It was a dream start to life on the Ladies European Tour (LET) for Ana Peláez as the Spanish rookie won her first LET title at the Comunidad de Madrid Ladies Open in her debut tournament as a member. The 24-year-old from Malaga shot rounds of 69, 67, 63 and 66 for an impressive total of 23-under-par to win by six strokes in front of large galleries at Jarama-RACE Golf Club.
Ana Pelaez shot a course-record nine-under-par 63 on moving day at the Comunidad de Madrid Ladies Open to take a three shot lead into the final round at Jarama-RACE Golf Club in the Spanish capital. The 24-year-old from Malaga, playing in her first LET tournament as a Rookie professional on the Tour, fired nine birdies for a 54-hole total of seventeen-under-par.
Finland’s Tiia Koivisto holds a one-stroke lead on 10-under-par at the halfway stage of the Comunidad de Madrid Ladies Open after a day of low scoring at Jarama-RACE Golf Club. The 28-year-old from Mantsala near Helsinki fired a six-under-par 66 to take control, but two rising stars are hot on her heels.
Tournament host Danny Willett raised £8,000 for Prostate Cancer UK by carding eight birdies on day two of the Betfred British Masters and in doing so moved to within three shots of leader Hurly Long at the halfway stage.
There are some athletes who are so talented that they become legendary early in their careers and even a few bad seasons can’t tarnish their reputation. Tiger Woods is one of those athletes. When he turned pro in 1996, he shook up the golfing world and things have never been the same. He hadn’t been playing at quite the same level in recent years, but he was still making his mark.
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."
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.
American Sihwan Kim rounded off an excellent week at Siam Country Club’s Waterside Course with a two-point victory at the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Stableford Challenge.
World number one Scottie Scheffler takes a five shot lead into the weekend at The Masters. The last four players who led by five shots going into the weekend went to claim the green jacket, with Jordan Spieth the most recent to do so in 2015. 15:20 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Adam Scott (Aus) 15:30 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Min-Woo Lee (Aus) 15:40 Marc Leishman (Aus), Seamus Power (Irl)
Sanna Nuutinen and Ratchanon “TK” Chantananuwat continued to match one another as they both recorded second rounds of 70 (-2) to share the lead on eleven-under-par at the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Cup. The duo held the lead overnight at the Waterside Course at Siam Country Club after firing rounds of 63 (-9) in the co-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour, which has a purse of USD $750,000.
South Korea's Sung-jae Im leads the 86th Masters after an impressive five-under-par opening round of 67. He leads the in-form Cameron Smith of Australia by one shot heading into round two.
There are seven major winners on The Chevron Championship 2022 leaderboard at the end of day one, with Jennifer Kupcho and Minjee Lee tied at the top after shooting opening rounds of 66 in the relatively benign morning conditions.
