17 year old BYEONG-HUN AN better known as BEN to his friends became the youngest winner of the US AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
BEN is over a month younger than DANNY LEE who won last year,beating Tiger Woods record as the youngest winner when he won the first of 3 titles.
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German MARTIN KAYMER is out of action for a month after a karting accident.It leaves the door open for RORY MCILROY TO pass him on the RACE TO DUBAI TABLE as he is playing on the European tour for the next two events.
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The first ranking points for next years RYDER CUP will be available from this week at the OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS at CRANS-SUR-SIERRE.
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WARRENPOINT PROFESSIONAL,EDDIE BARR now living in Austrailia and playing on the QUEENSLAND tour is leading their order of merit. He finished 2nd after a pair of 69s in the MIDDLE RIDGE PRO-AM CLASSIC and now sits on top of the table with 278 points,62 ahead of JUSTIN MAKER.
Eddie has won $32,438 this year.
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ENGLAND won the RAYMOND TROPHY played for every year during the HOME INTERNATIONALS,while IRELAND took home the WOODEN SPOON after a surprise 8 -7 defeat by WALES,9.5 to 5.5 against ENGLAND and a 12 -3 hammering by SCOTLAND in the final game.
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Monday, 31 August 2009
HEATH SLOCUM OVERTAKES THE BIG BOYS.
It was going to be the play off,of the century to decide the winner of THE BARCLAYS in the first of the FEDEX CUP play off's,before Heath Slocum decided to ruin the party by holing a 20 foot par putt for a stunning victory.
Waiting in the wings for a play off was Tiger Woods,Padraig Harrington,Ernie Els and Steve Stricker,but they were all stunned by Slocum's long putt.
After missing the cut in last weeks Wyndham Championship,Heath had to wait until the end to find out if he would make the play off.He did,with 125 making the finals he finished 124th.
After this week he is up to 3rd and with a cheque for $1.35million he can look forward to the next stage in Atlanta.
In joint 2nd,Ernie Els had a return to form with a 66,Tiger missed from 7 feet at the last for a 67,Harrington had another great finish with 4 birdies in the last 7 holes for a 67 and Steve Stricker lipped out at the last for a 69.All 4 came up one shot shy of the surprise winner HEATH SLOCUM.
Waiting in the wings for a play off was Tiger Woods,Padraig Harrington,Ernie Els and Steve Stricker,but they were all stunned by Slocum's long putt.
After missing the cut in last weeks Wyndham Championship,Heath had to wait until the end to find out if he would make the play off.He did,with 125 making the finals he finished 124th.
After this week he is up to 3rd and with a cheque for $1.35million he can look forward to the next stage in Atlanta.
In joint 2nd,Ernie Els had a return to form with a 66,Tiger missed from 7 feet at the last for a 67,Harrington had another great finish with 4 birdies in the last 7 holes for a 67 and Steve Stricker lipped out at the last for a 69.All 4 came up one shot shy of the surprise winner HEATH SLOCUM.
Sunday, 30 August 2009
GREAT WIN FOR HEDBLOM IN SCOTLAND.
SWEDE,PETER HEDBLOM was beaten by Simon Dyson in Holland last week,but this week he won the JOHNNY WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP at GLENEAGLES after a closing 67 for an overall total of 13 under par and a one shot victory from fellow countryman MARTIN ERLANDSSON. Erlandsson had an amazing run of 7 birdies in a row from the 6th and went on to produce a fantastic 10 under par 62 to set the clubhouse lead on -12.
Hedblom knew early on what he had to do,and he did it with his final birdie at the 16th and 2 closing pars gave him his 3rd European victory,and a nice cheque for 269,895 Euros.
Defending champion,Gregory Havret put up a good defence of his title and finished joint 3rd alongside local favorite Paul Lawrie on -10.
Damien McGrane was the best of the Irish.He hit a closing 68 to finish in joint 14th and pick up a cheque for 24,290 Euros,Gary Murphy needs a lot of good finishes to hold on to his tour card.This week he played better and finished on -4 and won 21,861 Euros for 16th place.
Johnny Caldwell had a bad weekend.He was -6 on Friday evening and finished on -1 after closing 76/73 and won only 12,793 Euros.Gareth Maybin couldn't get to grips with the greens and finished well down in 59th place on +6 and won 4,615 Euros.
Hedblom knew early on what he had to do,and he did it with his final birdie at the 16th and 2 closing pars gave him his 3rd European victory,and a nice cheque for 269,895 Euros.
Defending champion,Gregory Havret put up a good defence of his title and finished joint 3rd alongside local favorite Paul Lawrie on -10.
Damien McGrane was the best of the Irish.He hit a closing 68 to finish in joint 14th and pick up a cheque for 24,290 Euros,Gary Murphy needs a lot of good finishes to hold on to his tour card.This week he played better and finished on -4 and won 21,861 Euros for 16th place.
Johnny Caldwell had a bad weekend.He was -6 on Friday evening and finished on -1 after closing 76/73 and won only 12,793 Euros.Gareth Maybin couldn't get to grips with the greens and finished well down in 59th place on +6 and won 4,615 Euros.
Ramsay wins on Challenge tour in Poland.
Scotlands,Eric Ramsay made the DHL WROCLAW OPEN TOURNAMENT his own after he shot a 61 in the first round.He continued to lead from the start and after adding 68,65 and a closing 69 he produced the lowest finish on the Challenge tour this year.His -17 total of 263 was good enough by 2 shots for him to win 22,400 Euros first prize and a lift from 70th to 22nd in the merit table.Now he can think of a top 20 spot which will give him a card for the main European tour next year.
