIA’S Isabella Holpher will defend her title at the English Women’s Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship at Ipswich Golf Club, next week. The 18-year-old completed a remarkable 11-shot wire-to-wire victory 12 months ago at Coventry GC and returns attempting to become the first back-to-back winner since Yorkshire’s future LPGA player Jodi Ewart-Shadoff, in 2007-08. The top-ranked […]
European Tour announces first events of the 2020 Race to Dubai with similar pattern
THE European Tour has announced the initial sector of its 2020 schedule featuring 16 Race to Dubai events in 12 different countries, including the start of the fourth edition of the Rolex Series. The Hong Kong Open, at Hong Kong Golf Club, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship, at Leopard Creek, in South Africa, will launch […]
Matthew hands Solheim Cup spot to vice-captain Suzann Pettersen and rewards Law
EUROPEAN Solheim Cup captain Catriona Matthew named France’s Celine Boutier, English stars Jodi Ewart-Shadoff and Bronte Law and Norway’s Suzann Pettersen as her four picks. The quartet were named at a press conference at Gleneagles this afternoon, which was broadcast live on Sky Sports News and the Golf Channel. The eight players who automatically qualified […]
Caddy credited with getting Mi Jung Hur to change mind and become links golf lover
MI JUNG Hur fired a five-under par 66 – the joint lowest round of the day – to earn a four-stroke victory in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, at The Renaissance Club. The 29-year-old South Korean, who led by two at the halfway stage of the tournament after a nine-under par 62, came […]
England’s top junior talent can’t catch French teenager Linel who wins Reid Trophy
JOSEPH Linel became the fourth Frenchman to lift the Reid Trophy denying Worcestershire’s Hugh Adams chance to become the first player to win the English Boys’ Under 14 Open Strokeplay Championship, back to back in its 25-year history. The big-hitting 13-year-old, from Biarritz, posted a six-under par 54-hole aggregate of six-under despite a closing two-over […]
Nothing Bland about Jordan’s year – will his second win of season be Made in Denmark?
ROYAL Liverpool’s Matthew Jordan’s breakout season continues as he takes a share of the lead into the final round of the Made in Denmark Challenge, on Saturday. The 23-year-old, who is playing in his first season on the European Challenge Tour, has carded opening rounds of 65, 68 and 66 to sit in a five-way […]