McLeod Primed To Raise A Portugal Masters Toast At Tour’s ‘Last Chance Saloon’

Aussie golfer Jack McLeod could be raising a toast at the European Tour’s ‘Last Chance Saloon’ after his blistering start to the Portugal Masters at Vilmoura. It has not been the maiden European Tour season for the Queenslander had wished but then the 25-year old could still be celebrating holding onto his Tour card thanks to a very impressive bogey-free 65 on the sun-splahed Portuguese Algarve. McLeod teed-up in the Euro 1.5m event, and the last for those looking to retain full ...

Wiesberger Out To Make It Tough For The Likes Of Rahm & Lowry Entering Nedbank Challenge.

The decision by current European Tour No. 1 Bernd Wiesberger to commit to next month’s Nedbank Challenge is clear the Austrian is very serious in wishing to capture the 2019 Race to Dubai title. Wiesberger, who had to miss last year’s Gary Player-hosted event through injury, will tee-up at Sun City in the absence of Jon Rahm and Ireland’s-own Shane Lowry, and presently ranked a respective two and three on the Race to Dubai. Before heading to South Africa Wiesberger and Lowry, and ...

Ramsay’s Golden Autumn Rewarded With Start In All Three ‘Final Series’ Events.

Richie Ramsay’s golden autumn has been rewarded with the certain assurance he will contest the three ‘Final Series’ events including the elite top-60 season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. This is after the Scot collected a third top-10 finish in his past four events in posting a French Open closing level par round of 71 for an eight-under par tally and a share of sixth place in Versailles. Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts ended a seven-year winless drought signing for ...

Trio Of McIlroy, Lowry & McDowell Look To Restore Irish Sporting Pride In Land Of The Rising Sun

The Irish trio of Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell will look to restore an Irish Rugby World Cup dented pride in the Land of the Rising Sun at this week’s inaugural ZoZo Championship in Japan. It is the first time a PGA Tour event is being held in golf-mad Japan and with the Tour signing a multi-million dollar, six-year agreement with the Japanese on-line fashion website ‘ZOZOTOWN’. The company last month attracted attention for another reason when Japanese billionaire Yusaku ...

Ramsay Fends Off French Pain As Scot Strives To Secure Fourth Tour Title.

Richie Ramsay’s decision to bravely battle through the pain-barrier could be rewarded with a gutsy fourth Tour victory at the Open de France in Versailles. Ramsay has his left-thumb region strapped and this after indicating he was just a ’60/40′ per cent chance of teeing-up in the European continent oldest national Open. And while being just a shot off the third round lead with six holes to play, Ramsay dug deep after a mini three-hole slump to produce a super par from a greenside ...

Ramsay Remains In Sight First Scot-Born French Open Victory Toast In Near Two Decades

Richie Ramsay stayed in sight of securing not only a fourth European Tour triumph but also ending what would be a near 20-year Scottish victory drought in the premier French event despite dropping to fourth place heading to the weekend rounds of the French Open in Versailles. Ramsay, and after an indifferent double-bogey start and then ending with a closing hole bogey, posted a two-under par 69 and move to seven-under par on last year’s victorious European Ryder Cup host venue. Belgium’s big-hitting ...

Rose Poised For Historic Triple Turkish Airlines Open Victory Treat

Justin Rose will aim to become the first player in almost two decades to win three consecutive European Tour tournaments when he defends his title at the Turkish Airlines Open – the sixth Rolex Series event of the European Tour’s 2019 Race to Dubai – on November 7-10, 2019. The Englishman has been outstanding on his last two visits to Antalya, winning both the 2017 and 2018 Turkish Airlines Open titles with a combined score of -35. Rose’s relentless run next to the Mediterranean began ...