2010 champion Richard O’Hanlon has won his second Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship by two shots, after a tense final day of the Pro–Am on the Cromwell Course.
We had everything on Friday at The Masters: A stellar leaderboard; birdies galore; storm threats; unbelievable recovery shots; a marshall slide-tackling Tiger Woods on the 14th hole (he still made birdie) and some truly comical moments starring Zach Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
Following the success of last year’s inaugural Farmfoods European Senior Masters, this year the event is returning to the Forest of Arden Marriott Country Club & Hotel, between 4-7 October.
The Masters (5th-8th April) has seen its fair share of shock winners down the years, with the likes of Danny Willet (2016) and Angel Cabrera (2009) embarrassing those setting odds for the tournament. While it has a decent record of delivering on the favourites, the bookmakers can often get it wrong.
"I didn't lose this tournament (The Northern Trust Open). He (Dustin Johnson) won it," Spieth said after DJ turned around a three shot deficit going into the final round to force, an ultimately win, a play-off at Glen Oaks Country Club, New York.
GolfPunk travelled to Antwerp to meet Thomas Pieters in his home town. And we talked about everything from Ryder Cup heroics to the burning questions of the day, such as 'Can animals commit suicide?'....
Nothing feels like a Mizuno they say. Mizuno irons feel like butter. What if I told you the new Mizuno’s felt even more Mizunoier. Like spreadable Lurpak butter, even softer than your normal run of the mill Anchor.
They might not thank us for reminding them but these guys, no matter how successful they were, no matter how much cash they made, never quite got over the line to join that elite club known as... Major Winners....
As Adele so poignantly put it... 'Don't forget me, I beg, I'll remember you said, "Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead'.... You may not have heard of them before. You may not remember their names in the future. You might... oh, just read it will you.
To paraphrase Full Metal Jacket: "Are you quitting on me? Well, are you? Then quit, you slimy walrus-looking piece of dirt! Get off of my golf course! NOW! MOVE IT!’ is what should have been said to this list of sad saps…
Jordan Spieth is one of the best golfers on the PGA Tour these days. Still just 24, the Dallas native already has a trio of major trophies on his mantle and he is only a PGA Championship victory from completing the career sweep of the Tour’s most prestigious tournaments. Spieth will be looking to improve upon his 2015 second-place finish at the PGA later this year.
One of golf’s greatest storytellers hid his own fairytale of a life lived from the gutter to the stars…
