Scotland Without Representation On Stage First Time Ever In R2D Curtain Closer.
Scotland is sadly without representation on stage this week for the Race to Dubai season-ending final.
It will be the first time since the inaugural 2009 DP World Tour Championship the Saltire will not be flying high over the host Earth Course at Jumeriah Estates.
Top Scot Russell Knox has elected not to compete while the trio of Richie Ramsay, Marc Warren and David Drysdale blew their hopes with poor showings in the Nedbank Challenge and the penultimate event of the Final Series.
Ramsay went to ...
Russell Knox Again Shows Fondness For Mexico – Third In OHL Mayakoba Classic.
Scotland’s top-ranked Russell Knox again showed his fondness for Mexico muscling his way to third place in the OHL Mayakoba Classic.
Knox, who had lost out in a play-off in the event a year ago, grabbed seven birdies in a closing five under par 67 for an 18-under tally in the event dubbed ‘Mexico’s Major’.
“I played really well even though I was not all that comfortable out there but to make seven birdies, and with just the two bogeys I would have taken that at the start of ...
Alex Noren – With His Nedbank Challenge Success.
Alex Noren – With His Nedbank Challenge Success.
• His eighth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 225th official European Tour event.
• Moves to 3,367,126 points in the Race to Dubai.
• Could move to inside the top ten and go to as high as ninth in the Official World Gold Ranking, from 17th.
• Becomes the fourth different Swede to enter the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking, should he achieve the feat. The other Swedes are Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson and ...
Noren Takes 199 Events To Win First Four Titles & Just 11 To Capture Next Four.
It took Alex Noren 199 European Tour events to capture the first four victories of his career but now just a run of 11 events to savour success in the next four after his stunning success in the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa.
The new World No. 9 stormed home on the back of a stunning nine-under par 63 to win by a stunning six shots for a 14-under par tally on the Gary Player course at Sun City near Pretoria.
Noren’s effort has now matched the 2014 feat of Rory McIlroy who won four European ...
MENA Tour Experience Helps Steer Saudi Side To Victory At 36th Arab Golf Championship.
A jubilant Saudi team insisted the experience of playing on the MENA Tour propelled them to an historic victory at the 36th Arab Golf Championship that concluded at Ghala Golf Club in Muscat on Saturday (Nov 12).
Spearheaded by Khaled Attieh and Othman Almulla, the Saudi team tallied an impressive gross 887, upstaging defending champions Morocco (903) en route to their maiden win in the championship with Qatar finishing third on a gross 916.
Rising star Attieh closed with the tournament’s low ...
Adam Blyth Captures Kel Nagle Trophy With NSW Open Success.
The long 12-year faith Stephen Blyth placed is his son Adam is finally paying off with Adam Blyth capturing a second Australasian Tour title in winning the NSW Open in Sydney.
However it was not all plain sailing for the 35-year old Blyth after taking a third hole double bogey and the dropping four shots in succession from the fifth to eighth holes before playing the inner half in a sizzling five under par and with the Kel Nagle Trophy by three strokes with a round of 71 for a 23-under par tally ...
Martin Laird On Target For Second Top-10 Of 2016/17 Season In ‘Mexico’s Major’.
US-based Scot Martin Laird is on target for a second top-10 in three events in the new 2016/17 wraparound PGA Tour season heading to the final round of the OHL Mayakoba Classic in Mexico.
Laird, who was eighth in the recent Safeway Open, posted six birdies and just one in a five under par 66 on day three of the event billed as ‘Mexico’s Major’.
It put the Scot into a share of 10th place and six shots behind American Gary Woodland with a round to play on the Playa Del Camen course.
And ...
