Oct 13th, 2019 Article
Manic Monday
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the main results and stories from the weekend!
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the main results and stories from the weekend!
The 2022 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, in Italy, will take place from 30th September to the 2nd October 2022. It will be the first time The Ryder Cup has been played in Italy, with the country following England, Scotland, Spain, Ireland, Wales and France as European nations to host the biennial contest between Europe and the United States.
Following the debuting of the Titleist 2020 branding at the FedEx Cup playoffs the rather sleek looking bags are being launched on the European Tour at this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. We still want one!
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.
Englishman Jordan Smith, one of the rising young stars of European golf, has been confirmed as a Callaway Staff Professional, using a full bag of Callaway and Odyssey product, including Chrome Soft X Golf Ball.
The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA will make its debut as a Rolex Series event when the 2019 edition takes place from 16–19 January.
Your Golf Travel (YGT) is an official travel operator for the 16th Solheim Cup matches to be played next September at Gleneagles in Perthshire, Scotland. YGT is leading the way with hundreds of three, five and seven-night packages for the event already sold.
The Ladies European Tour is back this week with Nuria Iturrioz set to defend her crown against an international field in the latest event on our 2020 schedule at the OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic from 4-6 November. In such a unique format, it is not very often that a player has experience playing under the floodlights but Iturrioz let us into a little secret ahead of her first round.
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.
Finland’s Sanna Nuutinen continued to show why she is one of the best players still in search of her maiden LET title, firing an opening five-under-par round of 67 to lead by one shot from Scotland’s Kelsey Macdonald at the rain-affected Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De Espana.
A sensational final eight-under round of 64 sealed a one-shot victory for England’s Bronte Law at the Dubai Moonlight Classic presented by EGA. It was a tantalizing last day in Dubai with 19 players within six shots of the lead at the Faldo Course at Emirates Golf Club at the end of the second round.
On a tightly contested second day of the Dubai Moonlight Classic presented by EGA, Maria Fassi and Jessica Karlsson sit tied at the top of the leaderboard on ten-under-par. Fassi held the overnight lead after equalling the tournament course record of 63 in round one and although today was tougher, the 23-year-old held onto her position.