Garrick Higgo held off the challenge of Maximilian Kieffer to win his second European Tour title at the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open. The South African had carded the lowest round of his European Tour career with a 63 on day three to put himself in the driving seat and he had extended his lead to four shots by the turn.
Grayson Murray 1st October 1993 - 25 May 2024 Grayson Murray always looked a prospect capable of reaching the upper echelons of professional golf, winning both team and individual state titles while playing at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. He won the Junior World championship in San Diego over a three consecutive year period.
Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson is the latest big-name player to confirm he will play in the BNI Indonesian Masters later this month. The US$2 million Asian Tour tournament will be played at Royale Jakarta Golf Club from 31 October to 3 November, and it will mark the first time that the charismatic American has played on The International Series.
A 12-star showdown is set for the 12th edition of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, January 19-22, with defending champion Rickie Fowler set to go head-to-head with Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and Danny Willett.
John Daly will make his European Senior Tour debut next week in the inaugural Paris Legends Championship at Le Golf National.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour.
American Brian Harman held his nerve at the rain-soaked Royal Liverpool to claim his first major and the 151st Open Championship, finishing six shots clear of his closest competitors after a thoroughly professional final round.
When Minjee Lee first announced her presence at a USGA championship a decade ago by winning the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, she was asked by Golf Channel reporter Steve Burkowski if more USGA titles were in the offing. Her two-word answer: “I’m coming.” That might have sounded like bravado, but it turned out to be prophetic.
“We Go Farther,” a new four-part docuseries chronicling the Titleist Speed Project, an R&D breakthrough that drove the resurgence of Titleist drivers on the PGA TOUR, debuts today on the Titleist YouTube channel and Titleist.com/We-Go-Farther.
England's Charley Hull trails American Lizette Salas by a single shot after the opening round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Atlanta. Hull, who started at the 10th tee, was one-under to the turn before coming alive on her back nine with four birdies and a lone bogey to card a four-under-par 68. "I can't actually remember much of my round today. I just felt quite focused," said Hull.
Callaway has today revealed arguably its strongest ever line up of PGA European Tour Staff Professionals for 2019.
Rory McIlroy made three bogeys in his final four holes to blow the chance to end his 10-year wait for a major and allow Bryson DeChambeau to snatch the US Open.
