May 6th, 2022 Article
Fox and Olesen lead at Betfred British Masters
Ryan Fox and Thorbjørn Olesen carded six under par rounds of 66 at The Belfry to share the first round lead at the Betfred British Masters hosted by Danny Willett.
Ryan Fox and Thorbjørn Olesen carded six under par rounds of 66 at The Belfry to share the first round lead at the Betfred British Masters hosted by Danny Willett.
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.
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 fired a third round of 66 (-6), the joint best of the day, to move to 13-under-par and hold a four-shot lead at the Women’s NSW Open. The 22-year-old backed up rounds of 68 and 69 on her first two days with another in the 60s to put herself firmly in pole position with 18 holes left to play at Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club.
After sleeping on a four-stroke lead heading into the final day at the DIO Implant LA Open, Nasa Hataoka could see a victory in sight, but still knew it was going to take a solid round of golf to bring the title home. And by day’s end, the City of Stars added the 23-year-old to a list of champions in the shadow of the Hollywood Sign at Wilshire Country Club as Hastaoka nabbed her sixth Tour win...
Scott Jamieson remained at the top of the leaderboard after playing just five holes of his third round at the weather-affected ISPS Handa Championship in Spain, where Canadian Aaron Cockerill holed an eagle putt to close out a stunning 62 and move within one shot of the summit just moments before the final klaxon sounded.
Republic of Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim captured her fifth career LPGA Tour title on Saturday, shooting a final-round 71 to reach eleven-under-par and win the 2022 LOTTE Championship by two strokes over Hinako Shibuno of Japan.
Only one player is bogey free through 36 holes at Hoakalei Country Club and that player is right at the top of the leaderboard. Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim carded five birdies in the second round of the LOTTE Championship, highlighted by a 19-foot chip-in from off the green at the 6th hole.
American Sihwan Kim produced an excellent third round to hold an eight-point lead heading into the final day at the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Stableford Challenge.
Thai amateur Ratchanon “TK” Chantananuwat fired a final round of 65 (-7) to secure a two-shot victory at the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Cup and become the youngest male player to win of the game’s major Tours. The 15-year-old was impressive throughout his week at the Waterside Course at Siam Country Club recording rounds of 63, 70, 70 and 65 to finish at a total of 20-under-par.
World number one Scottie Scheffler confirmed his position as world number one with a dominant performance on Friday at Augusta as Tiger Woods dug deep after a terrible start to make the halfway cut in the 86th Masters.