The Hills Are Alive With Bagpipes As Warren Ends 6-Year Victory Drought At Austrian Open
The Austrian hills are alive with the sound of bagpipes after Marc Warren brilliantly celebrated a European Tour return to golf in ending a six-year winless drought to capture the Austrian Open.
Warren, 39 produced a roller-coaster opening dozen holes on the final day before birding two of his closing four in a score of 70 to win by a shot at 14-under par on the Diamond Resort course at Atzenbrugg and some 35 miles from Vienna.
Germany’s Marcel Schneider (69) was second at 13-under par and with ...
Warren Battles Driving Rain To Muscle His Way To Share Austrian Open Lead
Marc Warren superbly battled driving rain to be just a round shy of ending a six-year winless and becoming a rare ‘no caddy’ Tour winner in sharing the lead at the Austrian Open near Vienna.
Warren, 39 added a third round two-under par 70 and share the lead with little-known German Nicola Von Dellingshausen (70) at 11-under par in the very wet and difficult conditions on the Diamond Resort course.
The rain was so heavy play had to be halted to allow greens staff to clear away water.
Fellow Scot ...
McDowell ‘Wildest Dream Come True’ To Lead Europe In Centenary Ryder Cup On Irish Soil
It has been 23 years and 11 Ryder Cups since a European Captain last captained a Ryder Cup on his own country’s soil and that was legendary Seve Ballesteros in 1997 at Valderrama on the Costa del Sol.
And since Europe came on board in 1979 as the rival to the U.S. there have been only three other European captains to have had the honour of walking out on true ‘home’ ground as a captain.
Graeme McDowell, and now that Adare Manor is to host the 100th anniversary 2027 Ryder Cup, ...
Warren Stays Atop Austrian Open As Scott Now Seek To End Six-Year Winless Run.
Marc Warren continues to carry his own clubs as the Scot looks to end a six-year winless drought in the Austrian Open near Vienna.
Warren, 39 grabbed four birdies in a second round five-under 67 to into a share of fourth place at nine-under par in the joint European and Challenge Tour event.
The Glaswegian, and among a good few players without caddies under a special COVID-19 Tour ruling, heads to the weekend rounds in his first competitive event in some five months sharing fourth place with ...
Lowry ‘Soaring’ Stateside As Moynihan Overcomes ‘Horrific’ Covid-19 Test In Strong Austrian Start
Open champ Shane Lowry was soaring Stateside with a Workday Charity Open penultimate hole eagle while Gavin Moynihan celebrated a return to European Tour competition with a gutsy bogey-free display at the Austrian Open.
Lowry was enduring a roller-coaster opening 12 holes of three birdies and just as many bogeys before he birdied his 15th and brilliantly holed a three-footer for an eagle ‘3’ at his 17th in a three-under par 69 on the Muirfield Village course in Dublin, Ohio.
The effort handed ...
Warren Forced To Carry His Own Bag After Caddy Ruled Out & Shoots Austrian Open 66.
In a bizarre COVID-19 related scenario and Scot Marc Warren had to carry own his own golf bag on route to a round of six-under par 66 to be sharing second place on the opening day of the Austrian Open.
Warren’s long-time caddy, Ken Herring was delayed in receiving the results of a mandatory pandemic test and with no other caddies available, the triple Tour winning Warren was left to carry his own clubs.
The 39-year old Warren, who capped his round with a 15th hole eagle, said: “That’s about ...
Sandy Lyle Backs Move To Reschedule Ryder Cup – ‘Not My Cup Of Tea Playing Without Spectators’
Five-time Ryder Cup star Sandy Lyle has backed the decision to postpone this year’s Ryder Cup to 2021 declaring ‘it would not be my cup of tea to play without spectators’.
The PGA of America and European Tour, as joint organisers of the Ryder Cup, confirmed the view of most including World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, to put back the 43rd staging of the Ryder Cup to September 2021.
Lyle, and a member of the back-to-back victorious 1985 and 1987 European sides, said a first European success in ...
