Lilac was the colour of the day at The Masters as the leaders appeared to have coordinated their wardrobes to don shirts of the same hue. The three players that lead in to the final round chose the colour for their shirt with Tiger again modelling a very snazzy mock turtle neck number. Ian Poulter, always one to be different, went instead for a lilac pair of strides.
Rising Chinese Taipei teenage star Chang Hsin-chiao defied jangling nerves and an accomplished male opponent on a nail-biting final day at the 13th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final.
Patrick Cantlay: "There's not a lot of give up in me. I never really thought about giving it up. I thought maybe there was a chance my back would never feel good enough to play again. But, fortunately, I figured out a way to feel good all the time. I'm happy to be playing."
Some big names have bitten the dust at Kingsbarns. Here's our halfway verdict on the movers & slackers...
It's been described as "golf's sleeping giant". If it ever was sleeping, it looks like it's just taken a bagful of Pro Plus. Heythrop Park, it's what the term GolfPorn was invented for...
Now this was surprising....
All you need is a par for a 58. You can afford a bogey for a 59. A double bogey still wins you the tournament. Tim Hart made a triple bogey to drop into a playoff, and eventually come second. Ouch.
It seems to be the year of crazy golf. With Swingers opening in a wartime bunker this spring in London, and adventure golfs popping up all around the country, this time it’s one of the games most iconic golf courses thats embraced the craze.
It was Ker-Ching day for Graeme McDowell as he won a one-hole play off to trouser $1,116,000 at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
Victor Dubuisson has joined Jaco Van Zyl at the top of the leaderboard on 16 under, one shot ahead of Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Rory McIlroy.
Invitee Dustin Johnson looks set to miss the cut after bogeying his last hole to finish +1 and one shot the wrong side of the weekend. You can't imagine this will go down well with the hosts but at least Dusty & Paulina will get to sample the delights of Hong Kong.
The big question today was whether or not Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen could keep his cool and hold his lead to win a third European Tour Championship, and keep his tour card whilst he was at it? And there was also the question of would he pick up $800,000? The Dunhill Cup is one of the biggest purses on the European Tour, with a total prize fund of $5,000,000.
