European Tour Pays Its Respects To Nelson Mandela.
As the news of Nelson Mandela’s passing spread around the globe, many of The European Tour’s leading players, along with Chief Executive George O’Grady, paid tribute to the former South African President.
Ernie Els’s personal and moving tribute at the Nedbank Golf Challenge summed up the feelings of everyone involved with The European Tour.
“It is a very sad day,” said four time Major champion Els. “We have lost one of the iconic leaders of our time. You cannot say anything bad about ...
Bernie’s Monthly Medal Winners – November 2013.
Here is my Monthly Medal winners and also a handful of losers for November 2103.
GOLFER OF THE MONTH – Henrik Stenson
The month of November produced a number of credible victories including Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano in capturing the WGC – HSBC Champions, Frenchman Victor Dubuisson finishing ahead of boyhood hero, Tiger Woods to win the very first Turkish Airlines Open.
And we saw Sweden’s Henrik Stenson end his best-ever season in winning the DP World Tour Championship to become European No. ...
Simon Dyson Handed Two-Month Suspended Ban & £30,000 Fine.
England golfer Simon Dyson was handed a suspended two-month ban from the European Tour and fined £30,000 ($US 49,000) following his rules violation on the eighth green during the second round of the BMW Masters in Shanghai.
Dyson attended a ‘Disciplinary Panel’ hearing on Thursday where he was found guilty of a serious breach of the tour’s code of behavior for using his ball to press down a spike mark on the green in direct line of a short par putt.
His ban will become effective ...
Rory McIlroy Faces Northwestern Mutual World Challenge Media – Full Interview.
HE MODERATOR: We’d like to welcome Rory McIlroy to the interview room here at the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge. Rory, thank you for joining us, and congratulations on the recent win in Australia. With that said, I’ll turn it over to you for a few opening comments on being here this week at Sherwood.
RORY McILROY: Yeah, I’m excited to be back. I haven’t been here since 2010, so it’s been a couple of years since I’ve been here. The last and only ...
David Higgins Opens New Season With Lowest Score In A Dozen Years.
Ireland’s David Higgins has commenced a new European Tour season with his lowest round in over a dozen years
Higgins picked off nine birdies but also had three bogeys for a six under par 64 and a one stroke lead on day one of the Hong Kong Open in suburban Fanling.
It is one of Higgins lowest round since a career low of a nine under par 62 on day two of the 2001 Telefonica Open de Madrid.
Since then, and in close to 1oo Tour events, Higgins has never managed to shoot lower than 65.
“It was ...
Peter Lawrie Looking To Learn From The Mistakes Of 2013.
Ireland’s Peter Lawrie is hoping he’s learnt the mistakes from last year that saw him go close to losing full playing for the 2014 European Tour.
The Dubliner ended the 2013 season late last month having travelled halfway around the globe to secure a share of 18th place in the Perth International that was good enough for him to retain Tour playing rights for the new season.
After a few weeks break Lawrie wasted little time heading to the start of the 2014 Race to Dubai competing in two events ...
Rory McIlroy & Wayne Rooney Star In New Nike Ad – Watch The Video.
Nike has released its latest television advert, which features golfer Rory McIlroy taking on footballer Wayne Rooney in a one-on-one golf ball versus football challenge.
The ‘Straight down the Middle’ soundtrack to the new TV ad is sung by the late, great Bing Crosby.
The video featuring the double Major champion winning golfer and the Manchester United and England football great was shot at the De Vere Mottram Hall in England.
It’s all neck and neck as they head down the 18th, when ...
