Kjeldsen & Paisley Share Rare Pair Of Eagles At 25th BMW International Open.
Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen and England’s Chris Paisley shared a rare pair of eagles late in their third rounds of the 25th anniversary BMW International Open in Munich.
The duo walked off the shortened pair four, 16th both with eagle ‘two’s’.
Organisers reduced the hole to around 260-yards with Kjeldsen sending a booming drive that nearly hit the flagstick from where he putted from 18 feet.
Paisley’s drive was well right of the green but the 27-year old Tour rookie ...
Seven Major Champs Confirm For Irish Open & Players Invited To Watch Running Of Irish Derby.
Seven Major winners headed by Ireland’s big four – Padraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke – have been confirmed to head the field for next week’s Irish Open.
Also competing at Carton House will be fellow Major winners, Jose Maria Olazabal, Scotland’s Paul Lawrie and New Zealand’s Michael Campbell winner of the 2003 Irish Open and 2005 US Open.
When entries this afternoon (FRD) a total also of 21 Irish will be among the 156-player field with Harrington (2007) ...
Peter Fowler Has BMW To Thank For A Successful European Tour Career.
Australia’s Peter Fowler can boast two unique aspects in competing in this week’s 25th anniversary BMW International Open in Munich.
Fowler, or ‘Chook’ as he is known more affectionately to his friends, is the only player competing this week to have contested the inaugural BMW International Open in 1989.
Secondly, the Auckland-based Fowler is, at 54-years of age, the oldest player competing this week in the Bavarian capital.
And Fowler upstaged some of his more fancied and younger ...
Rory McIlroy Reportedly Set To Share In $495m Business Buyout Deal.
Double Major winning, Rory McIlory is reportedly set to share in a $US 495m buyout deal for the sale of the luxury yacht builder, Sunseeker.
McIlroy is among a group of investors dealing with the Chinese backed Dalian Wanda Group and owned by Chinese-born billionaire Wang Jianlin who is ranked by Boomberg as the 166th weathiest person in the world.
Jianlin is buying the yacht building business from a consortium of Irish investors that was put together in 2010 by Dublin based FL Partner.
However McIlroy, ...
Peter Lawrie Calls On Irish Open Officials To Set-Up Carton House To Yield Birdies
Ireland’s Peter Lawrie has called on next week’s Irish Open organisers to get the mowers out and cut back the Carton House rough.
Lawrie got his first look at Carton House in seven years when he played a practice round last Thursday on the Co. Kildare course.
The Irish Open is returning to the venue since last hosting the tournament in 2007 when Dane Thomas Bjorn won with a five-under par tally, and the highest winning score in the event in 16 years.
However Lawrie is calling Irish Open ...
Olazabal & McGinley Head Sunningdale Open Championship Qualifying Field.
Europe’s immedate Ryder Cup past captain, Jose Maria Olazabal and next year’s European Team leader, Paul McGinley head the field of 96 players teeing up next Monday at the Sunningdale club and looking to qualify for next month’s Open Championship at Muirfield.
It has been seven years since Olazabal last competed in an Open Championship when he was placed 56th behind Tiger Woods in 2006 at Hoylake.
And joining Olazabal, who was successful in qualifying at Walton Heath for last week’s ...
Ernie Els Breaks Out Of Merion’s ‘Torture Chamber’ To Shoot Best Score In Seven Months.
Ernie Els produced his lowest score in seven months to storm to the front in the 25th anniversary BMW International Open in Munich.
The reigning British Open champion broke free from the shackles of last week’s US Open ‘torture chamber’ at Merion to record an eagle and seven birdies in sauna-like conditions on the Munchen Eichenried course.
It is Els’ lowest round on either the European or PGA Tour’s since a similar score in the second round of last November’s WGC – HSBC Champions event ...
