Andy Ogletree secured his third International Series title today posting a final round of 64 at Close House to further bolster his lead at the top of both Asian Tour and International Series Orders of Merit.
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.
The European tour has been pretty creative with its content of late, who can forget the ‘Content Committee’ or Eddie Pepperell’s prank on Matt Wallace. By far our favourite though are the ongoing 14 Club Challenges.
It has been a while since GolfPunk last chatted to Mel Reid and so we were delighted to have a call with her a few weeks back. As well as finding out how she coped with the COVID pandemic we also got to her ask her, amongst other things, about the Solheim Cup, the big-hitting Bryson and her favourite tipple.
Ernie Els has expressed pride and pleasure in the new–look West Course, an Ernie Els Design–led renovation, after carding a one–under par opening round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
The R&A has announced four new venues for final qualifying for the Open Championship from 2018. So who is in, and who is out?
It seemed like it was just a matter of time and sure enough the new bulked up Bryson DeChambeau delivered on Sunday when he fired a seven-under-par final round of 65 to clinch the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. The big-hitting man from California won by three shots from overnight leader Matthew Wolf. “I've shown people that there's another way to do it."
After four seasons in one event, The Players Championship concluded on Monday with Cameron Smith becoming the fifth Australian to pick up the coveted trophy and a cheque for a whopping $3.6 million. Overnight leader Anirban Lahiri of India and England's Paul Casey chased the Australian all the way but came up just short.
Sam Torrance was the day's host as one of the UK's biggest pro-am golf tournaments raised a staggering £141,000 for charity at Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Hotel.
Three Ladies European Tour professionals set to compete in the Aramco Team Series - London have volunteered to act as role models and share their stories with young women from The Girls’ Network, a national mentoring charity aimed at inspiring and empowering girls from the UK’s least advantaged communities to be ambitious about their futures.
Jon Rahm was overcome with emotion as he took victory at the Memorial Tournament to grab the World number one spot from Rory McIlroy and emulate his hero Seve Ballesteros as only the second Spaniard to top the rankings. The big man's margin of victory would have been even higher but for a two-shot penalty for inadvertently moving his ball at address on the 16th hole.
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.
