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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Nick Dougherty will play the Italian Open in Milan. He was devastated by his mother’s death only a few days ago. Brendan Taylor, the manager of Nick Dougherty’s said in a press release that his mom wanted him to go out of the way to make it to the Ryder Cup team. (more…)
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Peter Lawrie was overwhelmed with joy and relief as he achieved his first European Tour victory. He was left totally speechless with joy. The closest he had come to a win before was losing a play-off for the same event to Kenneth Ferrie of England around five years ago. (more…)
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Gregory Bourdy of France denied David Howell what would have been a great victory for by winning the Estoril Open de Portugal at the third hole of a play-off at Oitavos Dunes. Scot Alastair Forsyth, seeked a second win in three weeks. He had tied on the 18 under par mark of 266 after two closing birdies. However he fell out of the race after driving into a bush on the second hole. (more…)
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Jose Maria Olazabal insists that he has not been offered to become Ryder Cup captain for Celtic Manor in Wales in two years’ tenure. He admitted that Thomas Bjorn, who is the chairman of Europe’s players’ committee, did speak to him a couple of weeks ago, but the job was not offered to him. (more…)
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Spain’s Pablo Martin’s win in the Portuguese Open at Oitavos Dunes last year won him the title of being the first amateur ever to be victorious in an event on the circuit. Now he aims to imitate Aaron Baddeley at the Australian Open in 1999 and 2000 by following a win as an amateur with a triumphant defence as a professional. Martin has always been very focused. (more…)
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Nick Dougherty has seeked the expert opinion of three-time champion Nick Faldo for his Masters debut at Augusta National. He does not want to leave any opportunities unexplored. He wants to gather all pearls of wisdom that he can manage before the game. (more…)
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Johnson Wagner has managed to retain the lead after the third round at the Shell Houston Open where Chad Campbell Bob Estes were challengers. Wagner carded a three-under-par 69 to move to 15 under par. Wagner entered the third round with a three-stroke lead. (more…)
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Andres Romero shot a final round 68 and finished on 13-under-par to win the Zurich Classic. The second and third place was taken by Peter Lonard and Tim Wilkinson respectively. (more…)
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
England’s Nick Dougherty stayed at the top of the leaderboard at the Maybank Malaysian Open after he opened the tournament with a 10-under-par 62 at the Kota Permai Golf and Country Club. Dougherty managed to maintain a two-stroke advantage over Simon Dyson and Australian Marcus Fraser. Both the players carded eight-under 64s in the morning.
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Tiger Woods has again proved that he is the best when he made the US dollars 8 million Accenture Match Play Championship look like a one-man show. Woods had the largest margin of win in the championship match of the event with 14 birdies in 29 holes. (more…)
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