World Number Two Jon Rahm will return to the BMW PGA Championship for the first time since 2019, and the Spanish superstar will be hoping to go one better than his runner-up finish three years ago when he tees it up at the fourth Rolex Series event of the season, from 8-11 September.
There was plenty of excitement at the last week’s events and plenty of great play. Here is GolfPunk’s pick of the best shots and we use the word ‘best’ in a rather loose way for one of them!
Paul Casey produced a stunning birdie-eagle finish in a bogey-free round of 64 to take a one shot lead into the final day of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. The Englishman will go in search of his 15th European Tour title after matching the lowest round of the week to get to fifteen-under-par and lead by one from Scotland's Robert MacIntyre.
As part of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour’s Strategic Alliance first announced in November 2020, the Genesis Scottish Open is co-sanctioned by the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour for the second year. Scotland’s national open dates back to 1972 and has been a permanent fixture on the DP World Tour schedule since 1986.
Well, the Spiv didn't do too badly last week with his top two tips, Bryson DeChambeau and Jordan Speith coming tied third and tied tenth respectively. Harbour Town is arguably a tougher challenge for the pros but once again it is a high-class field.
The extended three-year qualification process for the men’s golf competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been completed with today’s publication of the Final Olympic Golf Rankings.
Lucas Herbert made the most of favourable conditions to take a one shot lead into the weekend at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open. The Australian added a second round of 65 to his opening 66 at The Renaissance Club to top the leaderboard at 11 under par as he goes in search of a second European Tour title in 2020 following his victory in Dubai in January
The stage is set for a final day shootout at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open as Spain’s Azahara Munoz rolled home from 20ft for birdie on the 18th hole to add another round of 69 (-2) to her total and take a one-shot lead over American Stacy Lewis at seven-under-par. For the Leaderboard click
Due to the vagaries of the world ranking system, Rory Mcilroy is set to grab the top spot from Brooks Koepka. Neither player is playing this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am which means when the hard sums are crunched next Monday McIlroy will regain World Number One for the first time since 2015.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout moved into the top ten of the Race to Dubai following his four-shot win at the Alfred Dunhill Championship. A closing three-under 69 from the South African left him on fourteen-under-par well clear of a group of four players in joint second. "I'm really pleased I pulled it off," said Bezuidenhout, whose win moves him to ninth in the Race to Dubai.
Spain’s Luna Sobron Galmes made a sensational move to the top of the individual standings at the Saudi Ladies Team International, firing a course-record equalling seven-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead from Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen at ten-under-par. Heading the individual standings with one round to go is Luna Sobron Galmes.
Nathan Kimsey and Andrew Wilson joined home favourite Vitor Lopes at the top of the Open de Portugal at Royal Óbidos leaderboard, with the third round of the weather-affected tournament set to resume on Sunday morning. “It was tough sitting down, you don't know what to expect, but we are doing our job, we are here to play, and that's what I did. " The third round resumed Sunday morning.
