Jimenez Joins Seve In Becoming Only Second Spaniard To Win A Major At St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Miguel Angel Jimenez has joined his late, great compatriot Seve Ballesteros to become only the second Spaniard in the history of the game to win a Major Championship at St. Andrews.
Jimenez posted a final round 69 to win by a shot with a 12-under par tally on the Old Course at the Home of Golf.
Germany’s Bernhard Langer and defending Senior Open champion signed for a four-under par 68 to finish runner-up on 11-under par to finish second for a third occasion in ...
McEvoy Creates A Double Victory First In 8-Years Winning Back-To-Back On Challenge & European Tours.
England’s Richard McEvoy has created a European first in eight years in birding the last to brilliantly capture the Porsche European Open in Hamburg.
A week ago, McEvoy won the Challenge Tour’s La Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in France and he’s now captured a maiden main European Tour title a week later in birding the last hole to break clear of a four-way tie for the lead and win by a shot in Germany.
It is McEvoy’s first European Tour victory in his 285th appearance
He is ...
Jimenez Two Shots Clear & One Round From Joining Seve As Only Spaniard To Win St. Andrews Major.
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Miguel Angel Jimenez is determined to become just a second Spaniard since the late, great Seve Ballasteros to win a Major Championship at St. Andrews.
Jimenez, 54 battled the bright but very windy conditions in posting a third-round level par 72 and to a two-stroke nine-under par lead into the final round of the Senior Open.
Ballesteros is the only Spanish-born golfer to have won golf’s oldest Major, in capturing the 1979 Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes before his ...
McGinley Insists His Game Needs To Be Better Than ‘OK’ To Win Senior Open.
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Paul McGinley insists his golf game will need to be better than just ‘okay’ if he is to win the Senior Open championship at St. Andrews.
McGinley posted a third round 72 for a five-under par tally but trail just four shots behind Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez into the final round of the Senior Open at St. Andrews.
McGinley had been well in contention late in Friday’s second round only to come unstuck with bogeys at 15, 16 and the last in a 73 for a five-under ...
Jimenez Seeks To Follow In Seve’s St. Andrews Winning Steps.
St. Andrews, Scotland ….
Miguel Angel Jiménez now looks to follow in the footsteps of the late, great Seve Ballesteros after moving into the clubhouse lead late on day two of the Senior Open Championship at St. Andrews.
Jimenez ended his round near 9pm enjoying a one shot lead at nine-under par and thanks to a three-hole stretch where the golfer known as ‘The Mechanic’ eagled the 14th and then birdied the next two holes in a round of a five-under par 67.
Three players – ...
Woods Grabs Best Majors Finish In Five Years Moving To World No. 50
Carnoustie, Scotland …Tiger Woods admits contending at the Open felt just like the old days and was delighted his two children finally got to see what all the fuss was about.
Woods held the outright lead at Carnoustie heading into his back nine, as he looked to end his decade-long major drought, but dropped three shots in two holes and he never regained the momentum.
The 14-time major winner eventually finished three shots behind eventual champion Francesco Molinari.
However, swept along ...
Molinari Captures Golfing History – First Italian To Win A Major.
Carnoustie, Scotland ….
Quitely-spoken Francesco Molinari has created golfing history becoming the first Italian to win a major with his stunning two-shot success in the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie.
Playing the final round in the company of Tiger Woods, Molinari kept his calm in the increasingly windy conditions registering 13 pars before his first birdie at the par-5 14th.
Molinari, 38 headed to the last tied for the lead with American Xander Schauffele on seven-under par when he ...
