Cristobal Del Solar Shoots Record Tour Low Of A 13-under 57.
Chilean golfer Cristobal Del Solar has created PGA Tour history in posting a 13-under-par 57 on the opening day of the Korn Ferry Tour’s Astara Golf Championship in Bogota, Colombia.
Del Solar, 30, also could have signed for a 56 missing a birdie putt on last at the host Club de Bogota.
LOWEST SCORE EVER 5⃣7⃣ ….
Record @PGATOUR / @kornferrytour low score as Cristobal De Solar posts a 13-under par 5⃣7⃣ day one #AstaraGolfChampionship @CountryBogota ⛳️
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Lowry Revved-Up To End A 12-Year Singapore Absence Contesting Porcsche Singapore Classic
Shane Lowry seems revved-up to end a 12-year absence with confirmation he will contest next month’s second hosting of the Porsche Singapore Classic.
Local organisers confirmed Lowry’s appearance in the event taking place from March 21st to 24th on the host Laguna National course on the island nation.
The $US 2.5m event will be the first of five tournaments on the DP World Tour’s ‘International Swing’ and with the event up against the Valspar Championship on the PGA Tour.
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Pavon Pleased To Lead FedEx Cup Points Race After Storms Cut Short Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Frenchman Matthieu Pavon has created another French first to be leading the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points race after the final round of the already weather-affected AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was cancelled.
Pavon, brilliant winner of last fortnight’s Farmers Insurance Open, was just two shots off the lead when strong winds and driving rain ruled-out any chance of play getting underway on Sunday in the $20m ‘Signature Series’ event.
The Tour then issued a statement late into ...
The ‘Pavon Effect’ As Countryman Tom Vaillant Commands Bahrain Championship Lead
Call it the Pavon Effect with fellow Frenchman Tom Vaillant brilliantly birdieing his closing two holes to grab a one-shot lead after the opening round of the inaugural Bahrain Championship presented by Bapco Energies.
Vailliant, 22, produced a superb bogey-free eight-under 64 in testing afternoon conditions to be one clear of the field and competing in only a fifth DP World Tour event heads to the second clear of the duo of Swiss golfer Joel Girrbach and South African Zander Lombard at seven under.
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Woods & Fellow Board Members Unanimously Back PGA Tour $3B Investment Deal
Tiger Woods and his fellow PGA Tour board members have unanimously backed a massive $3 billion investmentPGA Tour Enterprise deal with Strategic Sports Group venture PGA Tour Enterprises.
The consortium – led by Fenway Sports Group and also including New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s Cohen Private Ventures, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, and former Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry – is preparing to inject the money into PGA Tour Enterprises which will increase the for-profit ...
Gallacher, Bjorn & Manassero Among Small Few Who Competed 13-Years Ago In Bahrain
Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher will have extra strong memories in teeing-up in this week’s inagurual Bahrain Championship.
The DP World Tour was last in the Middle East Island kingdom early in 2011 when Gallacher brilliantaly finished just two shots behind England’s Paul Casey in the first hosting of the Volvo Champions event.
However growing unrest in the region led to the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix, and set to he held some five weeks following the Volvo hosted event, to being cancelled while ...
Olesen Seals Biggest Winning Margin Of His Career In Capturing Ras Al Khaimah Title
Dane Thorbjørn Olesen has secured not only his eighth DP World Tour but he’s done so with the biggest victory margin of his career in capturing the Ras Al Khaimah Championship by six shots on the stunning host Al Hamra Golf Club course.
Olesen, 34, fought back from a birdie, double-bogey start to the last day to then birdie the third, eagle the par-5 eighth hole ahead of birdies at the 10th, 14th and at the last in a round of 67 for a 27-under tally.
It’s been 12 -years since the Dane ...
