Brett Rumford’s Urgent Call To Coach Leads To Ballantine’s Championship Victory Toast.
An urgent phone call to his coach has led to Australia’s Brett Rumford toasting success in the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea.
Rumford, 35 ended a near six-year winless drought brilliantly holing a four-foot eagle putt at the first extra hole to win a fourth European Tour victory.
The Perth-born player, ranked 253rd in the world, had been leading by two shots with two holes to play but played a poor drive right at the par four 17th and was forced to take a penalty drop when he shot ...
Alex Noren Leads Ballantine’s With Australian Duo Two Back & Inspired By Scott’s Masters Triumph.
Sweden’s Alex Noren birdied his last hole in a round of 69 for a nine under par total to lead by one but it’s a pair of ‘Down Under’ golfers who have the inspiration to finish on top in the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea.
After two days of poor weather delays the $2.87m co-sanctioned European and Asian Tour event got back on track on day three despite the cold and windy conditions greeting competitors on the Blackstone Course at Icheon.
Noren, 34 is seeking his fourth ...
Wade Ormsby Looking To End 168 Race To Dubai Winless Drought & Text Message From Adam Scott.
Australia’s Wade Ormsby birdied two of his closing three holes as he strives for a first European Tour victory in the weather-affected Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea.
Ormsby, 33 carded a second round five under par 67 to be leading in the clubhouse tied on seven under par with Thailand’s Arnond Vonganij, who signed for a 69 on the Blackstone Resort course at Icheon in suburban Seoul.
Three players – England’s James Morrison (66), Sweden’s Alexander Noren (67) and South African ...
Louis Oosthuizen’s Two-Minute, 500-Yard Drive Down A Ballantine’s Cart Path.
South African Loius Oosthuizen was credited with a bizarre near 500-yard long drive at the start of his second round at the Ballantine’s Championship in Seoul, South Korea.
Teeing off from the first hole, the World No. 7s ball landed on a cart path and kept rolling downhill for just under two minutes before coming to rest.
TV coverage of the incident showed the Springbok’s ball rolling down the cart path and with a number of spectators oblivious to what was going on behind them. There ...
Peter Lawrie Emerges From Fog To Get Good Sight Of Ballantine’s Lead.
Peter Lawrie emerged from a two-hour fog delay and a course he’d never played to be just one shot from the lead in the Ballantine’s Championship in Seoul, South Korea.
While leading Americans Zach Johnson and Dustin Johnson stayed away with fears for the uncertainty on the Korean Peninsula, Lawrie’s only concern was finding his way about the Blackstone course when fog rolled-in early into the round.
The father of four returned after a two hour and 10 minute delay to post a four under par 68.
“I’m ...
Graeme McDowell’s Mum Rescued By Hilton Head Life Guard.
It has emerged in the wake of Graeme McDowell’s RBC Heritage Classic victory last week how his lost mother was rescued by a life guard on a Hilton Head beach.
Scott Ohlson spends his summer holidays as one of five full-time beach patrol officers on the beaches of Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.
Seven days prior to McDowell’s play-off victory, Ohlson was doing his rounds when he got a radio to say a woman had been missing for three hours. The woman turned out to be Marion McDowell, mum ...
Marc Warren & Craig Lee Send Scottish Flag Flying High In Spanish Open.
Mark Warren and Craig Lee combined to send the Scottish flag flying high atop of the leaderboard with a round to play in the Open de España.
Warren posted a third round 68 to move to eight under par and two shots clear of his Tartan-born compatriot on day three of the prestigious event being played on the Parador de El Salader course in Seville.
It’s been 19 years since Colin Montgomerie was the last Scot to lift the Spanish Open trophy at the Club de Campo course in Madrid.
Warren, who is ...
