Morgane Metraux eagled the first extra hole in a three-way play-off to win the Ladies Italian Open presented by Regione Piemonte and become the first winner from Switzerland on the Ladies European Tour.
There are some athletes who are so talented that they become legendary early in their careers and even a few bad seasons can’t tarnish their reputation. Tiger Woods is one of those athletes. When he turned pro in 1996, he shook up the golfing world and things have never been the same. He hadn’t been playing at quite the same level in recent years, but he was still making his mark.
Getting your first win on the LPGA Tour is hard. But if you ask 31-year-old Marina Alex, the second one is even more so. Alex began the final round of the Palos Verdes Championship presented by Bank of America three shots back of 54-hole leader Hannah Green and dug deep on the final day, posting a five-under 66 to beat Rolex Rankings No. 1 Jin Young Ko by a single stroke at ten-under overall.
England’s Georgia Hall carded an opening round 69 at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund to share the lead with German rookie Sophie Witt after a wind-battered opening day in Jeddah.
Mizuno, the Japanese equipment manufacturer long renowned for its beautiful, industry-leading forged irons and technically advanced golf equipment, has announced the signings of two talented young players – as part of a quest to develop its next 'homegrown' Major winner.
Big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau has revealed he will arrive at next month’s PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers hitting the ball “further than ever” – prompting tournament organisers to ‘Bryson-proof’ Royal Greens Golf & Country Club.
It’s April 1997 and Lee Elder is sitting at home in Pompano Beach, Florida, watching the Masters on his television. At the end of the third round, the 21-year-old American phenomenon Tiger Woods enjoys a nine-shot cushion at the top of the leaderboard and is fast closing in on a victory that would make him the first black player to win the Masters six years after the club admitted its first...
Dom Pedro Hotels & Golf Collection will invite newly crowned Portugal Masters champion, Thomas Pieters, to officially reopen the Dom Pedro Laguna Course after it undergoes a requalification to improve its overall playability and environmental sustainability.
The team captained by Belgium’s Manon De Roey have a two-shot lead – and an amateur team-mate to thank – heading into the final day of the Ladies European Tour’s Aramco Team Series – Jeddah.
Chloe Williams leads the way after day one of the Creekhouse Ladies Open, after rolling in nine birdies on Thursday to register a first round score of 66, six-under-par. The Welsh star fired out of the blocks in Åhus, as she picked up shots on her first four holes of the day to put herself in the early ascendency on the Swedish East coast.
I last played Chart Hills not long after it opened back in the early 1990s. Memories are sketchy, but two things came to mind about the first course designed by Sir Nick Faldo in Europe: bunkers everywhere and secondly that it was tough, really tough.
European trio Charley Hull, Anne Van Dam and Catriona Matthew are the latest big names confirmed for next month’s $1million Aramco Team Series – London, as the debut tournament builds an appetite-whetting cross-Atlantic field just two months out from this year’s Solheim Cup.
