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It just gets better and better with local hero Christiaan Bezuidenhout taking a five-shot lead into the final round of the 110th South African Open at Sun City. Bezuidehout, and the highest world-ranked player in the field, showed his class grabbing six third round birdies in a third straight round of 67 for at 15-under par. South African countryman Darren Frittelli (70) and Welshman Jamie Donaldson (72) share second place at a distant 10-under par. The World No. 42 ranked Bezuidenhout has dropped ...

Antoine Rozner raised the French tricolours to the top of the European Tour mast for a third time this year with a sensational maiden Tour success in capturing also the inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship presented by DP World. The 27-year old Parisian came from four shots back of overnight leader Andy Sullivan and win by two shots with a closing round 65 for a 25-under par tally on the Sergio Garcia designed course at the Jumeirah Estates in Dubai. Englishman Sullivan had led from the outside and ...

Highest world-ranked Christiaan Bezuidenhout picked-up from where he left off last Sunday posting a five-under-par 67 to place him in a six-way tie for the first-round lead at the 110th hosting of the South African Open at Sun City. The winner of last week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship grabbed six birdies and dropped just one during very windy condtions of the Gary Player Country Club course at Sun Cith. The World No. 41 was then joined by his fellow South Africans Dean Burmester, Jacques Kruyswijk ...

The PGA Tour has acquired minority stake in the European Tour’s media production company as part of an alliance that could be the start of a global golf schedule. This landmark alliance announced earlier today (Friday) allows the PGA Tour and European Tour to collaborate on commercial opportunities, global media rights in certain territories and scheduling. As part of the arrangement, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan will join the European Tour Board of Directors. The agreement will see ...

Working on the European Tour in Germany and France. For a number of the years the Tour scheduled listed on the schedule the BMW International Open in Germany and the following week would be the French Open. The German event would alternate with either Munich or Cologne but in 2015,and when these snaps were taken, the event was hosted by the Nord-Eichenreid course in the north of the Bavarian capital. It was customary on the Monday following the German event to travel by train to Paris and boy, didn’t ...

  Friday weather: Partly cloudy. High of 79. Wind NW 5-10 mph. Due to darkness, play was suspended for the day at 5:30 p.m. ET. Saturday weather: Play resumed Saturday at 7:30 a.m. ET. Partly cloudy. High of 74. Wind ENE 5-10 mph. 36-hole cut 58 professionals and two amateurs at even-par 144 from a field of 86 professionals and six amateurs. Second-Round Leaderboard Abraham Ancer                       68-67—135 (-9) Cameron Smith                       67-68—135 ...

First-Round Notes – Friday, November 13, 2020 Thursday weather: Mostly cloudy with morning thunderstorms. High of 78. Wind WNW 4-8 mph. Due to inclement weather and thunderstorms, play was suspended at 7:35 a.m. ET and resumed at 10:20 a.m. ET. Due to darkness, the first round was suspended for the day at 5:30 p.m. ET with 44 players left on the course. Friday weather: The first round resumed at 7:30 a.m. ET. Partly cloudy. High of 79. Wind NW 5-10 mph. First-Round Leaderboard Paul Casey    ...