Scott Hends Braves Typhoon To Capture Fourth Asian Title By Four Shots.
Australia’s big-hitting Scott Hend has braved a typhoon to capture his fourth Asian Tour title by four shots in winning the Mercuries Taiwan Masters.
Hend was the only player in the field to finish under par for the four days shooting a last day 74 for an eventual three under par tally.
The Queenslander gave his rivals a lesson on how to master the treacherous conditions to win the US$600,000 event at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club on Sunday.
Faced with the onslaught of Typhoon Fitow where ...
Sam Torrance Reveals Braveheart Speech Helps Turn Around GB & I Seve Trophy Fortunes.
Sam Torrance revealed his GB & I side turned around a near Seve Trophy whitewash to forge to within a point of their rivals thanks to watching The Empire Strikes Back and listening to the stirring sounds of the Braveheart speech.
Torrance could not contain his joy after his team fought back from being down two points at the start of day two to win the opening three matches and head to today’s (SAT) Foursomes trailing 4 ½ to 5 ½ points.
The only disappointment was the thumping handed out to ...
Paul Casey Stakes Claim For Return To Ryder Cup.
Reigning Irish Open Paul Casey continues to stake his claims in a return to next year’s Ryder Cup after another impressive display on day two of the Seve Trophy in France.
The Englishman played in three Ryder Cups from 2004 before being controversially overlooked by Colin Montgomerie as a ‘wildcard’ pick in favour of Padraig Harrington for the 2010 Celtic Manor encounter.
Casey had been a star of the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K. Club when he aced the 14th and teaming with David Howell to thrash ...
Memphis Lift Graeme McDowell Shoal Creek Invitational Trophy.
Memphis University lifted the Graeme McDowell Shoal Creek Invitational Trophy with a six stroke success over hosts University of Alabama and McDowell’s former University.
Memphis won the intercollegiate event with a 22-under par score of 842 after a combined final round of 276 on the Shoal Creek course that has played host to a number of Major Championships including the 1984 and and 1990 US PGA Championship.
Individually, Mississippi University’s Blake Morris and Memphis’ Lars ...
‘Sammy’ The Squirrel Steals Tiger Woods Thunder At Presidents Cup.
‘Sammy’ the squirrel stole the show on the opening day of the Presidents Cup including finding a place to rest on the shoulder of 14-time Major winning Tiger Woods.
Woods and Matt Kuchar easily accounted for Argentina’s Angel Cabrera and Australian Marc Leishman 5 & 4 for the USA team to lead 5 1/2 to 3 1/2 on the first day of competition at Muirfield Village.
However it was a young squirrel that stole the show.
Woods was introduced to ‘Sammy’ by his girlfriend, ...
Sam Torrance Reacts To Poor Seve Trophy Start Sacking Scottish Duo.
GB & I captain Sam Torrance reacted to his team’s poor showing on the opening day of the Seve Trophy with just one change and that was to split the losing Scottish pair of close friends Marc Warren and Scott Jamieson.
The Glaswegian duo were handed the biggest drubbing losing convincingly 5 & 3 to Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts and Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.
Torrance’s team heads into today’s (FRD) Fourballs trailing 3 ½ to 1 ½ and with the team’s other all-Scotland duo ...
First Seve Trophy Blood To GB & I – Lawrie & Gallacher Win 3 & 2
It is first Seve Trophy blood to GB & I with the Scottish pair of Stephen Gallacher and Paul Lawrie accounting for the top-ranked European duo of Thomas Bjorn and Miguel Angel Jimenez 3 & 2 to give GB & I the first point in the 2013 event.
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