Richie Ramsay & Paul Lawrie Fighting To Raise The Scottish Saltire On The Swiss Summit.
For a first time in a very long while two Scottish-born golfers in Richie Ramsay and Paul Lawrie will be looking to be the one to raise the Scottish Saltire flag on the Swiss Alps summit.
Ramsay heads into last day of the Omega European Masters leading by a stroke at 11-under par and Lawrie on 10-under par.
Ramsay, with one Tour victory in more than 100 starts, carded the only bogey-free round on day three in signing for a 64 while Lawrie was left lamenting driving out-of-bounds at the par five, ...
David Lynn’s Head In The Clouds But Feet On The Ground.
England’s David Lynn had his head in the clouds but his feet are still firmly on the ground after his second place finish in the PGA Championship.
Lynn, 38 was stuck on the 15th tee for 40 minutes when clouds rolled in to totally engulf the Crans-sur-Sierre course mid-morning.
Play was finally suspended at 11.45am and it wasn’t till 1.30pm we had a restart.
“We were just waiting and waiting for some word and virtually standing in the clouds which aren’t the warmest of places,” said ...
Danny Willett Looking To Join Rory McIlroy With Two Wins Apiece This Season.
Exclusive reporting by Rubee King.
England’s Danny Willett is looking to join World No. 1 and former GB & I Walker Cup team mate, Rory McIlroy with two victories this year after moving into contention on day two of the Omega European Masters.
Two months after a first Tour victory and the Sheffield-born Willet is now eyeing a second success.
Willett, 24 posted a second round 67 to move to eight under and just a shot behind Frenchman Julien Quesne in very cold conditions on the Alpine Crans-sur-Sierre ...
European Tour Now Encouraging The Use Of Twitter.
The European Tour is encouraging Tour members to make use of Twitter to more engage with golf fans.
There’s a notice to this effect (see photograph) appearing on the noticeboard at this week’s Omega European Masters.
The Tour have even provided a Blackberry Playbook to assist players with this latest social media initiative.
Bourdy Shines On Wet & Miserable First Day Of Omega European Masters.
Exclusive report by Rubee King, Crans Montana.
Despite the wet and miserable condtions, Frenchman Gregory Bourdy shone through on day one of the Omega European Masters at Crans Montana.
Bourdy signed for an eight under par 63 and topping the leaderboard by two shots.
It was Bourdy’s lowest-ever Swiss score by five shots and in an event he’s missed the cut in three of his four prior appearances.
Bourdy, 30 started with birdie on the 10th hole or first hole in an impressive display ...
Irish Teenager Wins Two-Year Scholarship To Darren Clarke Golf Academy.
Irish teenager Adam Kerr is celebrating after being awarded a two-year scholarship to the Darren Clarke Golf Academy.
Kerr, who turned 18 years last week, will join the Academy based within the CAFRE Greenmount Campus in County Antrim next month to begin a two-year programme designed to cover areas such as the game, education, lifestyle, fitness and mental skills.
The venue’s highlights included an eight-bay driving range and video analysis studio, with the programme supported by the Golfing ...
Padraig Harrington The 2012 Ryder Cup Big Loser.
Ireland’s Padraig Harrington has ended a run of six straight Ryder Cup appearances in being overlooked by European Team captain, Jose Maria Olazabal for a ‘wildcard’ pick.
As most expected, Olazabal chose England’s Ian Poulter and Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts.
Harrington ended the qualification process ranked 19th on the table and could look back to missing out of contesting the Masters, the U.S. Open and three WGC events this year as hurting his Medinah chances.
Of course, ...
