27 Apr 2011
Posted by Brian South Korea is this weeks’ stop for the European Tour with the Ballantine’s Championship the event in the spotlight. Played for the first time over the exclusive Black Stone Golf Club – membership circa 300 – the course measures around 7,300 yards and boasts generous fairways and large, undulating...
Read more → 24 Apr 2011
Posted by Brian Lee Westwood enjoyed the step down in class to claim a comprehensive win in the Indonesian Masters on the Asian Tour. Westwood, celebrating his 38th birthday, shot a final round 69 to clinch the title by three strokes from Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee. Starting the day holding a five-shot lead, Westwood...
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...
Read more → 26 Nov 2010
Posted by Brian Germany’s Martin Kaymer put one hand on The Race to Dubai and took a massive step towards being crowned Europe’s number one. The scenario between Kaymer and Graeme McDowell – the only other player who can be named European number one – took on a new twist, with the real possibility that the world...
Read more → 23 Apr 2010
Posted by Brian The Ballantine’s Championship at Pinx Golf Club has been reduced to 54 holes, following a near wipeout of much of the first day’s play due to dense fog. On Thursday, heavy fog descended around the Korean island of Jeju and refused to lift, meaning many players endured interrupted first rounds,...
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