Alan Dunbar Scores First Over McIlroy, McDowell & Clarke In Capturing 117th British Amateur Title.
Alan Dunbar scored a first over the likes of Major Champions Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke in capturing the 117th British Amateur Championship at Royal Troon.
Dunbar, 23 defeated Austrian teenager Matthias Schwab by one hole to become the third Northern Irish winner after Michael Hoey in 2001 and Garth McGimpsey in 1985.
The Portrush amateur takes the Amateur Championship trophy back to Northern Ireland hard on the heels of McDowell and McIlroy winning the 2010 and 2011 US Opens, ...
McGinley Last Out But Looking To Finish First At Sunningdale
Paul McGinley finds himself being drawn in the last group out in Monday’s 36-hole Open Championship qualifier at Sunningdale in Surrey.
The R & A have drawn the 45-year old Dubliner to compete alongside Sweden’s Niclas Fasth and teeing up on Sunningdale’s Old Course at 10.12am local time Monday.
The duo are then out at 2.47pm and in the last group for the second 18 holes on the New Course.
McGinley will be looking to finish the top-10 among the 96 competitors for the assurance ...
Joel Sjoholm In Battle With Swan On Day Three Of BMW International Open.
Sweden’s Joel Sjoholm has no trouble dealing with albatrosses, eagles and birdies but he had his hands full dealing with a determined swan on day three of the BMW International Open in Cologne.
Sjoholm, and the overnight leader at 11-under par, was preparing to hit his second shot into the par four, fifth hole on the Gut Larcenhof course when a swan started walking towards him.
The swan had left the water guarding the green and no matter how much Sjoholm tried (As shown in a picture taken ...
Monty Celebrates 49th Birthday With Bottle Of Bubbly & Now A Year Away From Senior’s Debut
Colin Montgomgerie celebrates his 49th birthday today playing the third round of the BMW International Open in the company of fellow Scot Peter Whiteford.
Monty was met by BMW’s Marco Kaussler after his round of a level par 72 and presented with a bottle of champagne.
And given Monty ended his round with three bogeys in his last five holes the champers was just the tonic for the Scot.
However it also exactly a year to the day until Monty makes his European Senior Tour debut and the Dunning ...
Andrew Marshall No Longer In Need Of New Motor After BMW Ace.
England’s Andrew Marshall no longer has to look for a new vehicle after he earned the keys to a gleaming BMW 6 Series coupe for a hole-in-one in the BMW International Open in Cologne.
Marshall, 39 aced the Gut Larcenhof par three, 17th he was playing as his eighth hole.
It was Marshall’s first ace on the Tour in more than 220 events since 2001 and could not have come at a more timely moment for the 38-year old.
“I’ve been looking for a new car but not like I could afford a 6 Series ...
Dunbar & Schwab Square Off In Final For 117th British Amateur Title.
Northern Ireland’s Alan Dunbar and Matthias Schwab from Austria will fight it out over 36-holes in th final in the 117th Amateur Championship at Royal Troon.
At stake is the Amateur Championship Trophy, a spot in this year’s Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes, a place in next year’s U.S. Open and traditionally, an invitation to the Masters Tournament at Augusta National.
The two amateurs ended Scotland’s hopes of a first all Scottish final since 1909.
Dunbar defeated ...
Joost Luiten Still Awaiting Trophy Nine Months After His Johor Success.
Nine months after winning his first European Tour event and Dutchman Joost Luiten is still waiting for his one remaining prize – a replica of the winning trophy.
Luiten, 26 came from four shots back last September to capture the Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia.
Persistent heavy rain throughout the week in the Malaysian state forced officials of the co-sanctioned European and Asian Tour event to reduce the tournament to 54 holes.
Luiten, who enjoyed a prolific winning amateur career, posted a third ...
