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Southport’s Lee Slattery earned his maiden victory the hard way on the European Tour seven years and 179 starts after he joined its ranks from the Challenge Tour. In a tense finish he teed off on the 18th with a three shot advantage over his nearest challengers – Argentinian Cesar Monasterio and Italy’s Lorenzo Gagli [...]
Tags: European Tour, madrid
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
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
As the European Tour leaves the Old Continent to head off to the Far East and Dubai for the lucrative World Championship at the end of November it might be worth reflecting on the excellent send off at Valderrama last week? Synomous with the European Tour, having hosted 16 editions of the Volvo Masters between [...]
Tags: andalusia, Dubai, European Tour, volvo masters
Golfing fans on the Costa del Sol can rest easy in the knowledge that Valderrama will soon be returning to the European Tour circuit this coming October. For whatever the reasons – whether political or calendar clashes with ‘new kids on the block’ in Dubai – the fact remained that the loss of Valderrama to [...]
Tags: European Tour, Valderrama
Leading European Tour golfer, Simon Dyson, paid a visit to the Costa del Sol last week to practise and hone his game before returning to the UK in preparation for his title defence of the Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews. Simon has become a regular visitor to southern Spain; proof of which is his [...]
Tags: Costa del Sol, European Tour
THE European Tour road show returns to Spanish soil from April 29 – May 02 when the Spanish Open will be held at the ‘Real Club de Sevilla.’ Let´s hope that it will prove to be as successful as the recent ‘Open de Andalucia’ at the Parador which, given the inclement weather the course had [...]
Tags: European Tour, Miguel Angel Jimenez
The Royal Málaga Golf Club is hosting its third European Tour event this week, following the Turespaña Masters (1991 and 1999). The last event was won by our own Miguel Angel Jimenez, who should start as favourite this week. The course has made a remarkable recovery after months of almost continuous rain, but the fairways [...]
Tags: Andalucia Open, European Tour, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Parador Golf, Turespaña Master
The Race to Dubai may be a departure from tradition, but it is responsible for elevating the European Tour to a genuine World Tour, relegating the American PGA Tour to second best. The absence of Woods, Mickleson and co. in no way detracted from the performance of Westwood, who has suddenly developed an aura of invincibility once [...]
Tags: Dubai, European Tour, PGA Tour, Ryder Cup
Ian Poulter spared European Tour blushes by winning the Singapore Open, thus denying many top Americans undeserved access to membership of the European Tour and back-door entry into the Race to Dubai. The European Tour boobed by staging two co-sanctioned events simultaneously. Fortunately, bona fide Tour members won them both, resulting in Fisher’s elevation to 17th in the World rankings [...]
Tags: European Tour, Open, Singapore
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