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October 06 is a date for your diary when the European Tour bus arrives on the Iberian Peninsula, beginning an unprecedented run of four tournaments starting in Madrid and finishing with the Andalucia Masters at Valderrama. Should you find yourself with a few days free from October 13 – 16 why don’t you travel to [...]
A glorious August summer’s day saw a bumper turn-out of 96 players take part in the ‘Trofeo 20 Aniversario’ at Santa Maria Golf & Country Club on Saturday 13th August. A shotgun start saw the competitors, replete with a complimentary goodie bag as a souvenir of the day, tee off from their respective starting holes [...]
Once in a while a sportsman or woman comes to the fore that transcends national barriers. In the world of golf there was Jack Nicklaus and, before him, Arnold Palmer. In the 1970’s a young Spaniard from Pedreña took up the mantle thrilling spectators with his self-taught swing, tenacity and charisma. If only Tiger had [...]
Tags: Seve Ballesteros, Severiano Ballesteros
Demonstrating the global nature of the European Tour, Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts won his debut professional title at the Volvo China Open finishing four shots ahead of the field on 24 under. Turning professional in 2000 it wouldn’t be a disservice to describe him as a journeyman pro who had yet to make an impact on [...]
Tags: European Tour
Prior to Thursday’s official start of the tournament, one of the elder statesmen of English sport, Sir Bobby Charlton, famous for being England’s all-time leading top scorer whilst playing for some team that plays in the borough of Trafford, was guest of honour at the Pro-Am on Wednesday. The reason behind this was the late [...]
Tags: Miguel Angel Jimenez
European Tour event will be held at the Parador de Golf again from 24 – 27 March with many of the top players competing such as Louis Ooosthuizen; returning to defend the first European title he won en route to the Open in 2010. Last year, Miguel Angel’s company, ‘Fade Draw Target’ played an important [...]
Tags: European Tour, Parador de Giolf
Like Tiger Woods at his rampaging best – on the green baized surfaces that is – Germany’s Martin Kaymer romped to victory at the recent Abu Dhabi Championship. Starting the day several shots ahead of the chasing pack, including Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, he played bogey-free over the final 60 holes ( yes, over three [...]
Tags: Golf Championship, Tiger Woods
Fresh from his success at Celtic Manor, Colin Montgomerie was `Captain Marvel´ again as the Royal Trophy pitted Europe against Asia in the Thai city of Hua Hin last weekend. There was local interest as Spaniard Pablo Martin, after his victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa, was picked again. Colin was also [...]
Tags: Championship
On a final day when the expected storms did not, happily, materialise the fact is that low scoring was still made difficult by strong winds; a point picked up time and again by the TV commentators who reminded viewers that, even though the skies were blue and several players were in short sleeves, Valderrama was [...]
Tags: TV, Valderrama Golf
It’s a hard life on the European Seniors Tour: one week you are playing in Cannes on the Cote d’Azur and the following week the tournament is being held near Marbella….lock up your mothers went the cry! This is the second year the Benahavis Seniors Open has been held at La Quinta Golf and Country [...]
Tags: Benahavis Seniors Open
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