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Frenchman Alexander Levy kick-started his quest for an historic third Tour success this season with a seven under par 65 on day one of the BMW Masters in Shanghai. Levy, 24 commenced his round in superb manner with four straight birdies but under a ‘preferred lie’ rule due to the rain-softened Lake Malaren course. Levy, who last fortnight created European Tour history in becoming the first Frenchman to win two events in a single season, ended the opening round of the first event of the European ...

Italy’s Edoardo Molinari grabbed the second ace of his European Tour career but unfortunately he missed out on the keys to a gleaming BMW i8 sports sedan. Molinari holed out using a 4-iron from 208-yards out at the par three fourth hole that he was playing as his 13th in the $7m event being played on the rain-softened Lake Malaren course. It is the 34th hole-in-one this season on the European Tour and comes after Australian Anthony Brown aced the 12th during the first round of last week’s ...

Stephen Gallacher will be looking to turn a double celebration later this week in China into a third celebrating by ending the European Tour’s Play-Off Series with a career best finish in the Race to Dubai. Gallacher is among just three Scots contesting this week’s BMW Masters on the Lake Malaren course in Shanghai. The Scot, sporting a silver tinged ‘goatie’, arrived in the Chinese financial capital lying 11th on the money list and staring at his highest finish in 18 straight ...

Victorious Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley scared the life out of Gleneagles team-mate Justin Rose when they went for a tandem bike ride around the Lake Malaren course ahead of the BMW Masters here in Shanghai. McGinley delighted in filling in for the absent Rory McIlroy in a TV promo shoot also involving Ian Poulter and China’s Ashun Wu. The script called for McGinley and Rose to jump aboard a two-seater state-of-the-art BMW pushbike and race Poulter and Wu who were seated in a futuristic BMW ...

Australia’s Antonio Murdaca is headed to the 2015 Masters Tournament and The Open Qualifying Series this year after he claimed victory at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club today. The 19-year old Adelaide born Murdaca became the first Australian winner of the prestigious championship, closing with a steady 1-under-par 71 that left him seven shots clear of the field, the biggest winning margin in event history. Starting the final round eight shots ahead, ...

Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen was on top ‘Down Under’ in storming to a second European Tour title success with victory in the ISPS Handa Perth International in Perth, Australia. Olesen went into the final round leading by three shots and a final round 71 handed him a three shot victory over Ryder Cup winning rookie Victor Dubuisson of France. However it was not all plain sailing for the 24 year old, whose previous win came in the Italian Open in Sicily two years ago, as he had seen ...

Fellow Aussie Greg Norman has awarded Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman a six out of 10 for her golf. Kidman lit up the red carpet laid out to welcome the glittering array of stars from entertainment and sport gathered together on the Chinese holiday island of Hainan for the Mission Hills World Celebrity Pro-Am. The superstar was guided by Mission Hills Group Chairman and CEO Dr. Ken Chu through the flashing bulbs and the cheers of thousands gathered at Mission Hills Haikou’s Movie Town theme ...