Apr 18th, 2022 Article
Jordan Speith wins RBC Heritage in a playoff
Three-time major winner Jordan Spieth put the disappointment at Augusta behind him to beat Patrick Cantlay in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage title at Harbour Town Golf Links.
Three-time major winner Jordan Spieth put the disappointment at Augusta behind him to beat Patrick Cantlay in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage title at Harbour Town Golf Links.
With an eagle on the second playoff hole, Nanna Koerstz Madsen captured the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand and became the first LPGA Tour winner from Denmark. She outlasted a hard-fought battle with China’s Xiyu Lin, draining a 10-foot putt to take the title.
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.
World number one, Jin Young Ko kept up her winning ways on Sunday, carding a final-round 66 to reach seventeen-under overall and taking a two-stroke victory at the 2022 HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. It is Ko’s sixth win in her last ten starts and sets two new benchmarks in the LPGA Tour record books, marking her 15th consecutive round in the 60s and her 30th consecutive round...
Markus Brier claimed a long-awaited maiden Legends Tour title at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters hosted by Peter Baker. The Austrian, who has finished runner-up in this event on his last two starts, posted a three-over par round of 75 to finish on a five-under-par total, two shots clear of Argentina’s Rafael Gomez.
A thrilling final round of the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open saw Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul clinch her second title of the 2021 Ladies European Tour season. The 18-year-old sat four strokes off the lead after the conclusion of the second round but made an excellent start to her final round. Four birdies on the front nine propelled Thitikul to the summit of the leaderboard, as she turned in 31.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat carded seven birdies in a stunning back nine at Wentworth Club to take a share of the first round lead at the BMW PGA Championship - the third Rolex Series event of the 2021 Race to Dubai.
Maja Stark will take a three-shot lead into the final day of the Creekhouse Ladies Open after a third round score of 71 (-1) kept her advantage intact. Four birdies and three bogeys during her round was enough for the Swede to lead the way after 54 holes in Åhus and keep the rest of the field at bay heading into the last 18 holes of the tournament.
Sebastian Söderberg equalled the course record at Albatross Golf Resort as he fired an eight-under-par 64 to take the halfway lead at the D+D REAL Czech Masters. The Swede, who will defend his Omega European Masters title next week at Crans-sur-Sierre, made the turn three-under par before play was halted for half an hour due to waterlogging after heavy rain in the Czech capital.
Lucas Herbert continued his charge towards a second European Tour title in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open after the Australian followed his opening 64 with a second round 67 to open up a two-shot lead at Mount Juliet Estate.
Spain’s Nuria Iturrioz carded a bogey-free round of 68 to give her the solo lead on day two of the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open. Play got underway as planned at 7.45am at Beroun Golf Club with a few groups completing their first round before heading out to their second. Iturrioz was one of the lucky players who managed to finish her first round before play got suspended due to darkness.
Christine Wolf became the first woman to lead a European Tour event as she shared top spot on the leaderboard with Sam Horsfield after day one of the Scandinavian Mixed Hosted by Henrik & Annika. History was made on the Race to Dubai at Vallda Golf and Country Club as a field of 78 men and 78 women teed off over the same course playing for one trophy and one prize fund of €1,000,000.