Sep 4th, 2016 Article
Omega European Masters - The Wrap
Sweden's Alex Noren beat Australian Scott Hend on Sunday in a dramatic play off to take the €2.7 million winner’s cheque at the Omega European Masters in stunning Crans Montana.
Sweden's Alex Noren beat Australian Scott Hend on Sunday in a dramatic play off to take the €2.7 million winner’s cheque at the Omega European Masters in stunning Crans Montana.
Rising star Chelsea Pezzola will be showing off her precocious golf skills as she makes her maiden appearance in the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters at Emirates Golf Club in December.
Dean Burmester holds a one shot lead going into the weekend at the Omega European Masters after adding a bogey-free round of 65 to his opening 64. The two-time European Tour winner got to 11 under par at Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre, edging ahead of England’s Andy Sullivan and Thomas Detry of Belgium, as he goes in search of his second win of the season following his Tenerife Open triumph.
The 10th running of the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters came to an end on Saturday, with the twenty six year old Chinese LPGA player Shanshan Feng strolling to a record 12-shot victory.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour.
What happens when you pair one of the world’s biggest pop stars with the world’s number two golfer at a Pro-Am event? Well it’s no joke but what you actually get is a lesson in bunker play in the middle of the round, oh and a very near miss!
Sebastian Söderberg equalled the course record at Albatross Golf Resort as he fired an eight-under-par 64 to take the halfway lead at the D+D REAL Czech Masters. The Swede, who will defend his Omega European Masters title next week at Crans-sur-Sierre, made the turn three-under par before play was halted for half an hour due to waterlogging after heavy rain in the Czech capital.
Our Swingin’ Siren Paige Spiranac had another tough day at her new office, shooting a second round 79 to miss the cut at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters. “At the moment, the clubs are going in the water.”
Carly Booth, our resident Golf Nurse battled back to a one over 73 at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters to sit seven shots shy of the lead. Liz Young and Carmen Alonso hold the lead after both shooting 66 in their first rounds at the Emirates Golf Club to sit at six under.
Paige Spiranac made her Ladies European tour Debut at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters this morning. While we would love to say she was at the top, the sponsors invite was propping up the field, having shot a first round five over 77, 11 shots behind the lead.
To be fair, he did say he was “half handy”, however, what a start for The Golfspiv…
Six European golfers, including eigh–-time European Tour winner Alex Noren and European Ryder Cup star Thomas Pieters, have joined the Nike Golf team.