Struggling Gary Orr Shoots Lowest Round In 4 Years At KLM Open
Scotland’s back-injury ridden Gary Orr produced his lowest score in four years and on the same Kennemer course to share second place on day one of the KLM Open at Zandvoort.
Orr holed a 45-foot birdie putt at the height of a flash downpour in a five under par 65 to be trailing just a stroke behind Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez who won the event nine years ago.
Among the six sharing second with Orr is PGA Tour based Australian Robert Allenby who last played in a Dutch Open in 1994 and was ...
McIlroy Heading Back To Korean Open & Looking To Go Third Time Lucky.
Double major winning and current World No. 4 Rory McIlroy will hope to make it third time lucky when he tees off at OneAsia’s Korea Open next month.
The 24-year-old Northern Irishman was joint third in his first appearance in 2009 and returned in 2011 to finish runner-up behind American Rickie Fowler despite a final-round 64.
The course at the Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on the outskirts of Seoul has not proved too daunting for the former world number one on his previous visits but McIlroy ...
Darren Clarke Confirms Return To PGA & Likely Later This Year At Sea Island.
Darren Clarke confirmed he will return to the PGA Tour for a first time in seven years and since the passing of his first wife.
The Northern Irishman is taking advantage of a five-year PGA Tour exemption he earned in capturing the 2011 British Open Championship.
And if the 45-year old, who also hasn’t won since his Royal St. Georges triumph, does not qualify for the European Tour’s end-of-year ‘Final Series’ he is likely then to head back to the PGA Tour for the November 7th commencing McGladrey ...
Manassero Avoids Serious Injury After Heavy Tumble On KLM Open Eve.
Champion Italian golfer Matteo Manassero admitted he was lucky not to suffer a more serious injury after tripping over and sliding flat on his body on the eve of the KLM Open.
The 20-year old Verona-born golfer, and winner of this year’s flagship BMW PGA Championship, had to again seek medical attention after posting a level par 70 on the first day of the premier Dutch event at Zandvoort.
Spain’s Miguel Jimenez heads the field after posting a six under par 64 on the Kennemer Golf Club course ...
Jimenez Now Targeting Second Dutch Winning Delight Nine Years After His First.
Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez is already the oldest winner on the European Tour and now he’s looking to capture a second KLM Open title nine years after savouring a first victory toast.
The Malaga golfer shot an eight under par 64 to lead the field by one shot on the Kennemer course at Zandvoort on the North Sea Dutch coastline.
The 49 year old Jimenez came down from the Swiss Alps to coastal Holland on the back of a top five finish at last week’s Omega European Masters, and promptly ...
Darren Clarke Joining 2014 PGA Tour.
European Tour stocks will be diminished further next year with Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke joining the 2014 PGA Tour.
Joining Clarke will be Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano while a US-based report also stated Thorbjorn Olesen will be joining the Tour but this is untrue as confirmed this morning by the Dane.
Clarke earned a 5-year PGA Tour exemption in capturing the 2011 Open Championship while ‘Gonzo’ and Olesen have earned enough this season to earn their tour card ...
McGinley Facing Possible Rethink Of Vice-Captains With Olazabal Lukewarm With Gleneagles Role.
European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley may have to reconsider his Gleneagles vice-captains with Jose Maria Olazabal, and Europe’s victorious 2012 Medinah captain, lukewarm to idea of being a member of his support team.
McGinley’s surprise appointment of Olazabal and Scotland’s Sam Torrance as rival captains Seve Trophy captains next month in Paris is now seen by many as the first step in the pair working under McGinley as 2014 Ryder Cup vice-captains.
And while Torrance, who ...
