31 Dec 2010
Posted by Brian As if Graeme McDowell’s 2010 couldn’t get any better, the US Open champion and man who sank the winning putt at The Celtic Manor Resort to regain the Ryder Cup for Europe has been given Royal recognition for his achievements with the awarding of a MBE in the New Year’s Honours List. The...
Read more → 20 Dec 2010
Posted by Brian Victorious Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has finalised his Europe team to take on Asia in next month’s defence of the Royal Trophy. The tournament, which follows a Ryder Cup format, will take place between January 7-9 2011, at the Black Mountain Golf Club, Hua Hin in Thailand. Montgomerie...
Read more → 20 Dec 2010
Posted by Brian Ernie Els captured a third win in 2010 after seeing off a determined challenge by Retief Goosen in the rain-hit South African Open Championship in Durban. Els, winning the event for the fifth time, carded a final round 66 to claim the title by one shot from Goosen. After rain had washed out the first...
Read more → 16 Dec 2010
Posted by Brian Heavy and persistent rain over Durban has forced tournament organisers to abandon the first day’s play at the South African Open, with only six players managing to complete nine holes and just half the 156-man field managing to tee off. Of those players who did make it onto the course, five find...
Read more → 16 Dec 2010
Posted by Brian Recently we told you of the gong challenge, where a group of players set out to strike a gong set 200 yards into the middle of a lake in the Gap of Dunloe, County Kerry. This time, the scene for the latest golf challenge was the Dubai desert, and the challengers were set the task of shooting down...
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