How fast do you think you could play a par five hole? Well the world record stood at one minute and thirty three seconds when the European Tour decided to see if any of their boys could beat it. American Sean Crocker, Belgian Thomas Detry, Ireland’s Paul Dunne and Italian Guido Migliozzi to take on the record for the ‘Fastest hole of hole of golf by an individual’.
Lexi Thompson crashed out of the Evian Championship on Friday, after making a complete mess of a chip on the 18th, when her ball hardly moved at all.
Laurie Canter followed up his incredible first round of 60 at the Italian Open with a four-under-par 68 to take a two shot lead going into the weekend at Chervò Golf Club. 38-year-old McGowan carded a bogey-free round of 64 to keep Canter in his sights as he bids to lift a European Tour trophy for the first time since the 2009 Madrid Masters.
There’s winning from the front, and there’s reversing into a win. It’s safe to say Matt Jones did the latter at the Australian Open. Shooting a two over final round, Jones did just enough to keep Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott at bay.
Rory is back with the programme, and has burnt it up on day three at the WGC Cadillac on Donald Trump’s Blue Monster. And his putting is making the difference.
Allright so he's not a real budgerigar but he is leading the BMW Masters and his name – Lucas Bjerregaard – sounds a lot like budgerigar and, well, it's Friday morning and we're all a bit over excited about the weekend.
LPGA Tour rookie Leona Maguire closed with three birdies and an eagle over her final six holes to shoot an eight-under-par 64 in the second round of the Meijer Classic for Simply Give and take a three shot lead into the weekend at Blythefield Country Club.
Who let the Leish off, as Aussie Marc Leishman won his first European Tour title by six-shot at the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.
Race to Dubai leader Patrick Reed took control of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, opening up a two shot lead after an impressive eight-under-par round of 64 on Friday.
Rory McIlroy made a flying start to the European Tour’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, opening with a seven-under-par round of 65 to lead by two shots in the final Rolex Series event of 2021.
After criticising Tom Weiskopf's redesigned TPC Phoenix course, Bubba has issued an apology for his remarks and even admits his wife thinks he's out of order... PLUS the marvellous moment when Bubba blanks GolfPunk at the PGA Show in Orlando!!
After an action-packed day at the Volunteers of America Classic, major champions Inbee Park and So Yeon Ryu along with 2020 LPGA Tour rookie Yealimi Noh are tied at the top of the leaderboard at -4 at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas.
