Fighting Irish – Portugal Masters Time For Five To Stand Tall.
It’s time for five of the seven Irish-born players contesting this week’s Portugal Masters at Vilamoura to show their true mettle.
Michael Hoey, Damien McGrane Peter Lawrie, Kevin Phelan and Paul Dunne with tee-up with almost similiar agendas.
Hoey is 10 places outside the top-75 Turkey qualifiers and needing to finish inside the top-six while McGrane is lying 168th on the Race to Dubai, could very wave goodbye to the Tour after making his debut in 1995 if he does ...
Marc Warren Sounds Encouragement For Tartan Colleagues
Scotland’s top-ranked Marc Warren has delivered a much-needed vote of confidence for two of his fellow countryman contesting this week’s Portugal Masters at Vilamoura.
For Craig Lee and Chris Doak it is a penultimate opportunity to secure their 2016 Tour card given they
Lee is currently ranked 120th on the Race to Dubai money list and nine places shy of being among the 111 to retain automatic membership.
The Stirling golfer would rather not have to attend next week’s Hong Kong Open by wrapping-up ...
Vale Do Lobo … Portugal’s Pioneer Golfing Pleasure.
There’s an old saying that very much applies when it comes to golf – Take time to smell the roses.
I had first visited Vale do Lobo on the sun-splashed Algarve in 2003 when the course hosted it’s second straight Portuguese Open title and won by Sweden’s Freddie Jacobsson with a tournament course record 64 that included outward and inward nines of 32 but then on a composite of a mixture of Ocean and Royal holes.
It was then a dozen years before I returned to Vale do Lobo ...
Ricardo Santos – Looking To Draw On Home Support In Portugal Masters.
There is a gleaming trophy in the Oceanico Victoria clubhouse named in honour of Ricardo Santos.
This trophy lies on the top shelf of the trophy cabinet and it is for an annual charity event Ricardo hosts each August.
However it is the trophy lying on the second shelf that Ricardo would love to be handed later this week and that is the trophy for the winner of the Portugal Masters.
Ricardo is one of the crowd favourites this week given he has long been attached to the Oceanico Victoria Course while ...
Tom Lewis – Portugal Masters A Virtual ‘Last Chance Saloon’.
England’s Tom Lewis is staring at a virtual Portugal Masters ‘Last Chance Saloon’ and three years after being crowned crowned one of the Tour’s quickest winners at Vilamoura.
Lewis, 24 captured the prestigious Portugal event in 2012 and in only three years ago and in only his third Tour tournament as a pro.
It was an effort that matched the feat of Spain’s Sergio Garcia who captured the 1999 Murphy’s Irish Open in only his third event.
But after being exempt to the end of 2014, the Welwyn Gardens-born ...
Scotland Saltire Flying High As Clarke Lutton Win’s Maiden MENA Tour Title In Dubai
The Scottish Saltire flag is flying high in Dubai after Clarke Lutton survived a big test of nerve to win the Golf Citizen Classic by one shot for his maiden success on the MENA Golf Tour at The Els Club on Wednesday.
Four in front overnight, the 27-year-old Aberdeen-born Scot closed with a two-under 70 to reach 13-under for the tournament, seeing off a strong challenge from Trevor Marshall of New Zealand on the home stretch.
Lutton’s playing partner, Stuart Archibald of England carded a final ...
Darren Clarke & Lee Westwood Boost Interest In 100th Australian Open.
A past champion and a major winner are the latest players to commit to the Emirates Australian Open field.
Former winner Lee Westwood and Open Championship hero Darren Clarke will join defending champ and world No.1 Jordan Spieth and local hero Adam Scott in the elite field at The Australian Golf Club from November 26-29.
Westwood, a former world No.1 and one of the most prolific international winners of his generation, sprung to international prominence when he shocked ‘locals’ to win ...
