Richard Finch Shocks Martin Kaymer To Win Through To Last 16 Volvo World Match-Play.
England’s Richard Finch surprised even himself in knocking former PGA Champion Martin Kaymer out of the Volvo World Match-Play Championship in Spain.
The World No. 9 ranked Kaymer missed a three-foot par putt at the final hole on the Finca Cortesin to hand a place in the last 16 of the Euro 2.75m event to the World No. 218 ranked Englishman.
“This is a pleasant surprise as I didn’t expect to beat Martin,” said Finch.
“The funny thing is that I almost felt like giving him ...
Czech Open Cancelled Due To Funding Shortfall
The 2012 Czech Open has been cancelled due to a funding shortfall.
www.golfbtourmiss.com reported earlier this week the European Tour was meeting with Stanislav Pros in London on Thursday with the likelihood the event was not going ahead this year as planned for August 16th to 19th.
And now in a statement released by organisers today it’s confirmed what was feared by the Tour.
However organisers indicated they still hope to stage the tournament next year for at least three consecutive years.
It ...
Brandt Snedeker’s $100 Putter Pays For Itself With 5 & 4 Success Over Thomas Bjorn.
American Bradnt Snedeker’s investment in a $100 putter from the Finca Cortesin pro shop has already paid for itself with a crushing 5 & 4 victory over more fancied Volvo World Match-Play opponent Thomas Bjorn.
Snedeker was never behind in his first round robin match winning the opening three holes and then racing to 5up after just six holes over the future Ryder Cup captain.
The Tennessee born Snedeker had to purchase the putter as his golf bag went missing on a flight from Miami to ...
Oliver Wilson Gets His Wentworth Wish With BMW PGA Invitation.
England’s Oliver Wilson has been granted his Wentworth wish with an invitation to contest next week’s flagship BMW PGA Championship.
The former Ryder Cup star lost his main European Tour card last season for a first occasion since joining the Tour full time in 2005.
It has meant the 31-year old England player competing in lessor Tour events and also having to rely on invitations.
Wilson had lost out in a play-off in the 2008 BMW PGA Championship to Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez and record one ...
New French Government Will Not Affect 2018 Ryder Cup Preparations.
The election of a new Government in France will have no impact on the staging of the 2018 Ryder Cup at the Le Golf National course near Versailles.
Former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy had given strong state support backing the bid which he stated was a priority for France along with securing Euro 2016, and a bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and in the wake of the crushing loss to London to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.
But with his outing and the swearing in of Francois Hollande as ...
Brandt Snedeker Involved In Emergency Azores Landing.
The plane carrying American Brandt Snedeker and his caddy to Spain, and this week’s Volvo World Match-Play Championship, had to make an emergency landing in The Azores when a passenger on his flight suffered a heart attack.
Snedeker was aboard a Iberia Airlines flight heading from Miami and bound for Madrid when the drama occurred some 39,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean.
There was not other option for the pilot to seek permission to land at The Azores from where the passenger was rushed ...
Volvo World Match-Play Championship Set To ‘Travel’ Out Of Spain In 2013.
Event sponsor and organisers indicated that this will be the last year the Volvo World Match-Play Championship will be played in Spain and on the Finca Cortesin course just south of Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol.
Volvo’s Per Ericisson indicated at a news conference today the event, firsr won by legendary Arnold Palmer in 1964 and eight years before the formation of the European Tour, is headed for a new location in 2013.
This week represents the third event this year being sponsored ...
