England’s Georgia Hall produced another solid day at the AIG Women’s Open, shooting a round of 69 to share the lead at the halfway stage. The 2018 Women’s Open champion backed up her first round of 68 with another round in the 60s to put her on seven-under-par for the tournament.
Nelly Korda maintained her rich vein of form to share the lead after day one of the AIG Women’s Open at Carnoustie, as amateur Louise Duncan also shone. Korda, the Olympic gold medallist and Rolex Women’s Golf World Rankings number one, moved quickly to the top of the leaderboard after a superb opening round of five-under-par 67.
Finland’s Sanna Nuutinen shot a second round of 68 to claim a share of the lead alongside Australia’s Stephanie Kyriacou at the halfway stage of the Big Green Egg Open. After an opening round of 70, Nuutinen followed that up with a round of four-under-par (68) to head into the weekend tied at the top of the leaderboard.
On an interrupted day of play, Lydia Hall and Nuria Iturrioz share the lead at the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open after the first round was suspended. The play got underway at 10 am after a 2 hour and 15-minute delay due to lightning and there was a brief suspension in the afternoon for the same reason.
Four weeks on from his emotional first European Tour at the Belfry, Richard Bland shares the 2021 U.S. Open Championship lead. It is somewhat unexpected that the 48-year-old would look so at home at Torrey Pines, the bookies who had him at 1,000 to 1 ahead of the event.
Rory McIlroy and Canadian Corey Conners lead after round one of the Arnold Palmer Invitational from Bay Hill. The pair opened with a six-under-par 66 to lead by a shot from Bryson Dechambeau.
Five-time European Tour winner Matthew Fitzpatrick and reigning Open Champion Shane Lowry both carded rounds of 65 to share the halfway lead at the BMW PGA Championship, the third Rolex Series event of the 2020 Race to Dubai.
Tyrrell Hatton enjoyed a happy homecoming in his first round on British soil in 2020 with an opening round of 66 for a share of the lead with Adri Arnaus and Justin Harding in the BMW PGA Championship, the third Rolex Series event of the 2020 Race to Dubai.
Jordan Smith and Connor Syme share the lead after the opening round of the ISPS HANDA Wales Open at The Celtic Manor Resort, where they both enjoyed strong finishes in last week’s Celtic Classic played upon the same golf course.
Rory McIlroy shot a six under 64 in the third round of the Canadian Open to move into a share of the lead with the US’s Matt Kuchar and Webb Simpson. McIlroy’s countryman Graeme McDowell slipped back slightly but sits in joint ninth on eight under – Come on Gmac!
Tiger Wood’s caddy, Joe LaCava, has confirmed that Tiger’s ‘internal fire’ is burning bright again as he shares story of just how competitive Tiger still is in everything he does.
It has been four and a half years since Ian Poulter last won a tournament outright. But, after battling the elements, he has a three–way share of the lead at the Scottish Open.
