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Greg Norman Has Chance to Slay Demons at British Open

Greg Norman has been in this position seven times before and managed to win once.
Today at the British Open, the 53-year-old Australian who once was the best golfer in the world, will get another chance to erase the demons of his past as he tries to become the oldest winner in major championship history.
Norman, now [...]

Choi stands firm at windswept British Open

High winds battered the third round of the British Open on Saturday, leaving the world’s best golfers struggling against being blown clean off the leaderboard.
Overnight leader, KJ Choi, bidding to become the first Asian golfer to win a major, stood firm however with pars on his first four holes to stretch his outright lead to [...]

Immelman going for a hat-trick

Masters Tournament winner Trevor Immelman will attempt to secure a hat-trick of wins on home soil when he tees up at the South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Estates from December 18-21.
Immelman, the champion in 2003 and 2004, will join an illustrious field at this year’s event, which boasts a prize fund of [...]

With This Win… Graeme McDowell - Barclays Scottish Open

With this win Graeme McDowell secured his fourth European Tour International Schedule victory in his 146th European Tour event and his second win of the 2008 European Tour season, following the Ballantine’s Championship.
*First time in his European Tour career he has recorded multiple victories in the same season
*Fourth different country he has won in: Sweden [...]

The European Tour will return to the Czech Republic

The European Tour will return to the Czech Republic for the first time in 12 years with the announcement that the Czech Golf Open will feature on the 2009 International Schedule.
The €2.5 million tournament will be played at the Miguel Angel Jiménez-designed Prosper Golf Resort from July 30 – August 2, 2009 and will form [...]

Fisher and Larrazabal to head to Ohio

European Tour Members Ross Fisher of England and Pablo Larrazabal of Spain have both qualified for the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational after their respective successes at The European Open and the Open de France ALSTOM.
Larrazabal will tee up at Firestone Country Club in Ohio, America, as a reward for his maiden European Tour success at [...]

Larrazabal leads Westwood and Lawrie

Pablo Larrazabal continued his excellent form at the Open de France ALSTOM to establish a two stroke clubhouse lead over Lee Westwood and Peter Lawrie.
The Spaniard – inspired by his home country’s football performance in the Euro 2008 Championships on Thursday evening – was the first player to tee off on Friday morning and he [...]

Fab four going for No 1 in France

The European Tour Order of Merit’s top four players are set to go head to head for the Number One spot at the €4,000,000 Open de France ALSTOM.
Miguel Angel Jiménez, Robert Karlsson, Lee Westwood and Oliver Wilson are all at the stunning Golf National in Versailles looking to take the oldest – and one of [...]

Westwood heads world-class field at Le Golf National

Lee Westwood will be looking to build on the performance which saw him finish third at the US Open Championship when he returns to action in a world-class field gathered for the Open de France ALSTOM at Le Golf National on the outskirts of Paris.
Westwood led the US Open at Torrey Pines with nine holes [...]

Kaymer makes history with BMW play-off victory

Kaymer started the final day six shots clear of the field but this was no victory stroll in front of an adoring gallery. After three days of superb golf Kaymer struggled to the turn in 38 and ran up a triple-bogey eight on the long 11th, putting two balls in the lake short of the [...]