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THONGCHAI JAIDEE – WITH HIS 2015 PORSCHE EUROPEAN OPEN SUCCESS • His seventh European Tour International Schedule victory in his 310th European Tour event. • Moves to 1,477,477 points in The Race to Dubai. • Could move to just outside the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking, from 44th. • His first European Tour victory since the 2014 Nordea Masters. • This victory beats his previous best 2015 European Tour performances of tied second in the True Thailand Classic presented ...

Thailand’s popular Thongchai Jaidee drew on the support of his Bavarian-born coach to drive off with a seventh European Tour victory takeaway after posting a flawless final round 67 for a 17-under par success at the Porsche European Open on the (Franz) Beckenbaurer course at Bad Griesbach. England’s Graeme Storm maintained the most substantial challenge, but found water off the 17th tee and, although he managed to save par from ten feet at the last, Jaidee clung on with a neat up-and-down ...

Austrian-born Bernd Wiesberger and Frenchman Benjamin Herbert share the lead on seven under par after the opening round of the Porsche European Open at Bad Griesbach in Bavaria, Germany. Wiesberger, the reigning French Open winner, carded seven birdies in his flawless opening round, including a vital seven foot putt at the 18th to match the clubhouse target of seven under par set by Hebert. The Austrian started brightly, making gains at the third, eighth and ninth holes to reach the turn in 32. After ...

Former US Open Champion Graeme McDowell has vowed to put a disappointing 2015 season behind him and concentrate on starting his Ryder Cup selection campaign and also his 2016 season here at this week’s Porsche European Open. McDowell has contested six times in the past but with the event not having been staged since 2009. However after finishing a very poor 165th in the FedEx Cup the 36 year old is looking to finally turn around an indifferent year highlighted by the very first event of ...

Gary King lived-up to his namesake breaking free from a first round three-way tie to reign heading into the final round of the Ascorp Abu Dhabi Golf Citizen Open at Saadiyat Beach and Golf Club on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Englishman backed up his opening five-under 67 with a 68 to reach 10 under, three ahead of his compatriots James Allan, who carded a bogey-free 66, the day’s best round, and Jake Shepherd, the winner of last week’s Dubai Creek Open. Scotland’s Daniel Kay, who returned ...

It was a relaxing overnight’s stay at Rosenheim, Germany and about a 2-hour drive from Bad Greisback and our destination for this week’s Porsche European Open. We stopped for the night at the Gasthof Hohenstieger in the town of Rosenheim and located in the Bavarian region of Germany. And check out the great breakfast to help send us on our way to a tournament last staged in 2009 at the London Club in Kent. So danka to everyone at the Gasthof Hohsteigher for looking after us so well.  

Perennial contenders and ‘golf in DUBAi’ ambassadors Faycal Serghini and Joshua White shot matching five-under 67s to seize the early momentum at the MENA Golf Tour’s Ascorp Abu Dhabi Golf Citizen Open at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club on Monday. Morocco’s Serghini, who is a three-time runner-up on the tour, reeled off six birdies, including three in a row from the 13th, against a lone bogey while England’s White mixed seven birdies with two bogeys to move one shot clear of the English ...