May 16th, 2017 Article
And the BAFTA goes to....
European Tour Productions and Sky Sports have received recognition for their joint coverage of The 2016 Open Championship, winning the BAFTA in the Sport category.
European Tour Productions and Sky Sports have received recognition for their joint coverage of The 2016 Open Championship, winning the BAFTA in the Sport category.
Following directly on from winning the Golf Writers' Association Trophy, Henrik Stenson has now landed the big one – European Tour Player of the Year. It's going to be a very happy Christmas down at the Stensons.
Becoming a professional golfer takes blood, sweat, and tears. As well as cold hard cash. Our new Swingin’ Siren Stephanie Smith is trying to crowd fund her way on to the LET next year.
The flagship event of the Legends Tour season arrives in Scotland next week, at Trump International Golf Links. The golf course has quickly gained a reputation as one of the best new links courses in the world. There is no doubt, it is a course which provides a proper test for the players.
Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, and Sergio Garcia are facing the end of their Ryder Cup careers after losing their arbitration case against the DP World Tour. The ruling states that the tour was within its rights to issue suspensions and fines to those who played in competitions on the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf series, which included Westwood, Poulter, and Garcia.
Adrian Meronk became the first player from Poland to win on the DP World Tour after securing a historic three-stroke victory at the Horizon Irish Open. The 29-year-old led heading into the final round but was required to conjure some back nine magic to overhaul clubhouse leader Ryan Fox, who had set the target at seventeen-under-par following an eight-under-par 64 to close.
Even though she didn’t become an LPGA Tour Member until 2014, Lydia Ko was winning events on Tour as early as 2012. On Sunday in the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio, Ko added win number seventeen to her mantel on the LPGA Tour. She becomes the first player to reach seventeen wins before the age of 25 since Nancy Lopez captured her 17th title in 1979.
Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen posted a final round of 68 to claim the Aviv Dubai Championship by one shot from Ryder Cup player Bernd Wiesberger and Italy’s Francesco Laporta. Hansen dropped only a single shot in 72 holes over the Fire Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates - a bogey five on the 15th in his third round – as he claimed his second European Tour title to add to his 2020 Joburg Open triumph.
Viktor Hovland is on course to become the first Norwegian winner in European Tour history after a brilliant eight-under-par round of 64 gave him a three shot lead heading into the final round of the 2021 BMW International.
The PGA Tour will kick off on 11 June with the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas. However, players and caddies returning to the USA for the tour face the headache of 14 days in isolation due to the strict quarantine rules in place in the USA.
It was inevitable that Patrick Reed, who is playing at the WGC event in Mexico City this week, was going to be asked about the latest comments from Bob Kostis and Brooks Koepka. Talking after Thursday’s first round he managed to dance around the question.
Highlighted by two wins on the PGA TOUR Champions, and on the back of John Daly’s 2nd place finish at the Paris Legends Championship on the European Senior Tour, Vertical Groove Golf have announced two new distribution deals.