UBS Hong Kong Open Preview

Justin Rose and American Dustin Johnson highlight the field at the UBS Hong Kong Open starting Thursday in Asia, the final event of the regular season for the 2015 campaign of the European Tour. It's Rose's first trip since 2011 and a chance for him to move even higher in the Race to Dubai standings … Continue reading UBS Hong Kong Open Preview →

British Masters Preview

Dunhill Links Champion Thorbjorn Olesen will pair up with host Ian Poulter and 51-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez in one the signature groupings at the British Masters supported by Sky Sports, which kicks off Thursday at the Woburn Golf Club in the UK. The group just before that trio is nearly as heralded - Graeme McDowell, … Continue reading British Masters Preview →

Pieters Into Race to Dubai Field with Win

Belgium's Thomas Pieters got hot at the right time, scoring a win at the Czech Masters Sunday to fight his way into the top 60 of the Race to Dubai standings released after the event's conclusion. Pieters has 447,766 points to rank 53rd in the standings. The top 60 players make the post-season tournament which … Continue reading Pieters Into Race to Dubai Field with Win →

Jim Furyk Takes Bridgestone Lead

It's been 14 years since Jim Furyk's misery at Bridgestone, but if he he keeps playing the way he has through the first two rounds this weekend, he'll soon make up for it. Furyk's second straight 66 on Friday put him 8-under for the tournament, giving him a 4-stroke lead through 36 holes. In 2001, … Continue reading Jim Furyk Takes Bridgestone Lead →

Red-Hot Danny Lee Leads Bridgestone

Danny Lee, the Korean-born Australian who has finished in the top four of three of his last four tournaments, took a one-stroke lead at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Thursday. Lee overcame two back-nine bogeys with a flurry of birdies, seven in all, to take the lead at the hotly-contested event that is the prelude to next … Continue reading Red-Hot Danny Lee Leads Bridgestone →

Golf Birthdays: July 30-31

July 30 Klas Eriksson turns 44. He has five wins on the European Challenge Tour, which is tied for fifth all-time, turning pro in 1991. In 1996, he received an exemption to The Open Championship and finished tied for 41st. Graeme McDowell, winner of the 2010 US Open, turns 36. McDowell has won two PGA … Continue reading Golf Birthdays: July 30-31 →

Olesen’s 63 Leads Scottish Open

Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen harvested a bumper crop of birdies, seven to be exact, to fire a first-round 63 at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Gullane Thursday, taking a two-stroke lead. With a powerhouse field on course, largely in anticipation of next week's Open Championship, Olesen did not record a bogey and slid his … Continue reading Olesen’s 63 Leads Scottish Open →

Power Trio Top Alstom After 36 Holes

Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Martin Kaymer, and Victor Dubuisson are all tied for first place at 4-under at the conclusion of 36 holes at the Alstom Open de France in Paris. Cabrera-Bello and Kaymer are both ranked in the top 40 of the current Race to Dubai standings. Kaymer and Dubuisson are both ranked in the top … Continue reading Power Trio Top Alstom After 36 Holes →

Rain Slow Play at Alstom Open

Heavy thunderstorms left about half the players in the field of the Alstom Open de France with incomplete first rounds on Thursday. One of those, Germany's Maximillian Kieffer, is the tentative leader at 4-under through 14 holes. Despite a double-bogey on No. 2, Kieffer had three birdies in a span of four holes at the … Continue reading Rain Slow Play at Alstom Open →

Alstom Open de France Preview

England's Graeme McDowell will attempt to become the first player in 77 years to win three straight Alstom Open de France titles when he tees up at the event in Paris beginning Thursday. The Alstom is the oldest national tournament in continental Europe, dating back in 1906, and has been part of the European Tour … Continue reading Alstom Open de France Preview →