May 25th, 2018 Article
Golfers’ Choice Awards 2018
Golfers have chosen the best golf clubs in Europe on Leadingcourses.com.
Golfers have chosen the best golf clubs in Europe on Leadingcourses.com.
The Merseyside coastline houses the most prestigious dynasty of links courses in England, but S&A, as it is affectionately known, has become their less-famous, uncharted younger sibling – their Paul Ross to Birkdale’s Jonathan.
England’s Richard Mansell produced a fighting 68 in challenging conditions at St Andrews today to take the lead on 10-under-par at the halfway mark in the 21st Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He goes into tomorrow’s third round leading by two shots from Sweden’s Alex Noren and is a further shot ahead of Denmark’s Niklas Norgaard Moller and Frenchman Antoine Rozner.
Paul Casey stormed to a four-stroke victory at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, winning his 15th European Tour title at the iconic Emirates Golf Club. The Englishman started the day one stroke ahead of Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre but increased his advantage to two strokes after birdies on the 3rd and 4th holes.
The much anticipated GolfSixes match between England and England Women starts at 12:04 on Saturday May 5, with Eddie Pepperell and Matt Wallace going up against Georgia Hall and Charley Hull. Here are the full pairings and tee times for the event.
Wil Besseling made it 36 bogey-free holes to lead the way into the weekend at the 2021 Acciona Open de España presented by Madrid but World Number One Jon Rahm was just one shot back in the Spanish capital. The Dutchman followed an opening 64 with a 65 at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid to get to 13 under and he will face the biggest day of his career in the final group on day three.
Australian Wade Ormsby set the clubhouse target of seven under par at the BMW International Open as play at round one in Munich was suspended due to lightning in the area. The 41-year-old carded a flawless round of 65 at Golfclub München Eichenried with three other golfers yet to complete their first rounds joining him on that number.
The 32-man field for the third round of the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown will be finalised on Saturday morning after darkness suspended play on day two at Aphrodite Hills Resort. The 30 players still to complete their rounds will resume play early on Saturday.
The European Tour is creating a unique six–hole team event in England in May, in an attempt to bring a new audience into the game.
Peel Holdings is planning to build a new world–class course on the Hulton Park Estate near Westhouhgton in Bolton, and is pitching it as a potential Ryder Cup course.
A Welsh golf club has told the BBC that the introduction of footgolf led to it increasing its turnover by 30 per cent at a time when its membership was falling dramatically.
LIV Golf today announced its first expansion team, Legion XIII, the first new team to join the league since its inception in 2022.