Henrik Stenson Gets The Gold Medal Overcoming Fears To Win Prestigious Swedish Sports Award.
Open Champion Henrik Stenson has his gold medal and overcoming fears to win the prestigious Swedish sport, Svenska Dagbladet’s Bragdguldet award on Tuesday.
Stenson, 40 becomes the first male-born Swedish golfer to win the award and joining Annika Sorenstam as the only golfers to be honoured with the award.
In July, Stenson reached the pinnacle of his career in capturing the Open Championship at Royal Troon in Scotland while a few weeks later he was runner-up to England’s Justin Rose at the Rio ...
Crail Becomes World’s Oldest Golf Club To Appoint Woman Captain.
In an historic first for golf’s seventh oldest club, Crail Golfing Society members unanimously elected Pam Smith as their first female captain at the club’s annual general meeting on Monday (5/12/16).
Crail Golfing Society, located just a short distance from the Home of Golf at St. Andrews, has broken with 230 years of tradition and in a decision believed ensures the club is the oldest golf club in existence to make such an appointment.
And Pam brings to the position a wealth of experience ...
Stenson Advises To Exercise Caution Over Woods Return To Full Competition.
Open Champion Henrik Stenson leads the golf world in praising Tiger Woods return to golf last week in the Bahamas but also cautiously advises the 14-time Major winner needs to get back to playing a full schedule if he’s to again become a force in the game.
After a long 15-month absence, Woods produced rounds of 73, 65, 70 and 76 to share 15th place in the eventual 17-player Hero World Challenge field.
There was plenty of good over the four days from Woods but also evidence much work still needs ...
No Surprise Bjorn To Replace Clarke As 2018 European Ryder Cup Captain.
It will come as no surprise later this week when Thomas Bjorn is named as the 2018 European Ryder Cup Captain.
Sweden’s Henrik Stenson was heading to London after finishing runner-up in the Hero World Challenge to meet with European Tour CEO, Keith Pelley along with three immediate captains in Jose Maria Olazabal (2012), Paul McGinley (2014) and Darren Clarke (2016) to rubber-stamp Bjorn’s appointment.
Bjorn’s credentials to be appointed as a European Team captain are without question.
The ...
Stenson Takes The Fire All The Way To Red Hot Matsuyama
by Suzanne Kemper, Nassau, Bahamas
World No 4 Sweden’s Henrik Stenson almost caught Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama on the home stretch at Albany Golf Club, Nassau at 2016 Hero World Challenge.
Matsuyama, who had won three of his past four events ahead of this week, claimed a fourth in five weeks shooting an 18-under par tally.
Matsuyama teed off with a seven stroke leader at 19 while Stenson was -12.
And it was the 2016 Open Champion who insisted the Japan No. 1 was not going to have it all his ...
Woods Insists He’s Just Grateful To Be Competing Again Despite Lowly Hero World Challenge Result.
Nassau, Bahamas …
Tiger Woods insisted he’s just grateful to be competing again despite finishing near the tail of the field on his return to competition at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
Woods continued to be upbeat after posting a final round 76 that including taking a double bogey at the final hole for a third occasion and end with a four-under par tally on the Albany course.
It saw Woods finish 14 shots adrift of Japan’s red-hot Hideki Matsuyama, who despite a final round ...
Ramon Bescansa – Perfect Putting Magic. A Special Report By Kiran Kanwar.
Nassau, Bahamas – Special report by Kiran Kanwar.
As we know, a “putter” can either refer to a golf club, or a person making a putt. However, there is a new use for the term – it is the name of a device that helps a putter putt – PerfectPutter. What does this device do? The simpler question is what does it not do! When Ramon Bescansa, a young professional golfer from Spain who has played on the PGA Tour, the web.com Tour and many others, found himself focusing too much on ...
