Inbee Park Joins Select Group Of Just Seven Grand Slam Champions.
South Korea’s Inbee Park has become just the seventh woman golfer to win the traditional career Grand Slam.
The World No.1 carded a course record equalling 65 in the final round to win the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Trump Turnberry Resort and in the process joined an elite group comprising Pat Bradley, Juli Inkster, Annika Sorenstam, Louise Suggs, Karrie Webb and Mickey Wright who have all won at least four different majors.
The 27 year old from Seoul has also won the Evian Masters in 2012, ...
Lawrie Delivers Spark On Day One Off Saltire Energy Match-Play At Murcar Links.
Tournament host Paul Lawrie delivered plenty of spark with a resounding victory on the opening day of the inaugural Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Matchplay.
Lawrie beat Frenchman Romain Wattel 5 and 4 at Murcar Links to join fellow Scots Chris Doak, David Drysdale, Richie Ramsay and Marc Warren in the final 32.
The 46 year old got off to the perfect start, firing a birdie at the first to take an early lead before Wattel levelled things up with a gain at the third.
Lawrie then won the fourth, fifth ...
Lydia Ko Takes Big Step Towards Illusive First Major At Turnberry.
World No. 1 Lydia Ko took the first step towards that illusive first Major Championship crown on day one of the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Turnberry in Scotland.
It was Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim who heads the field after carding a superb seven under par 65 for a one shot lead.
The 20-year old Kim leads Ko and America’s Cristie Kerr who each shot 66s and with two other Koreans, Q Baek and So Yeon Ru, on five under par 67.
On a good day for the Asian players, Japanese duo, Shiho Ohyama and ...
Day & Leishman Determined To End 22-Year Australia Victory Drought At The Open.
The Aussie duo of Jason Day and Marc Leishman are poised to end a 22-year Australian-born victory drought in golf’s oldest major.
Greg Norman was the last Australian to win The Open in 1993 at Royal St. Andrews where he was handed the Claret Jug by the late Gene Sarazen and with Allan Border’s winning Test team in attendance.
Now Day and Leishman will be determined to piggy back on the Australian Test team’s humbling of England to make it a double ‘down under’ triumph ...
History Beckons For Jordan Spieth – Three Majors ‘Calendar’ Victories In Succession.
History beckons on the Old Course for Jordan Spieth.
Three players – Aussie Jason Day, South African Louis Oosthuizen and Irish amateur Paul Dunne – are tied for the lead, and with Spieth just one back.
It’s a tightly packed leader board with 14 players are at 9 under or better and overall 25 players within five shots of the lead.
“I highly doubt somebody really breaks through the pack tomorrow, given this golf course can yield a lot of birdies,” Spieth said. “It will be a pretty bunched ...
Paul Dunne – 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Irish Amateur Sensation.
Paul Dunne shares the lead in golf’s oldest Major and here is 10 things you didn’t now about the young Irish amateur.
Age: 22
Height: 5’ 8”
Weight: 160lb
Home: Greystone, Ireland
College: University of Alabama
1. Qualified for The Open as winner of the Final Qualifying at Woburn with rounds of 70-65, ahead of the likes of Retief Goosen and Colin Montgomerie.It was the second successive year
he has won the Final Qualifier at Woburn.
2.In his one previous Open at Royal Liverpool, ...
Harrington One Round Away From Third Open Championship Crown.
Seven years after defying a wrist injury to win the 2008 Open Championship and Padraig Harrington is remarkably just one round away from lifting a third Claret Jug.
Harrington posted his lowest round in a Major, a stunning seven under par 65, to be lying just two shots behind fellow Irishman Paul Dunne and former Open Champion Louis Oosthuizen.
Harrington’s previous best single-round score was back-to-back 66s on the weekend to win the 2008 US PGA, having also made that score at The Open way ...
