Aug 20th, 2021 Article
Stenson and Antcliff lead in Prague
Maverick Antcliff and Henrik Stenson share the first-round lead at the D+D REAL Czech Masters after carding five-under-par rounds of 67 at Albatross Golf Resort.
Maverick Antcliff and Henrik Stenson share the first-round lead at the D+D REAL Czech Masters after carding five-under-par rounds of 67 at Albatross Golf Resort.
It was fitting that on Anzac Day it should be an Australian pairing that won the Zurich Classic on Sunday. Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman carded a final-round two-under final round to tie with South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel on twenty-under-par. The Aussies then grabbed the spoils at the first extra hole.
Sweden’s Maja Stark claimed a third LET win in eight months after recording a five-stroke victory at the Women’s NSW Open. The 22-year-old led from day one at Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club and carded a fourth round of 70 (-2) to finish on fifteen-under-par and seal the win ahead of compatriot Johanna Gustavsson.
Kristoffer Broberg bridged a six-year gap as he claimed an emotional victory at the Dutch Open, the Swede earning a three-stroke win after holding his nerve down the final stretch and fending off several fierce challengers to his eight-stroke third round lead.
Jorgo Campillo moved into the halfway lead at the Horizon Irish Open after the Spaniard carded a four under second round 68 at Mount Juliet Estate, where home favourites Séamus Power and Shane Lowry put on a thrilling late show for the jubilant Irish fans.
Laurie Canter will take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the 2022 Catalunya Championship after carding a 67 on a happy hunting ground in Girona. The Englishman was four shots off the lead at the start of play but fired the lowest round of day two to get to seven under par and lead the way from countryman James Morrison and South African Oliver Bekker.
First-round co-leaders Nasa Hataoka and Su Oh continued their bogey-free play on Friday at the Honda LPGA Thailand, carding matching 65s on Siam Country Club Pattaya’s Old Course. The duo maintained their spots atop the leaderboard at sixteen-under, tying the tournament’s 36-hole scoring record of 128 set by Jessica Korda in 2018 and matched by Patty Tavatanakit in 2021.
Azahara Muñoz, a star of Europe’s victorious Solheim Cup team at Gleneagles last week leads the way in the Lacoste Ladies Open de France. Muñoz carded at first round five-under-par 66 to share the lead with Madelene Sagstrom of Sweden.
Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz upstaged Louis Oosthuizen and Joaquin Niemann to record a convincing victory in the US$2million International Series Oman.
Adri Arnaus defeated Oliver Bekker in a six-hole playoff to win his first DP World Tour title in stunning fashion at the 2022 Catalunya Championship. The home favourite started the day seven shots off the lead and did not look a likely winner when he turned in 34, with Bekker and Laurie Canter doing battle at the top of the leaderboard at PGA Catalunya Golf and Wellness.
Robert MacIntyre claimed an emotional maiden European Tour title at the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown, where a seven under final round 64 earned the Scot a one-stroke victory in a thrilling shoot-out finale. "When the rain delay came in there, I said to my caddie Mike, it’s time to show up. I hit a great iron shot into 15 and there it was. It turned up right at the right time."
South Africa’s Dylan Frittelli will take a three–shot lead into the final day of the RMB 20 million Volvo China Open after a flawless third round 64 took him to 19–under at the Topwin Golf and Country Club in Huairou, Beijing.