Nov 11th, 2021 Article
Georgia Hall leading the way in Jeddah
A captain’s performance from Georgia Hall has given the Major-winner’s team a one-shot lead after Day 1 at the Aramco Team Series – Jeddah.
A captain’s performance from Georgia Hall has given the Major-winner’s team a one-shot lead after Day 1 at the Aramco Team Series – Jeddah.
Germany’s Olivia Cowan shot a 69 to share the lead with defending champion Annabel Dimmock on day two of the Jabra Ladies Open at Evian Resort Golf Club. Cowan, who has 18 top-ten finishes on the LET, made consecutive birdies on her final two holes to claim the clubhouse lead of five-under-par.
Annabel Dimmock started her title defence in fine style shooting a 67 on the opening day of the Jabra Ladies Open at Evian Resort Golf Club. The defending champion, who has her dad on the bag this week, sits at the top of the leaderboard with a one-shot lead over Germany’s Olivia Cowan.
The Ladies European Tour announce a record-breaking 2021 schedule featuring 27 events in 19 different countries, the Solheim Cup and the Summer Olympics, with players competing for a combined prize fund of more than €19 million: an increase of €2 million on the proposed pre-COVID-19 announcement for the 2020 season and €6 million on 2019.
Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen closed with a sensational eagle at the 54th hole to post a bogey-free four-under round of 68 to leapfrog Spain’s Nuria Iturrioz and assume a one-shot lead atop the Andalucía Costa Del Sol Open De Espana leaderboard.
Three-time LET winner Nuria Iturrioz continued her fine form at the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De Espana, posting a two-under-par second round of 70 to lead by two shots at eight-under-par from Scotland’s Kelsey Macdonald as darkness stopped play at 6.00 pm.
Former LET ‘Rookie of the Year’ Camille Chevalier returns to her homeland this week ahead of the latest tournament on the LET schedule – The 2020 Lacoste Ladies Open De France at Golf Du Medoc. Also representing Lacoste as an athlete ambassador, Chevalier has even more reason to perform this week for the long-time LET sponsor.
Wu Ashun delighted the Chinese crowd, adding an excellent 65 to his opening 66 and a two shot lead at the Volvo China Open at the Genzon Golf Club in Shenzhen. But it was Wu’s young countryman Yang Kuang who grabbed all the headline as the youngest player to make a cut on the European Tour at the tender age of 14 years, six months and 12 days.
The resident GolfPunk Tipster, Nick Fleming, picked 2nd place Julian Suri at last week’s event in Morocco. We are hoping he will go one better this week with his selections for the Wells Fargo Championship from Quail Hollow, Charlotte, North Carolina and the China Open. Both events will be on Sky and look to provide some good entertainment.
23-year-old Bronte Law has broken a Ladies European Tour record by holing nine straight birdies in the Lalla Aicha Tour School event in Morocco.
Madeira has been named Europe's ‘up and coming' golf destination by Square Mile, the luxury magazine for those working in the City of London's financial industry.
Discover Madeira, the consumer-facing brand of the Madeira Promotion Bureau, has launched a three-year marketing campaign designed to highlight the beautiful award-winning archipelago's growing reputation as an all-year-round golf destination.