Westwood Shoots Scottish Open 62 & Lowest Round In 17-Years.
Lee Westwood brilliantly turned back the clock with two eagles and five birdies in a nine-under par 62 to head the field by a nine-under par on day one of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club to the east of Edinburgh.
The effort is the now 47-year old Westwood’s lowest round in 17-years since a similar 62 at Kingsbarns Links on route to victory in the 2013 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and also in Scotland.
Westwood, who is no stranger to the course having ...
Paul Lawrie To End A 620 European Tour Event Career At This Week’s Scottish Open
Scotland’s Paul Lawrie has announced he will be ending a 620 European Tour event career at this year’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open.
Lawrie, 51 indicated to journalists following an opening round of a two-over par 73 at the Renaissance Club that there is ‘many factors’ leading to his decision.
The proud Scot made is Tour debut in early 1992 in the co-sanctioned Johnnie Walker Asian Classic in Thailand.
Lawrie capped his career in capturing the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie ...
Fleetwood Missing The ‘Odd Dog’ On The Golf Course In These COVID-19 Times.
Tommy Fleetwood’s love of dogs is well known.
In capturing a maiden European Tour event in 2013 Fleetwood singled out his ailing dog, Maisie after he birdied the first extra play-off hole to claim a maiden Tour victory in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
Now ahead of teeing-up in this week’s Aberdeen Standand Investments Scottish Open the now former European No. 1 and hero at the 2018 Ryder Cup has spoken of continuing to tee-up since the return to golf without spectators ...
MacIntyre Admits ‘Most Difficult Decision In His Life’ Splitting With Caddy.
Top world ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre admits it was the ‘most difficult decision’ in his life to have to split with Irish-born caddy, Greg Milne.
MacIntyre and Milne had been together since their days together on the secondary Challenge and then burst onto the main Tour a year ago with the Scot beoming ‘2019 European Tour Rookie of the Year’.
However, and when a player is not performing, the first to go is usually the caddy and with MacIntyre and the Waterford-born Milne ...
Wiesberger Proud Of His Global Achievements Heading To Scottish Open Defence
Defendind Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open champion, Brend Wiesberger has 11 times in his pro career and seven of those have been in different countries.
Wiesberger, who turns 38 on 8th October, was rugged-up under four layers on the event of the Scottish event and vastly different to the glorious conditions that greeted competitors in July last year to the Renaissance course to the east of Edinburgh.
The very affable Austrian won with an impressive 22-under par tally in a play-off over ...
McIlroy Warming-Up For A Grand Slam ‘Take Six’ Contesting CJ Cup & ZoZo
Rory McIlroy confirmed he will warm-up for ‘Take Six’ at a Career Grand Slam by tackling the PGA Tour’s CJ Cup and ZOZO Championship next month ahead of tackling the Masters.
The back-to-back events have been moved from South Korea and Japan to Las Vegas and L.A. respectively due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and will be now held in the last two weeks of October.
The rescheduled Masters will tee-off from the 12th to 15th November.
“I’m looking forward to playing in The CJ Cup at Shadow ...
Here’s Wishing ‘Double D’ Finds That Pot Of Gold At This Week’s ASI Scottish Open
David Drysdale’s ‘golden rainbow’ wish would be if he were to capture a long-awaited maiden Tour title at this week’s Aberdeen Standard Investment Scottish Open at the Renaissance club in East Lothian.
It’s been 16-years years and now 504 European Tour events since the now 44-year old Drysdale made his debut on the European contesting the 1999 Scottish PGA Championship and a month after Paul Lawrie had captured The Open.
‘Double D’, as he affectionately called, then teed-up ...
