Two players at different stages in their professional golf careers won tournaments last weekend while relying on SkyCaddie GPS for yardage information. Phillip Price, conqueror of Phil Mickelson in the 1983 Ryder Cup, and 25-year-old Jack Davidson, soon to make his first attempt at Q-School on the DP World Tour this October, both used SkyCaddie’s ground-mapped GPS data to lift a trophy.
Kalle Samooja carded a new course record of 64 in the final round of the Porsche European Open to win his maiden DP World Tour title at Green Eagle Golf Courses in Hamburg.
Maja Stark, Agathe Sauzon and Jess Karlsson hit the front on day one of the Comunidad de Madrid Ladies Open with matching rounds of five-under-par 67 at Jarama-RACE Golf Club in the Spanish capital.
Five-Time tour winner Bradley Dredge wins the Valero Tenby Open - the inaugural Welsh Tour event. Dredge, 48, carded a five-under-par round of 67 as his proven tour skills shone across the links of Wales’ oldest golf club Tenby.
Richard Bland beat fellow Englishman Lee Westwood by 2&1 to win his group and set up a last sixteen match with former world number one Dustin Johnson. The win also ensures that Bland will tee it up at Augusta for the first time at the ripe old age of 49.
Reigning and former British Open champions Anna Nordqvist and Georgia Hall have described this week’s Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund as “one of the headline events” in women’s golf, as they get set to tee-off in what will be the first ever Ladies European Tour event to feature three Arabic golfers.
Dustin Johnson is hoping a third victory at the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers can help set his course to a return to the top of the world rankings in 2022. Johnson returns to defend his Saudi International title at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club from 3-6 February, with the American the only two-time winner in the event's history.
Day three ended as it began with Jin Young Ko’s name atop the Cognizant Founders Cup leaderboard. Ko continued her absolute mastery of Mountain Ridge Country Club on Saturday, shooting a two-under 69 in the third round and moving to thirteen-under overall, a four-stroke advantage over her nearest competitors.
Argentinian Magdalena Simmermacher added a 67 to her opening 69 for a total of eight-under-par and takes a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya in Sitges.
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Finland’s Ursula Wikstrom fired a round of 66 to lead the Gant Ladies Open by two strokes on the first day at Aura Golf. Wikstrom, who is currently 12th in the 2021 Race to Costa del Sol, carded a round of five-under-par which included seven birdies and two bogeys to lead.
US superstar golfer Lexi Thompson has admitted she “can’t wait” to ally with Dame Laura Davies after picking her at the captain’s draft for the Aramco Team Series - London, starting tomorrow at the Centurion Club.
