It's the home of Cowes Week and hosts a famous music festival once a year but did you know the Isle of Wight is the sunniest place in the UK? We didn't but the sun was certainly shining as GolfPunk took the waves to explore what the Island had to offer to golfers.
Motocaddy has signed six-time DP World Tour winner Niclas Fasth as a brand ambassador to represent the world’s biggest-selling electric trolley company on a global stage.
Entries for The 2022 Senior Open Presented by Rolex are now open for both exempt and non-exempt players. Europe’s only Senior Major Championship will visit Gleneagles for the first time when The Senior Open Presented by Rolex heads to Auchterarder from July 21-24, with Welshman Stephen Dodd set to defend the title he won last year at Sunningdale Golf Club.
World number two Jon Rahm picked up his first since his triumph at the U.S. Open last June with a win at the Mexico Open. Rahm went wire-to-wire but it was hardly plain sailing in the final round for the Spaniard. Rahm had salvage par on the par five 18th to finish on seventeen-under for a one shot victory. "Today was a battle," Rahm said. "But I got it done."
Getting your first win on the LPGA Tour is hard. But if you ask 31-year-old Marina Alex, the second one is even more so. Alex began the final round of the Palos Verdes Championship presented by Bank of America three shots back of 54-hole leader Hannah Green and dug deep on the final day, posting a five-under 66 to beat Rolex Rankings No. 1 Jin Young Ko by a single stroke at ten-under overall.
Sweden’s Maja Stark claimed a third LET win in eight months after recording a five-stroke victory at the Women’s NSW Open. The 22-year-old led from day one at Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club and carded a fourth round of 70 (-2) to finish on fifteen-under-par and seal the win ahead of compatriot Johanna Gustavsson.
Adri Arnaus defeated Oliver Bekker in a six-hole playoff to win his first DP World Tour title in stunning fashion at the 2022 Catalunya Championship. The home favourite started the day seven shots off the lead and did not look a likely winner when he turned in 34, with Bekker and Laurie Canter doing battle at the top of the leaderboard at PGA Catalunya Golf and Wellness.
Although it wasn’t the red number that 36-hole leader Hannah Green was looking for on Moving Day at the Palos Verdes Championship presented by Bank of America, she was still very proud of her grit on day three.
Oliver Bekker will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the 2022 Catalunya Championship as he looks to turn his fine form into a first DP World Tour victory. The South African had a share of the lead after an opening 66 but entered the weekend one shot behind Englishman Laurie Canter at PGA Catalunya Golf and Wellness.
