Heythrop Park Resort Course Review
Going on a golf break in February was a little risky considering the recent weather conditions but must admit we lucked out, the course was in a great condition and we even managed a few scenic walks around the Resort’s grounds. Read more
Enjoy a Royal Open Experience at Prince’s
Golf fans heading to Royal St George’s for the Open Championship can make the most of their trip with exclusive tee times at Prince’s Golf Club from Your Golf Travel.com. Read more
Tiger slays the dragon
Tiger’s performance in the Ryder Cup seems has been overshadowed by “Cigar Guy”, who features in the now famous newspaper picture of Woods’ ball hitting a camera lens, but it was Woods who was really ‘smokin’ at Celtic Manor.
After a drought that has witnessed Tiger winless in a Major championship since June 2008, it looks as if he may well have his ‘mojo’ back. The Welsh Dragon that is Celtic Manor’s Twenty Ten Course was reduced to a tasty morsel for Tiger as he took on Europe’s Francesco Molinari on the last day’s singles matches. In just 13 holes he notched up 7 birdies and an eagle for a 9-under-par aggregate.
Pro rata that over 18 holes and you have a haul of between 12 and 13 birdies, which leaves us with the tantalising prospect that, had Tiger played on for the full 18 holes, we could have witnessed a 58 over the par-71, 7,493-yard, Twenty Ten Course. Gulp.
Laura the golden girl again
Laura Davies, 46, won the 76th title of her long and illustrious career at the Open de Espana Femenino at Flamingos Golf in Benahavis on the Costa Del Sol. She’s now top of the LET’s Money List and is now targeting the Tour’s number one spot for the eighth time in her career.
Two weeks after her last victory in Austria, Davies won by two-strokes from fellow Englishwoman Rebecca Hudson, Australian Frances Bondad and American Christina Kim.
The four-time major champion, who finished 11 under par, said it was one of the best wins of her life after she thought she had blown it with a quadruple bogey 8 on the 13th hole. “Last week I had the triple bogey on number 11 and I did blow it, so it works on your mind a bit. It was nice to come straight back with those two birdies.”
Davies was three strokes clear of the field when she hit her tee shot left onto a steep rocky slope, on the uphill par-four. She climbed up a slippery and dangerous slope and found the ball but twice hit a rock behind it in a bid to play on.
She hit her fourth shot onto the fairway and by the time she walked off the green with a quadruple bogey, was tied for the lead with compatriot Lisa Hall on 10-under-par.
Birdies on the 14th and 15th holes then established a two-stroke lead and enabled her to claim the 52,500 euros first prize. It was her fourth victory of the season after wins in New Zealand, Germany, Austria and Spain.
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