Mar 20th, 2017 Article
Emotional win for Leishmans
There's golf and then there's life. For the Leishmans they are extremely grateful to be able to celebrate both this week.
There's golf and then there's life. For the Leishmans they are extremely grateful to be able to celebrate both this week.
He has been saying for a while now that he needs to get off to better starts in events and in Mexico yesterday Rory McIlroy delivered. The World Number One soared into a two-stroke first round lead at the WGC-Mexico Championship to continue an excellent run of form of late with a six-under-par 65 at Chapultepec Golf Club.
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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.
Markus Brier claimed a long-awaited maiden Legends Tour title at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters hosted by Peter Baker. The Austrian, who has finished runner-up in this event on his last two starts, posted a three-over par round of 75 to finish on a five-under-par total, two shots clear of Argentina’s Rafael Gomez.
This is it. Just the singles matches left. This Ryder Cup has been truly brilliant, and for as much as the American crowds at Hazeltine have been infuriating it's made for great TV. We've gone down the pairings, and made our predictions. It's going to be a battle out there, but we think the Europeans can do this. COME ON EUROPE!!!
The third major of the year is The U.S. Open, which will be the first major championship held at The Los Angeles Country Club and will be contested on the North Course. A host of both PGA Tour players and 15 LIV Golf Tour players will be competing for one of the most prestigious titles in golf.
Team USA secure another gold medal, as Scottie Scheffler continues year of pure dominance in the men's game. On a thrilling final day at Le Golf National, Scheffler shoots 9 under to pip Team GB's Tommy Fleetwood leaving him to settle for the silver medal.
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Thomas Pieters leads the Omega Dubai Desert Classic after an impressive opening round of 67 on the tough Emirates Golf Club course. The Belgian leads by one shot from David Lipsky of the USA with a gaggle of twelve players, which includes Englishman Eddie Pepperell, Robert Karlsson of Sweden and Dane Søren Kjeldsen, a further shot back.
Chris Williams fought off the challenge of Major Champions and former Ryder Cup stars to secure a three-stroke victory at the Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship at Trevose Golf & Country Club.
Not since the heydays of one Tiger Woods have we seen such a dominant performance. Johnson was out of the traps fast with his opening seven-under-par 65 and despite a slightly lacklustre showing on Friday he stormed it from there. Add to this that the lucky so and so is engaged to the lovely Paulina Gretzky and he is a really genuinely nice guy and we are somewhat jealous! Course conditions