Dashing Dubuisson Leads By Two In Korea
Dashing Victor Dubuisson grabbed a two stroke lead on the opening day of the Ballantine’s Championship in Seoul.
The Frenchman with the Erol Flynn looks carded a four under par 68 in cold and windy conditions on the Blackstone course in Icheon course in the South Korean capital.
Dubuisson, winner of the European and Mexican Amateur titles before turning pro in 2010 continued to display his recent good form in the former Olympic Games host city.
Five players lie two shots back after signing ...
Bunkered At Royal Lytham & St. Annes.
When Tiger Woods captured the 2005 Open Championship at St. Andrews he did so remarkably without finding a bunker over the four rounds.
The R & A in association with Royal Lytham and St. Annes again hosted the media to a pre-Open Championship golf outing on this year’s course located on the north-west England coast.
However unlike the Old Course at St. Andrews where Woods found none of the 112 bunkers, Royal Lytham boasts 202 bunkers and as members of the AGW along with a good number ...
Son Of Seve To Make His Pro Tournament Debut In Barcelona.
The son of the late, great Seve Ballesteros will make his debut in a professional tournament when he tees up tomorrow in a Spanish tour event in Barcelona.
Javier Ballesteros, 21 and who plays off a handicap of 0.0, will tee up still as an amateur and bizarrely at the same Sant Cugat course where his illustrious father made his debut as a professional in 1974.
Javier was due to make his professional tournament debut in next fortnight’s European Tour Majorca Open however the tournament was ...
Adam Scott Keen To Toast A Ballantine’s Success.
Adam Scott will be looking to build on his excellent Asian winning form with victory in the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea.
The former World No. 2 is making his debut in the event being staged on the Blackstone at Icheon in the capital of Seoul.
However the Australian, who has won European Tour events in Singapore and China, will face stiff opposition in the form of the England pair of Ian Poulter and Paul Casey.
Poulter has won a Sinapore Open while Casey is no stranger to Asian ...
Open Championship Courses At ‘Maximum Length’ Says R & A Peter Dawson
The rota of courses playing host to the Open Championship are close to ‘their maximum length’ according to R & A CEO Peter Dawson.
This year’s Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St. Annes will play 181 yards longer than when American David Duval won the 2001 Open when last staged at the Lancashire county course.
The course measured 6,905 yards eleven years ago but will this year will play 7,086 yards and will remain at a par 70.
“We are very close to the maximum length that allows ...
Ricardo Santos Secures His First Ever Career Ace In Volvo China Open.
Ricardo Santos celebrated securing a first ever hole-in-one of his career on day two of the Volvo China Open.
Portugal’s leading player holed out at the par three eighth hole that he was playing as his 17th.
“It is the first hole in one in my career as I have never had one either as an amateur or professional,” he said.
“Today was a difficult day with a lot of wind and it was very cold. I started my round a little consistent but my game started to get better near the end ...
Harrington’s Charity Initiative Turns Into A $200,000 Windfall.
Padraig Harrington’s initiative to carry three sponsors on his clothing for three events in succession has turned into a $200,000 windfall.
Harrington spoke ahead of last month’s Shell Houston Open of his desire to raise money for Gerald Byrne, a cousin to his wife Caroline who was left paralyzed from the waist down following a car accident.
Harrington turned up in Texas wearing three new sponsor logos on his cap and shirt – Identity X, Clune Construction and Blarney.com
And under ...