Andrew Butterfield was second on -15 along with Richard McEvoy.Both Andrew and Richard are in good position with Andrew in 2nd and Richard up one place to 4th.
It was another poor week for the Irish.Colm Moriarty and Gareth Shaw both finished down in 34th place on -5 and got a cheque for 980 Euros.
Andrew Butterfield was second on -15 along with Richard McEvoy.Both Andrew and Richard are in good position with Andrew in 2nd and Richard up one place to 4th.
It was another poor week for the Irish.Colm Moriarty and Gareth Shaw both finished down in 34th place on -5 and got a cheque for 980 Euros.
HARRINGTON STAYS CLOSE TO TIGER.
Paul Goydos 68 and Steve Marino 68 lead the way in THE BARCLAYS over the LIBERTY NATIONAL GOLF COURSE on 9 under par heading into the final round.
They have a 2 shot lead over Fredrik Jacobson 68 and surprise second round leader,Webb Simpson 72.
Tiger Woods who struggled with his putter over the first two days,got some relief yesterday when he moved to -4 after a 67.Padraig Harrington likes to keep in touch with Tiger and he did so with a fantastic finish of 5 birdies in the last 7 holes for a 67 to join Tiger,Ian Poulter and Zach Johnston all on -4.
They have a 2 shot lead over Fredrik Jacobson 68 and surprise second round leader,Webb Simpson 72.
Tiger Woods who struggled with his putter over the first two days,got some relief yesterday when he moved to -4 after a 67.Padraig Harrington likes to keep in touch with Tiger and he did so with a fantastic finish of 5 birdies in the last 7 holes for a 67 to join Tiger,Ian Poulter and Zach Johnston all on -4.
Saturday, 29 August 2009
HEDBLOM LEADS JOHNNY WALKER IN SCOTLAND.
Paul Lawrie lost his lead for the first time this week and is now in second place to Peter Hedblom heading into the final round tomorrow of THE JOHNNY WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP at GLENEAGLES in SCOTLAND.
Hedblom who was beaten in a play off last week handled the windy and sometimes wet conditions to return a 4 under par 68 to leave him on top with a 8 under par total.
Lawrie will be pushing all the way tomorrow as he didn't play that well today and after returning a 73 is only one shot behind.
Both these players need a good finish tomorrow as they are well outside the top 60 in the"Race to Dubai".Hedblow is 90th and Lawrie 97th.
Johnny Caldwell started the day in 2nd place only 3 shots behind the leader.He was doing very well to be level par after 12 holes.At the par 4,13th he left himself a 3 foot putt for par and walked off with a 7 after taking 4 putts.He went on to finish with a 76 and back down the field on -2.
Damien McGrane followed up his two level par rounds with a 1 under par 71 for a share of 26th place on -1.
Gareth Maybin had a bad day.He had 2 double bogies on his way to a 78,for a share of 60th place on +4.
Hedblom who was beaten in a play off last week handled the windy and sometimes wet conditions to return a 4 under par 68 to leave him on top with a 8 under par total.
Lawrie will be pushing all the way tomorrow as he didn't play that well today and after returning a 73 is only one shot behind.
Both these players need a good finish tomorrow as they are well outside the top 60 in the"Race to Dubai".Hedblow is 90th and Lawrie 97th.
Johnny Caldwell started the day in 2nd place only 3 shots behind the leader.He was doing very well to be level par after 12 holes.At the par 4,13th he left himself a 3 foot putt for par and walked off with a 7 after taking 4 putts.He went on to finish with a 76 and back down the field on -2.
Damien McGrane followed up his two level par rounds with a 1 under par 71 for a share of 26th place on -1.
Gareth Maybin had a bad day.He had 2 double bogies on his way to a 78,for a share of 60th place on +4.
RAMSEY BACK ON TOP IN POLAND.
Scotland's Eric Ramsay is back on top going into the final round of the DHL WROCLAW OPEN on the CHALLENGE TOUR in POLAND after a 3rd round of 65 leaves him with a 4 shot lead from overnight leader,Scott Jamieson who was unlucky to take a double bogey at the 15th for a 69.
No2 on the merit table Andrew Butterfield likes the course and we can expect him to make a charge tomorrow after 3 rounds of 66.German Nicholas Colsaerts after 68,64,66 is in 7th place on the merit table and will be looking to improve his position tomorrow.
Colm Moriarty played terrible golf during the first part of the season,but has rallied recently with some good finishes.He moved up 9 places from 27th to 18th after a third round of 67 leaves him on -7.
Gareth Shaw slipped down the leaderboard after a third round of 72 saw him drop 30 places from 18th position down into a share of 48th on -3.
No2 on the merit table Andrew Butterfield likes the course and we can expect him to make a charge tomorrow after 3 rounds of 66.German Nicholas Colsaerts after 68,64,66 is in 7th place on the merit table and will be looking to improve his position tomorrow.
Colm Moriarty played terrible golf during the first part of the season,but has rallied recently with some good finishes.He moved up 9 places from 27th to 18th after a third round of 67 leaves him on -7.
Gareth Shaw slipped down the leaderboard after a third round of 72 saw him drop 30 places from 18th position down into a share of 48th on -3.
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