Marc Warren Can Finish Last In French Open To Secure Open Championship Exemption.
Scotland’s Marc Warren theoretically now needs only to finish last in the French Open and the almost certain guarantee of a place in next fortnight’s Open Championship.
Warren arrived in Versailles lying fourth among the list of non-exempt players on the Race to Dubai money list not into the July 18th starting 142nd Open at Muirfield.
However to qualify for golf’s oldest Major Warren must be inside the top-20 on the overall Race to Dubai standings at the close of the French event to be ...
Stephen Gallacher On Target To Qualify For Open Championship.
Stephen Gallacher has boosted his chance to qualify for next fortnight’s Open Championship after a 68 on day one of the French Open in Versailles.
The reigning Omega Dubai Desert Classic raced to five under par and tied for the lead after just seven holes and then took the lead at six under through 13 holes on the Le National course.
However Gallacher let slip top spot on the board with three closing bogeys to end the round two shots behind Dane Anders Hansen who shot a 66 on the par 71 2018 Ryder ...
Graeme McDowell Finds Welcome Form In French Open.
Graeme McDowell looks set to end his recent poor form after shooting a two under par 69 on the opening day of the French Open on the outskirts of Versailles.
Dane Anders Hansen leads the way posting a five under par 66 on a toughened Le National course set to host the 2018 Ryder Cup.
McDowell arrived in France under pressure after having missed the cut in last two events – the US Open and last week’s Irish Open.
The current World No. 9 joined Ireland’s three fellow Major Champions in crashing ...
David Higgins Explains Bitter 15th Club Blunder That Cost Him Place In The Open.
David Higgins has painfully gone into detail why he had 15 clubs in his bag that cost him a place in next fortnight’s 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield.
The Irish golfer’s mistake at the first extra play-off ‘gifted’ a place in golf’s oldest major to Scotland’s George Murray.
Higgins discovered he had 15 clubs in his bag – one more than permitted – on the first hole of a play-off in Local Final Qualifying at North Berwick, the two-shot penalty ending ...
Richie Ramsay Timely Shruggs Off Hip Injury.
Double European Tour winner Richie Ramsay has shaken off a nagging hip injury just in time for three of the biggest Race to Dubai events this season.
Ramsay, 30 has not played since the Nordea Masters last month in Sweden but traced the back to US Open qualifying earlier that week when he was forced out in the second round at Walton Heath.
He now returns to the Tour to join six other Scot’s in today’s (THU) starting French Open being played on the 2018 Ryder Cup Le National course.
Ramsay then ...
Matt Kuchar – An American Romanticising In Paris.
World No. 5 Matt Kuchar has enjoyed spending three days walking the streets of Paris and he’s now hoping to find the shortest route to victory in this week’s French Open near Versailles.
Kuchar, who turned 35 late last month, is in France for the first time in his career and with organisers putting the Florida-born golfer up against former event winner, Martin Kaymer and fellow leading European, Miguel Angel Jimenez for the opening two rounds.
“It’s my first time here in France with my wife ...
Graeme McDowell … Looking To End Run Of Outs In France Open.
That last thing Graeme McDowell needs is a weekend off in Paris ahead of the up-coming British Open at Muirfield.
McDowell has found his way to Versailles and Thursday’s commencing French Open after missing the last in his last two events – the US Open and last week’s Irish Open.
The current World No. 9 joined Ireland’s three fellow Major Champions in crashing out of Carton House with scores of 71 and 74.
It was the first occasion in four years McDowell has missed the cut in back-to-back ...
