Leishman Ends Emotional Year Banking Nedbank Challenge.
Marc Leishman brought the curtain down on an emotional 2015 with a stunning victory at the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Sunday.
The Australian nearly lost his wife in April after she fell seriously ill with toxic shock syndrome, a rare but life-threatening bacterial infection which resulted in her being put into an induced coma.
Thankfully, Audrey pulled through but Marc admitted he feared the worst and was prepared to give up golf to care for their two young children.
Fast forward eight months and ...
Sergio Garcia Victorious In Vietnam Winning Inaugural Ho Tram Open.
Spain’s Sergio Garcia created history and earned himself a big load of European Ryder Cup points in capturing the maiden Asian Tour’s Ho Tram Open in Vietnam.
Garcia was among four players to end regulation play tied at 14-under par on the Greg Norman designed Bluffs Course.
Garcia began the final day at 11-under par and quickly raced to 16-under par with five birdies over his outward but then opened the door on his rivals when he bogeyed 10 and took a double bogey at 17.
However the 35-year-old ...
Triple Victory Treat For Natham Holman In Capturing Australian PGA Championship.
Australia’s Natham Holman savoured a triple victory treat in capturing the Australian PGA Championship at the Royal Pines course on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
Not only did the Victorian-born Holman join some of the greats of Australian golf in adding his name to the Joe Kirkwood trophy but Holman secured a place into next year’s 145th Open Championship by finishing the top-ranked player on the 2015 Australasian Tour Order of Merit.
As well, Holman’s victory opened the door on ...
Paul Casey Saving His Best For Season-Ender In The Bahamas.
England’s Paul Casey is off to a good start in his final chance to win a tournament this year.
Casey birdied the final hole at Albany Golf Club on Thursday for a 6-under 66 that gave him a share of the first-round lead with Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson in the Hero World Challenge.
The scenery and tropical sunshine made it feel like a working vacation, and a gentle breeze off the tip of New Providence island only added to the relaxation. Hideki Matsuyama (75) was the only player in the 18-man ...
Brandt Snedeker Slumps To Career Worse Score – A Horror Australian PGA 84.
Visiting American Brandt Snedeker is headed for an early exit in his first appearance in the Australian PGA Championship at the Royal Pines Resort on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
The seven-time PGA Tour winner, who captured this year’s AT & T Pebble National Pro-Am, looked more like a weekend amateur slumping to his worse ever score of a 12-over par 84.
You can check Snedeker’s PGA Tour record back to 2005 and the highest score he’s shot is a handful of 80s with the last being ...
Darren Clarke & Fellow Euros In ‘James Bond’ Type Arrival At Ho Tram Open.
Organisers of this week’s inaugural Asian Tour Ho Tram Open in Vietnam got together the overseas stars in a James Bond-like preview.
Sergio Garcia in ‘tuxs’ arrived at the resort course on a chopper while former US Open winner Geoff Ogilvy is shown walking along the beach.
European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke, also in a dinner suit, is seen seated in the back of a gleaming BMW nursing the Ryder Cup.
The World No. 12 ranked Garcia is on a mission to win the inaugural US$1.5 million event ...
Paul Dunne Travels 16,700 Klms To Tee Up First Time As Full European Tour Member.
Rookie Irish professional Paul Dunne has travelled nearly 17,000 klms to Australia’s Gold Coast just to tee-up for a first time as a full European Tour members.
This week’s Australian PGA Championship, being staged on the Royal Pines Resort course, is the first time the event is being co-sanctioned by the European Tour.
The event, along with the corresponding Nedbank Challenge in South Africa, share the honours as the first events of the Tour’s 2015/16 wraparound schedule.
And being a Ryder ...
