Posts Tagged ‘golf players’
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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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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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Sandy Lyle believes that time is running out on his bid to be Europe’s Ryder Cup captain. Lyle made his debut on Champions Tour earlier this month. But since the Ryder Cup was not scheduled to be staged in his native Scotland until the year 2014, he believed his chances of captaining the European team in the biennial matches against the United States were gradually becoming less. He was keen to be the captain. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
David Howell returns to action on the European Tour after a three-week break at the Maybank Malaysian Open. After a dreadful 2007 season where the 32-year-old came crashing down from a career-high third on the European Tour Order in 2006 to 142nd, he managed to retain seventh-place at the Qatar Masters. (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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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Adam Scott divulged that his record score in the final round of Commercial bank Qatar Masters was his best ever last-round performance in his overall career. He fired a course record of 11 under par 61 to emerge victorious at the Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club. (more…)
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
In morning as well as the afternoon sessions of the Buick Invitational, almost 100 players gathered into a white tent for a compulsory meeting on the PGA Tour’s latest anti-doping policy. (more…)
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