Damien McGrane Again Displays His Fondness For Kennemer.

Damien McGrane again showed fondness for the links-like Kennemer course muscling his way into a share of second place on day one of the KLM Open at Zandvoort. McGrane holed a 25-foot putt for eagle at the 12th and grabbed five birdies on the shortest course on this year’s Race to Dubai schedule to be among six with scores of five under par 65. Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez, who won the event nine years ago, leads on six under par. This year marks McGrane’s 10th KLM Open with five appearances ...

Struggling Gary Orr Shoots Lowest Round In 4 Years At KLM Open

Scotland’s back-injury ridden Gary Orr produced his lowest score in four years and on the same Kennemer course to share second place on day one of the KLM Open at Zandvoort. Orr holed a 45-foot birdie putt at the height of a flash downpour in a five under par 65 to be trailing just a stroke behind Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez who won the event nine years ago. Among the six sharing second with Orr is PGA Tour based Australian Robert Allenby who last played in a Dutch Open in 1994 and was ...

McIlroy Heading Back To Korean Open & Looking To Go Third Time Lucky.

Double major winning and current World No. 4 Rory McIlroy will hope to make it third time lucky when he tees off at OneAsia’s Korea Open next month. The 24-year-old Northern Irishman was joint third in his first appearance in 2009 and returned in 2011 to finish runner-up behind American Rickie Fowler despite a final-round 64. The course at the Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on the outskirts of Seoul has not proved too daunting for the former world number one on his previous visits but McIlroy ...

Darren Clarke Confirms Return To PGA & Likely Later This Year At Sea Island.

Darren Clarke confirmed he will return to the PGA Tour for a first time in seven years and since the passing of his first wife. The Northern Irishman is taking advantage of a five-year PGA Tour exemption he earned in capturing the 2011 British Open Championship. And if the 45-year old, who also hasn’t won since his Royal St. Georges triumph, does not qualify for the European Tour’s end-of-year ‘Final Series’ he is likely then to head back to the PGA Tour for the November 7th commencing McGladrey ...

Manassero Avoids Serious Injury After Heavy Tumble On KLM Open Eve.

Champion Italian golfer Matteo Manassero admitted he was lucky not to suffer a more serious injury after tripping over and sliding flat on his body on the eve of the KLM Open. The 20-year old Verona-born golfer, and winner of this year’s flagship BMW PGA Championship, had to again seek medical attention after posting a level par 70 on the first day of the premier Dutch event at Zandvoort. Spain’s Miguel Jimenez heads the field after posting a six under par 64 on the Kennemer Golf Club course ...

Jimenez Now Targeting Second Dutch Winning Delight Nine Years After His First.

Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez is already the oldest winner on the European Tour and now he’s looking to capture a second KLM Open title nine years after savouring a first victory toast. The Malaga golfer shot an eight under par 64 to lead the field by one shot on the Kennemer course at Zandvoort on the North Sea Dutch coastline. The 49 year old Jimenez came down from the Swiss Alps to coastal Holland on the back of a top five finish at last week’s Omega European Masters, and promptly ...

Evian Masters – Water, Water & More Water But Not The Sponsor’s Product By Agathe Seron.

Rain and more rain is playing havoc with those competing in the Evian Masters and golf’s newest Major Championship. The poor weather had led to the first round being suspended due to unplayable course conditions. Play has been rescheduled to at 7:45 a.m. local time on Friday morning and will all scores from today (Thursday) erased.   Rain forced first-round tee times to originally be delayed two hours and the first shot of the inaugural Evian Championship was struck at 9:45 a.m.local ...