Mar 31st, 2017 Article
Tiger Woods to miss the Masters
Tiger Woods has confirmed he will not be playing in The Masters, 20 years since his first major triumph at Augusta National.
Tiger Woods has confirmed he will not be playing in The Masters, 20 years since his first major triumph at Augusta National.
After Greg Eason’s ‘decuple bogey’ at the Web.com Great Abaco Classic in the Bahamas, we delve back in the GP archives to bring you the alternative way of labelling golf’s ‘less than heroic’ scores.
Some of the world’s most prestigious golf tournaments occur on American soil. While sports fans may like to joke around that golf appeals to a particular wealth bracket or demographic, the figures show that millions of Americans enjoy watching the sport.
Céline Boutier followed her victory at last week’s Evian Championship with an impressive win in Ayrshire in the FreeD Group Women’s Scottish Open.
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.
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.
England’s Georgia Hall carded an opening round 69 at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund to share the lead with German rookie Sophie Witt after a wind-battered opening day in Jeddah.
Thomas Levet secured his second victory in as many weeks after he defeated Markus Brier on the first play-off hole at the Scottish Senior Open hosted by Paul Lawrie.
Starting the day two shots off the lead, Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn knew an impressive day of best ball was needed to come away with the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational title at Midland Country Club. Team M&M certainly delivered finishing at twenty-four-under overall after recording a 59 on Saturday to earn the victory.
It has been a while since GolfPunk last chatted to Mel Reid and so we were delighted to have a call with her a few weeks back. As well as finding out how she coped with the COVID pandemic we also got to her ask her, amongst other things, about the Solheim Cup, the big-hitting Bryson and her favourite tipple.
We thought it was a joke but apparently not. According to , the PGA Tour will hand $40 million via its Player Impact Program to the world’s top players in bonuses. The program has been set up to “recognize and reward players who positively move the needle.”
Lake Nona Golf & Country Club member Lydia Ko continued to show her liking for her home course at the Gainbridge LPGA, taking the 36-hole lead on ten-under-par. In contrast to her eagle start in round one Ko opened the second day with a bogey on the 10th hole but quickly bounced back.