Minjee Lee Shares With Brother Min Woo A Golfing Historical First

What is the odds of a brother winning one week in professional golf and a week later his sister also is triumphant? That’s what happened with Australian-born brother and sister Min Woo Lee and Mingjee Lee. Just seven days after 25-year-old baby brother Min Woo captured the Macau Open, and his first win on the Asian Tour, and big sister Mingjee won the LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championshipo in South Korea. It’s believed such a scenario has never happened before in men’s and women’s ...

Ferguson Heading To Qatar Masters Defence Buoyed By Strong Spanish Showing

Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson was heading to the Middle East and this week’s defence of his CB Qatar Masters title buoyed by his strong showing at the Estrella Damm Andalucian Masters in Spain. Ferguson, 27, muscled his way to a share of 13th place thanks to four closing nine birdies in succession in posting a three-under 69 for a share of 13th place in wet and windy last day conditions on the host Sotogrande course at San Roque. Poland’s Adrian Meronk made it four career DP World Tour titles ...

Spain Estrella Damm NA Andalucia Masters Spectators Told To Leave Course As Strong Winds Force Officials To Adopt ‘Closed Door’ Policy.

In a rare decision, strong winds forced Estrella Damm NA Andalucia Masters officials mid-afternoon to advise spectators to leave the course while the later hours of the opening day of the Spanish event were played under a ‘closed door’ policy – players, caddies, officials and media only. The winds picked-up as the morning half of the draw were completing their rounds on the famed Sotogrande course at San Roque laidout  very close to Spain’s Costa del Sol shoreline. However, as ...

Morikawa Declares ‘No Lingering Anger’ Returning To Competition Post Ryder Cup Drubbing

It’s been three weeks since the star spangled USA Ryder Cup team was soundly spanked by their European hosts in Rome. And this week for a first time we are seeing some of the Americans finally returning to competition including the trio of Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, and Rickie Fowler, who have travelled to Japan for the ZoZo Championship. The ZoZo Championship was first staged in Japan in 2019 and won by Tiger Woods, and while the Covid pandemic saw it moved to the US the only PGA ...

Tiger Reveals 2023 Hero World Challenge Field Dominated By USA Ryder Cup Playerss

  Tournament host Tiger Woods has released the field for this year’s hosting of the Hero World Challenge again taking place on the Albany course in the Bahamas. Heading this 24th hosting of the limited field event will be World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and with double tournament winning and FedExCup champion Viktor Hovland leading the small number of Europeans to tee-up in the 20-player field,  However, there will be no Rory McIlroy teeing-up while Shane Lowry, who struggled last year ...

Pavon Poised For Spanish Success As Rahm Drops Nine Behind

After the bitter taste of finishing runner-up a year ago, Frenchman Matthieu Pavon will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the acciona Open de España presented by Madrid after a superb ‘moving day’ 66 on the host Club de Campo Villa de Madrid course. Pavon has led the way since magestic opening 63 in the Spanish capital and produced a confident display of front-running to get to 16 under after 54 holes. England’s Nathan Kimsey lies in second place at 14-under after ...

Smith Edges Ever Closer To LIV Champions Crown

Ripper GC Captain Cameron Smith is one round closer to claiming the LIV Golf Individual Champion crown. His teammate Marc Leishman is one round closer to returning to the winner’s circle. Leishman continued his recent surge of good play with a 5-under 65 to lead after Friday’s first round of LIV Golf Jeddah presented by ROSHN. A trio of past winners at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club are one stroke back – Dustin Johnson, Harold Varner III and defending Jeddah champion Brooks Koepka. Meanwhile, ...