Matsuyama Warms To Becoming First Japan Born World No. 1.
Pacific Palasides, CA …
Red-hot Hideki Matsuyma has warmed to thoughts of becoming the first golfer from Japan to be crowned World No. 1.
The current World No. 5 would go to the top of the rankings with victory in this week’s Genesis Open at the Riviera Golf Club near Santa Monica here on the California coast.
Matsuyama has been inside the top 25 in all three of his previous Genesis Open starts including a T4 in 2015 and he will tee-up in the $US 7.2m event having toasted victory in five ...
Spieth’s Produces Masters Class Winning AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Susanne Kemper, Pebble Beach CA …
Finally, sunny skies and calm conditions greeted the teams and players vying for victory on the final day at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am over famed Pebble Beach Golf Links.
Jordan Spieth played with his amateur partner, musician Jake Owen and a 3-handicapper, for the Am Trophy as well as the title gave a Master Class on winning. After a 68, 65, 65 in challenging conditions, Spieth’s 70 with birdies on the second and draining a mammoth putt on 17 to ...
Fabulous Fabrizio Soars In Eagling Last To Bank Maybank Championship Victory.
‘Fabulous’ Fabrizio Zanotti soared high to just his second European Tour victory in holing a stunning eagle putt on the the final hole to win his second European Tour title at the Maybank Championship.
The proud Paraguayan created history in winning the 2014 BMW International Open and now he’s made it two wins in posting a sizzling final round 63 and win by a shot with a 19-under par tally on the Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur.
In fact, Zanotti completed his last ...
GolfSixes .. European Tour Announces Novel Short Form To Join Race To Dubai Schedule.
The European Tour is today delighted to unveil GolfSixes, a revolutionary and novel short form of the game which further illustrates the Tour’s desire to embrace innovation and originality in professional golf.
The inaugural GolfSixes event – featuring a prize fund of €1 million – will make its debut on the European Tour schedule at the Centurion Club near St Albans, to the north west of London, on May 6-7, 2017.
The event will feature two-man teams from 16 different nations, each nation ...
Spieth Seizes Career First In Storming To Six Shot Lead In AT & T.
Pebble Beach, CA …
Jordan Spieth has set a career first in moving six shots clear of the field heading to the final round of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
The double Major winner’s lead is Spieth’s largest 54-hole lead in his PGA Tour career.
Of his 11 previous 54-hole leads, only twice has Spieth been the solo leader and not gone on to win. Both times, those were one-shot leads heading into Sunday – the 2015 Shell Houston Open and the 2016 Masters.
The world’s sixth-ranked ...
Wiesberger Banks Nine Straight Maybank Birdies.
Austria’s ultra-talented Bernd Wiesberger banked a remarkable run of nine birdies in a row as he fired a 63 to take the second-round lead at the Maybank Championship.
The 31 year old entered day two at Saujana Golf and Country Club six shots off the lead but that incredible sequence of gains from the seventh to the 15th got him to 12 under and handed him a one-shot lead over Masters Tournament champion Danny Willett.
No other player in European Tour history had ever made nine consecutive birdies ...
Windy, Wet & Wild Conditions Greet AT&T Pebble Beach Field.
Report by Susanne Kemper, Pebble Beach.
The 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (February 9-12) teed off Thursday morning an hour early due to the correct forecast of inclement conditions due to greet the 156 Pro’s and their amateur partners at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club (MPCC) on California’s Monterey Peninsula around 1pm local time.
Teams play all three courses in the rota the first three days with the cut coming Saturday evening. All pro’s and ...
