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.
On Saturday at The Chevron Championship, it was Jennifer Kupcho who set the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills ablaze. Nine birdies and one bogey later, Kupcho fired an eight-under 64 to set the low round of the week, as well as a new personal best, and sit at the top of the championship leaderboard at sixteen-under overall.
Matthew Jordan and Adrian Meronk will tomorrow go in search of their maiden DP World Tour titles after claiming a share of the third round lead at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
Richard Bland beat fellow Englishman Lee Westwood by 2&1 to win his group and set up a last sixteen match with former world number one Dustin Johnson. The win also ensures that Bland will tee it up at Augusta for the first time at the ripe old age of 49.
Pablo Larrazabal displayed a superb back nine fightback to retain the lead at the halfway stage of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters at Doha Golf Club. The Spaniard leads by one on nine under par after posting a one-under-par round of 71 on day two, but the 38-year-old’s second round was truly a tale of two nines.
Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen is feeling loose. After becoming a Rolex First-Time winner on 13th March after her playoff victory at the Honda LPGA Thailand, the 27-year-old remains in form at the JTBC Classic presented by Barbasol. Koerstz Madsen backed up her first-round 66 with a five-under 67 on Friday, carding seven birdies and two bogeys on the day. Players often say that getting that...
Leading Japanese brand HONMA is introducing a new collection of highly grippy and stretchable gloves for golfers across Europe seeking extra comfort and greater longevity from their gloves.
India’s Anirban Lahiri who is ranked 322 in the world is the surprise leader of The Players Championship at Sawgrass. Five birdies in his first nine of his curtailed third saw Lahiri top the leaderboard a shot clear of Americans Harold Varner III and Tom Hoge. Lahiri has won twice on the DP World Tour and has had multiple wins on the Asian Tour but a win at Sawgrass would be a different level.
The Players Championship is set to run into Monday for the first time since 2005 as storms continued to hit the TPC Sawgrass course in Florida. Tommy Fleetwood and American Tom Hoge lead the way on six-under after both managed to finish their rounds as scheduled on Thursday. The rain and storms on the opening resulted in the loss of five hours of play and an evacuation of all spectators.
