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Denmark’s Niklas Nørgaard fired an eight-under 64 to open up a four-stroke lead with round one to play at the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo. The 32-year-old was two back on Saturday morning but put on an incredible display to reach 16 under par to surge clear of South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence, who sits second at The Belfry on 12 under. Nørgaard showed his intention from the off with a birdie at the first, with another following at the par-five third after seeing an eagle putt burn the edge. He added a third gain at the par-five…
Great Britain and Ireland produced an undefeated afternoon fourballs display to secure a two-point lead going into the final day of the 43rd Curtis Cup. Over Sunningdale’s Old Course, Catriona Matthew’s side were full of belief to build a 7-5 advantage ahead of eight singles ties tomorrow. GB&I are bidding to win the Curtis Cup for the first time since 2016, with the USA having won 11 of the last 13 contests. Matthew’s team need to reach 10½ points to win the trophy on Sunday. With the scores level at 3-3 overnight, the morning foursomes were halved before the home…
Great Britain & Ireland staged a stirring fightback to level the scores at 3-3 against the USA following a fantastic opening day at the 43rd Curtis Cup. In glorious conditions at Sunningdale Golf Club in front of large galleries, Meghan Stasi’s visiting team opened up a 2-1 lead following the morning foursomes. But a chip-in from 15 yards by Ireland’s Sara Byrne on the 17th sealed a 2&1 win with Lottie Woad over Catherine Park and Zoe Campos to pull the sides level, as Catriona Matthew’s side won the afternoon fourballs by the same 2-1 margin. Three sets of foursomes…
Yorkshire were crowned winners of the 2024 Boys’ County Finals after beating Gloucestershire, Kent and Cambridgeshire at Teignmouth Golf Club in Devon. After beating Gloucestershire (5.5-3.5) and Kent (6-3) on the first two days, they saw off Cambridgeshire 6.5-2.5 on Thursday to secure the trophy. Tai Naylor was Yorkshire’s star performer and one of only two unbeaten players at the event, as he picked up 5.5 from six points available, while 14-year-old Thomas Hartshorne and Alex Boyes also won five out six points in superb showings. Naylor said: “It’s been a brilliant week all week, with a lot of hard…
We’d like to welcome reigning FedExCup champion Viktor Hovland at the 2024 TOUR Championship. You’re coming in here at No. 17 off of some solid weeks in Memphis and Denver. Can you give us some comments on the state of your game heading into East Lake this week. VIKTOR HOVLAND: Yeah, I feel like things are getting better every single week, so that’s nice to build on. Obviously I had a really nice week in Memphis and played okay last week. I just couldn’t get anything going with my putter. I’d rather play bad if I putted poorly instead of…
Sir Nick Faldo resumes hosting duties at the Betfred British Masters at The Belfry this week where both he and former tournament host Luke Donald will have a keen eye on the start of the qualification campaign for the 2025 European Ryder Cup team. Faldo returns to the tournament hosting role for the second consecutive year as the DP World Tour’s 2024 season enters its ‘Back 9’ at the renowned venue where Faldo made three of his 11 appearances for Europe in the biennial contest, in 1985, 1989 and 1993. The six-time Major champion is keen to see some of…
The 43rd Curtis Cup gets under way at Sunningdale Golf Club this week, with the opening ceremony taking place on August 29 ahead of the three days of competitive action from Friday to Sunday. The format of the matches sees eight female amateurs from Great Britain & Ireland taking on their counterparts from the USA. Each of the first two competition days features three foursomes and three four-ball matches. On Sunday, eight singles matches are contested. One full point is awarded for each victory, while a half-point is earned for matches that are tied after 18 holes. The USA needs…
Justin Rose and Francesco Molinari have been named as respective captains for the DP World Tour’s Team Cup when Great Britain and Ireland take on Continental Europe in Abu Dhabi in January. Rose takes on the role for the first time, while Ryder Cup team-mate Molinari captained Continental Europe to victory two years ago in the Team Cup’s first edition. The two teams will face each other on the National Course at Abu Dhabi Golf Resort from January 10-12 next year. ROSE QUOTES Rose said: “It’ll be strange going up against Fran in a match play competition rather than him…
Stacy Lewis has named her three captain’s picks to round out her 12-strong team to face Europe in next month’s Solheim Cup matches. Lexi Thompson says being picked as one of three wildcards for the United States Solheim Cup team to face Europe next month “means the world” to her. The 29-year-old is retiring from playing full time at the end of the year so will be making her seventh and final appearance in the biennial competition. US captain Stacy Lewis said the decision to pick Thompson “was probably the easiest to make of these three”. “She’s somebody who is…
The Junior Vagliano Trophy and Jacques Leglise Trophy matches produced two pieces of history when the contests finished at West Lancashire. However, an unprecedented fifth straight win for the best junior men from the Continent of Europe in the Jacques Leglise had to take a back seat to Great Britain and Ireland’s breakthrough victory in the Junior Vagliano Trophy. After seven straight times watching the top girls from the Continent of Europe win the trophy, the home side finally took the silverware. Shortly after the Continent of Europe ran out 12-10 winners of the Jacques Leglise Trophy, GB&I eked out…
