Arhive lunare: aprilie 2019

SPECTATOR LOSES SIGHT IN one EYE AFTER BEING HIT BY golf BALL AT RYDER CUP

A spectator hit in the face by a golf ball during the Ryder Cup in Paris has lost sight in her right eye and is considering taking legal action. The incident happened on the opening day of the event, Friday September 28, when American team member Brooks Kopeka’s drive on the par-four sixth hole at […]

Why Tom Lewis’ Portugal Masters win is so important

It wasn’t the first time that Tom Lewis had won the Portugal Masters tournament this September, but the result shows that the English golfer could be finally revealing his true potential. Despite an exceptional start to his career at the Open championship in 2011, Lewis’ career has stalled with a series of setbacks. But the […]

Can Ryder Cup heroes Hatton and Poulter win World Cup of Golf?

The World Cup of Golf is returning to Melbourne, Victoria, in Australia in its 59th year, where 28 two-man teams will be representing their home nations at the Metropolitan Golf Club between November 21-25. The tournament has in the past been won by giants of the game, including the likes of Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus […]

SOUTHWOOD SHUTS DOWN AS MACK GOLF CEASES TRADING

Southwood Golf Course in Hampshire was shut down on October 3, after Mack Golf, one of the UK’s biggest golf operators, stopped trading with immediate effect, resulting in the closure of seven other golf courses throughout the UK. The Farnborough-based course, which was owned by Rushmoor Borough Council, was already earmarked for closure next year, […]

LUNA LIFTS FARMFOODS TITLE AT FOREST OF ARDEN

Spain’s Santiago Luna won the Farmfoods European Senior Masters by two strokes after shooting a final round 69 at the Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club. The 55-year-old from Madrid began the final day in a share of the lead alongside England’s Peter Wilson, but he almost immediately pulled away from the pack with […]

Bjerregaard blows Hatton’s Dunhill Links treble attempt off course

The crowds came out to the Old Course at St Andrews expecting to see European Ryder Cup player Tyrrell Hatton make history by winning his third consecutive Alfred Dunhill Links title, but Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard blew him off course on wet and windy day on Scotland’s Fife coast. After a shotgun start at 8.30am on […]

BEEF’S THE HERO AT CITY SHOOTOUT

Andrew ‘Beef” Johnston won the latest edition of the European Tour’s Hero Challenge held in front of a sell-out at Canary Wharf in London. Johnston competed against Justin Rose, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Bjørn, Paul and Matt Wallace in the one-hole shootout as part of a curtain-raiser for this week’s British Masters, which tees off a few […]

Wimbledon Park members agree to share £64m windfall

Wimbledon Park Golf Club’s membership took a step closer to enjoying a huge cash windfall after members voted overwhelmingly to share equally the £63.75 million currently being offered to purchase the land by the neighbouring All England Lawn Tennis Club. The 73-acre site occupied by the golf club sits directly across Church Road from Wimbledon’s […]

Staysure PGA Seniors Championship to return to London Golf Club in 2019

The Staysure Tour has announced that the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship will return to London Golf Club next year following its successful return to the over-50s circuit’s schedule this summer. The inaugural edition of the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship took place in August with the support of the Tour’s new umbrella sponsor Staysure, allowing the […]

PEPPERELL BAGS ‘BIZARRE’ ACE EN ROUTE TO SHARING BRITISH MASTERS LEAD

Oxfordshire tour pro Eddie Pepperell got his attempt at winning his second European Tour title off to the best possible start by notching up his first ever hole-in-one on tour en route to sharing the first round lead at the British Masters. The 27-year-old from Frilford Heath fired a first round 67 at Walton Heath […]