Play-offs aren’t always exciting (remember Mike Weir and wotsisname* in 2003?), but the three-way, 18-hole play-off in 1962 between Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald, showed the most exciting player in the game at his thrilling best.
First-round co-leaders Nasa Hataoka and Su Oh continued their bogey-free play on Friday at the Honda LPGA Thailand, carding matching 65s on Siam Country Club Pattaya’s Old Course. The duo maintained their spots atop the leaderboard at sixteen-under, tying the tournament’s 36-hole scoring record of 128 set by Jessica Korda in 2018 and matched by Patty Tavatanakit in 2021.
Nicolai Højgaard sealed his second DP World Tour title at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship presented by Phoenix Capital, emerging from a roller-coaster final day with a four-stroke victory courtesy of an array of world-class recovery shots at Al Hamra Golf Club.
Carlota Ciganda became the second Spanish player to win the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España as she recorded a four-shot victory. The Solheim Cup star produced a final round of 67 (-5) to give her a winning total of 15-under-par for the tournament and she joined Azahara Munoz in winning her national championship.
Spain’s Carlota Ciganda fired a second round six-under-par 66 to hold the halfway lead at the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España. The four-time LET winner has an excellent record in her national championship – recording seven top ten finishes in the seven she has played – and she continued that on day two at Los Naranjos Golf Club.
The race to the 2021 finish line has begun, and 18 holes remain until a Race to the CME Globe is crowned. World number one, Nelly Korda is joined by defending champion Jin Young Ko along with 2021 LPGA Tour winners Nasa Hataoka and Celine Boutier in a tie for first after the third round of the CME Group Tour Championship on fourteen-under-par.
Rory McIlroy will take a one shot lead into the final round of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai after producing another dramatic finish in an entertaining round of 67.
Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen posted a final round of 68 to claim the Aviv Dubai Championship by one shot from Ryder Cup player Bernd Wiesberger and Italy’s Francesco Laporta. Hansen dropped only a single shot in 72 holes over the Fire Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates - a bogey five on the 15th in his third round – as he claimed his second European Tour title to add to his 2020 Joburg Open triumph.
Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen and Italy’s Francesco Laporta traded blows en route to rounds of 67 to share the lead going into the final day of the AVIV Dubai Championship.
Emily Kristine Pedersen defended her Saudi Arabian team title with a play-off victory in the Aramco Team Series – Jeddah, with Slovenian teenager Pia Babnik bagging the tournament’s individual title.
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.
Romain Langasque carded a second consecutive round of 69 to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters. The Frenchman, who won his first European Tour title at last year’s Wales Open, carded 15 pars, a birdie, and his second eagle of the week, dropping just one shot, as he signed for a four-under-par total at the halfway stage at Real Club Valderrama.
