Craig Lee Four Holes From The Tour’s First-Ever 59
Scotland’s Crail Lee is just four holes shy of the European Tour first-ever 59 in the Omega European Masters at Crans Montana.
The Bridge of Allan golfer got off to an absolute flyer on day three with six straight birdies in glorious conditions on the Alpine Crans-sur-Sierre. course.
Now we all wait to see whether Lee can birdie just two of his closing four holes.
And no sooner had the Scot picked up his 11th birdie of the round (he bogeyed 12) and England’s Richard Finch holed out at ...
Richie Ramsay Vows To Forever To Walk On His Side Of The Swiss Street.
Richie Ramsay has vowed to forever walk on his side of the Swiss street after the disappointment in crashing off The Alps in defence of his Omega European Masters title.
The Scot posted scores of 73 and 71 to miss the Swiss cut with a two over par tally and six behind leading Tartan golfer Craig Lee who shot a 65 for a six under par tally on the Crans Montana course.
Ramsay said: “I just didn’t play well these two days, simple fact.”
However the Aberdonian’s mood changed two hours later ...
Padraig Harrington Birdies From Row 12 In Crans Grandstand & Move Three Shots From Swiss Lead.
Padraig Harrington sent his penultimate shot a dozen rows deep into a final hole grandstand and then chipped-in for birdie to be just three strokes from the lead after two rounds of the Omega European Masters.
Harrington thinned his 127-meter fairway bunker shot that flew a water hazard and then the green before striking a middle-aged woman on the elbow.
The Dubliner then took a free drop and holed his 10-foot wedge shot in a round of 65 for a seven under par tally.
Harrington then sought out the ...
Gallacher Saves Par From Six Rows Back At Last Hole To Share Swiss Lead.
Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher saved par from six rows back in a final hole grandstand to share the lead after two rounds of the Omega European Masters in Switzerland.
Gallacher followed Padraig Harrington into spectator stand after both players thinned their second shots at the last for similar 65s on the Crans-sur-Sierre course.
It put the Scot in a tie for the lead on 10-under par with Danish-born 2010 champion, Thomas Bjorn (66).
Both Gallacher and Harrington, who is three back on seven under, ...
Golfing High In The Swiss Alps.
One of the pleasures in traveling to Switzerland for this week’s Omega European Masters is to be afforded the courtesy of playing the Jack Nicklaus designed 9-hole course just across the main street in Crans Montana from the main tournament venue.
And the weather this week has been exceptional with almost everyone in shorts including your author as you will note from the photographs below.
2014 European Ryder Cup Team – Who’ll Be In The Side In A Year’s Time?
We are into the second week of qualifying for the 2014 European Ryder Cup side with the staging of this week’s Omega European Masters in Switzerland.
Of course, there is full 12 months of golf before we will know the eventual make-up of Paul McGinley’s European Team.
Already we have three past Ryder Cup players among the top-nine automatic qualifiers after just the first week in Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, Spain’s Sergio Garcia and England’s Ian Poulter.
What we are going ...
Harrington – Everything Was Average, Average – Even The Swiss Practice Range Is Average.
Struggling Padraig Harrington returned to the Omega European Masters for a first time in 13 years and signing off for a one under par 70 on the Crans-sur-Sierre course.
The triple Major winner and current World No. 91 was not near as upbeat as a day earlier when he posted five birdies in a score of 67 during the Pro Am.
Instead the word for the day following his first round on the Alpine course as – average.
“The golf was okay today with some good and some bad,” he said.
“But then everything ...
