Jimenez Joins Seve In Becoming Only Second Spaniard To Win A Major At St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Miguel Angel Jimenez has joined his late, great compatriot Seve Ballesteros to become only the second Spaniard in the history of the game to win a Major Championship at St. Andrews.
Jimenez posted a final round 69 to win by a shot with a 12-under par tally on the Old Course at the Home of Golf.
Germany’s Bernhard Langer and defending Senior Open champion signed for a four-under par 68 to finish runner-up on 11-under par to finish second for a third occasion in ...
McEvoy Creates A Double Victory First In 8-Years Winning Back-To-Back On Challenge & European Tours.
England’s Richard McEvoy has created a European first in eight years in birding the last to brilliantly capture the Porsche European Open in Hamburg.
A week ago, McEvoy won the Challenge Tour’s La Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in France and he’s now captured a maiden main European Tour title a week later in birding the last hole to break clear of a four-way tie for the lead and win by a shot in Germany.
It is McEvoy’s first European Tour victory in his 285th appearance
He is ...
Jimenez Two Shots Clear & One Round From Joining Seve As Only Spaniard To Win St. Andrews Major.
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Miguel Angel Jimenez is determined to become just a second Spaniard since the late, great Seve Ballasteros to win a Major Championship at St. Andrews.
Jimenez, 54 battled the bright but very windy conditions in posting a third-round level par 72 and to a two-stroke nine-under par lead into the final round of the Senior Open.
Ballesteros is the only Spanish-born golfer to have won golf’s oldest Major, in capturing the 1979 Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes before his ...
McGinley Insists His Game Needs To Be Better Than ‘OK’ To Win Senior Open.
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Paul McGinley insists his golf game will need to be better than just ‘okay’ if he is to win the Senior Open championship at St. Andrews.
McGinley posted a third round 72 for a five-under par tally but trail just four shots behind Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez into the final round of the Senior Open at St. Andrews.
McGinley had been well in contention late in Friday’s second round only to come unstuck with bogeys at 15, 16 and the last in a 73 for a five-under ...
Jimenez Seeks To Follow In Seve’s St. Andrews Winning Steps.
St. Andrews, Scotland ….
Miguel Angel Jiménez now looks to follow in the footsteps of the late, great Seve Ballesteros after moving into the clubhouse lead late on day two of the Senior Open Championship at St. Andrews.
Jimenez ended his round near 9pm enjoying a one shot lead at nine-under par and thanks to a three-hole stretch where the golfer known as ‘The Mechanic’ eagled the 14th and then birdied the next two holes in a round of a five-under par 67.
Three players – ...
McGinley Rolls Back The Years For A Career Lowest Score At St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Paul McGinley rolled back the years posting a ‘magical and mystical’ 66 for his lowest Old Course score and a best round in five years on day one of the Senior Open championship at St. Andrews.
McGinley, 51 grabbed eight birdies and dropped just one shot to be among two others, Canadian Stephen Ames sharing third place and just one shot off the lead in the $US 2m Home of Golf event.
American Kirk Triplett and Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant head the over-50s ...
McGinley Says Bjorn Should Be Rubbing His Hands With Glee
St. Andrews, Scotland …
Some two months out from the Ryder Cup and Paul McGinley reckons European Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjorn should be rubbing his hands with glee.
Francesco Molinari’s victory in The Open not only broke an American stranglehold on the Majors, and dating back to last year’s U.S. Open, but has given Bjorn three Major Champions in his top eight qualifiers.
“This is the best list of leading qualifiers I have seen in my lifetime of playing on the European Tour,” said ...
