Lee Corfield Wins In Al Ain But It’s Joshua White Ending As MENA Tour No. 1.
Lee Corfield held his nerve coming down the home stretch to defend his title at the MENA Tour Championship at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting and Golf Club on Tuesday.
One shot in front at the start of the final round, the Englishman closed with a 66 to reach 14 under, a good three shots ahead of compatriot Joshua White with four players, headed by Scotland’s Tom Buchanan, sharing third place on 10 under.
His runner-up finish was good enough for White to claim the coveted title of 2014 MENA Golf Tour ...
Adam Scott Receives Over 100 Offers For Caddy Job To World No. 2.
Former Masters Champion Adam Scott revealed he’s had over 100 offers for a new caddy including a Florida fellow at home looking after his mother.
Scott has had the ‘Position Vacant’ sign posted since Kiwi-born Steve Williams ended his caddying career with the Australian at the close of the recent Tour Championship.
Williams, who had caddied for all but one of Tiger Woods’ 14 Majors, announced after 37 years he was retiring as the world’s richest caddy and leaving the World No. 2 ranked ...
Rory McIlroy’s Absence Won’t Detract From 2014 HSBC Champions Insists Sponsor.
Rory McIlroy is just one individual in the game of golf and will not be missed at this week’s WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai.
There will also be no lamenting the non-appearance of five-time Major winning and past champion Phil Mickelson along with defending title holder Dustin Johnson from teeing up on the Sheshan course.
This is the view of Giles Morgan, Global Head of Sponsorship and Events for HSBC after McIlroy’s last-minute move to withdraw from both Shanghai events and concentrate ...
Lee Corfield Leads But There’s Nine Within Four Of Al Ain Lead.
Overnight leader Lee Corfield had his three-shot lead cut to one after he returned a 70, reaching nine-under and with fellow Englishmen Joshua White and Jake Shepherd and Mexico’s Juan Salcedo lurking ominously a further shot back heading to the last day of the MENA Tour event in Al Ain.
Shepherd, the winner of this event in 2011, birdied three of the first six holes en route to a second 67 while White overcame two double bogeys to return a 68 and join Salcedo, who carded a 66, at eight-under.
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‘China Is An Unstoppable Force & Golf Needs To Invest In China’ ….. HSBC’s Giles Morgan.
“China is an unstoppable force in world golf and golf needs to invest in China.”
That’s the message from HSBC’s Giles Morgan ahead of this week’s WGC – HSBC Championship here at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai.
This year mark’s the 10th anniversary of the prestigious event and also a decade long partnership for title sponsor, HSBC.
A record 40 of the world’s top-50 World Ranked players will tee up on Thursday in the start of the $US 8.5m tournament ...
Paul McGinley Ends Career-High Season On A Downside Note.
It was not surprising victorious Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley should walk off the final green in his final tournament of the season confessing he never experienced a proper golf season.
McGinley’s 23rd straight season concluded just prior to 3pm local Shanghai time after he landed a 4-iron to just five feet but missed his birdie putt in a round of 71 for a two under par tally in the BMW Masters.
It earned the Dubliner a prize cheque for Euro 52,100 but given he was competing in the Chinese financial ...
Marcel Siem Euro 1.6m Richer After Chip-In Birdie Hands Him BMW Masters Success.
Germany’s Marcel Siem is more than Euro 1.5m richer after he chipped-in for birdie to win a play-off and capture the BMW Masters in Shanghai.
Siem raised his fist in the air after seeing his shot from the edge of the rough find the bottom of the cup at the first extra hole on the Lake Malaren course.
Siem along with Frenchman Alexander Levy and England’s Ross Fisher ended regulation play locked on 16-under par on a windswept afternoon in the Chinese financial capital.
The German posted ...
