Monty Joins Langer & Watson Opening Two Rounds US Senior Open.
Colin Montgomerie could not have asked for a better grouping for the first two rounds of this week’s US Senior Open.
Organisers have grouped the Scot, who is making his tournament debut, alongside the legendary duo of Tom Watson and Bernhard Langer.
Watson is a winner of five Open Championships, two Masters and the 1982 US Open. He also is the 2014 USA Ryder Cup captain.
Langer became the first German to win a Major in capturing the 1985 Masters and then repeated the victory in 1993. He ...
Graeme McDowell Captures Third Victory This Season With French Open Success.
Graeme McDowell captured his third victory of the season with a tearaway success in the French Open in Versailles.
It sends McDowell to next week’s Open Championship in the best form possible.
However since the Masters McDowell has missed the cut four times but won the other three.
The former US Open champion carded a brilliant closing 67 at Le Golf National to finish nine under par, four clear of South Africa’s Richard Sterne, who had been only one behind until bogeys at the 16th and ...
McDowell Emerges From French Open Foggy Start To End Miserable Run Of Outs.
Graeme McDowell emerged from an hour long fog delay to also end a run of two missed cuts and remain in contention at the French Open on the outskirts of Versailles.
McDowell posted his second straight two-under par 69 to move to four under par to share fifth place and just two strokes behind Paraguay’s Fabrizio Zanotti (68) who heads the field on six under par.
Three players – The Danish duo Soren Kjeldsen (68) and his in-form compatriot Thomas Bjorn (69) along with South African Richard Sterne ...
Marc Warren Can Finish Last In French Open To Secure Open Championship Exemption.
Scotland’s Marc Warren theoretically now needs only to finish last in the French Open and the almost certain guarantee of a place in next fortnight’s Open Championship.
Warren arrived in Versailles lying fourth among the list of non-exempt players on the Race to Dubai money list not into the July 18th starting 142nd Open at Muirfield.
However to qualify for golf’s oldest Major Warren must be inside the top-20 on the overall Race to Dubai standings at the close of the French event to be ...
Stephen Gallacher On Target To Qualify For Open Championship.
Stephen Gallacher has boosted his chance to qualify for next fortnight’s Open Championship after a 68 on day one of the French Open in Versailles.
The reigning Omega Dubai Desert Classic raced to five under par and tied for the lead after just seven holes and then took the lead at six under through 13 holes on the Le National course.
However Gallacher let slip top spot on the board with three closing bogeys to end the round two shots behind Dane Anders Hansen who shot a 66 on the par 71 2018 Ryder ...
Graeme McDowell Finds Welcome Form In French Open.
Graeme McDowell looks set to end his recent poor form after shooting a two under par 69 on the opening day of the French Open on the outskirts of Versailles.
Dane Anders Hansen leads the way posting a five under par 66 on a toughened Le National course set to host the 2018 Ryder Cup.
McDowell arrived in France under pressure after having missed the cut in last two events – the US Open and last week’s Irish Open.
The current World No. 9 joined Ireland’s three fellow Major Champions in crashing ...
Dane Anders Hansen Finds The Front In France.
Dane Anders Hansen defied a hand injury and a toughened Le Golf National to grab a one shot lead on day one of the Alstom Open de France on the outskirts of Versailles.
The 42 year old Dane, who will undergo surgery in Zurich next week to try and overcome the long-standing hand problem, birdied his final hole for a five under par 67.
Hansen used all his experience to card seven birdies and only two bogeys as the venue on the outskirts of Paris gave glimpses of the excitement in store when the 2018 ...
