Scott Jamieson One Off Portugal Masters Lead As Scot Targets Three Majors In 2014
Scott Jamieson set about cementing a place in all three Majors next year with a five under par 66 and one shot off the lead on the opening day of the Portugal Masters.
Seven players – Chilean Felipe Aguilar, Ireland’s Simon Thornton, Welshman Jamie Donaldson, Germany’s Max Kieffer and the England pair of David Lynn and Graeme Storm – head the field with six under par 65s.
Jamieson went within an inch of new motor at his fourth hole on route to a haul of five birdies and in an equal ...
Log Jam Atop Of Portugal Masters – Seven Share Lead.
There is an Algarve logjam atop of the leader board on day one of the Portugal Masters with seven players sharing the lead after rounds of six under par 65s.
Among the seven is Spain’s big-hitting Alvaro Quiros who is attached to this week’s host Oceanico Victoria Club.
The Spaniard won every year on the European Tour from 2006 to 2011, including capturing the Portugal Masters with Northern Ireland’s Dave McNeilly on the bag in 2008, before being plagued by wrist problems that ...
Darren Clarke & Charl Schwartzel Kick-Start China Masters With 72 & 71.
Darren Clarke and fellow Major Champion Charles Schwartzel kick-started their appearance in the Nanshan China Masters with respective rounds of 72 and 71 in windy conditions at Shandong.
American Eric Mina, who topped the One Asia Tour School, heads the field on the Montgomerie designed course posting a four under par 68 and one shot clear of three players including New Zealand lefty Gareth Paddison.
Play was suspended because of bad light with 14 golfers still to finish, but strong winds around ...
Peter Lawrie Finds Support In Irish Football Legend.
Peter Lawrie could find some comfort in talking with Irish footballing great David O’Leary as he stares at the likelihood of losing his European Tour card for the first time in his career.
Lawrie competed in the Pro-Am ahead of teeing up today in the Portual Masters being defended by fellow Irishman Shane Lowry on the Oceanico Victoria course at Villamoura.
It is the first time since joining the Tour full-time in 2003 Lawrie has been in such a position and at 111th on the money list he has ...
Padraig Harrington Sinks To 99th In World Rankings – One Place Shy In Being Outside Top-100 In 14 Years.
Triple Major winning Padraig Harrington is now just one place away from slipping out of the top 100 in golf’s World Rankings.
The Dubliner has fallen to 99th and lowest position in more than 14 years.
Harrington had broken into the top-100 for the very first time in the opening week of October 1996 when he moved from 104th on the rankings and into 95th after finishing 8th in the Linde German Masters.
However he dropped out of the top-100 for a spell from 12th July, 1998 to 25th April, 1999 ...
Call To Make Seve Trophy Compulsory – Issue To Be Raised At Players Meeting In Portugal
After nine of Europe’s top golfers ignored the event a call will made at this weeks Players Committee meeting in Portugal to make competing in the Seve Trophy compulsory.
The European Continental team last Sunday under Jose Maria Olazabal’s leadership ended a 13-year winless drought to defeat Sam Torrance’s GB & I side by two points in France.
However the event was without eight players from last year’s victorious Ryder Cup side, including the US Open winning trio of ...
Bernie’s Monthy Medal Awards – September 2013
Nine months of 2013 already has passed by under the bridge and with less than nine tournaments left remaining where I will be in attendance this yea
Here then is the recipients of my Monthly Medal awards for the month of September.
GOLFER OF THE MONTH – Henrik Stenson
Henrik Stenson had been banging on victory’s door ever since the Scottish Open championship at Castle Stuart.
The Swede was then runner-up in the following week’s Open Championship, second in the WGC – Bridgestone ...
