PLAY GOLF IN AFRICA IN MARCH - AND BOAST ABOUT IT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR

2nd TUNISIA GOLF FESTIVAL “

March 1 to 8, 2014

Based at Hammamet

 

Last year's supporters of the inaugural Tunisia Golf Festival. Just about the right number for everyone to know everyone else by the end of the week. Small in number but large in personal enjoyment on and off the course.

LATEST NEWS

  When someone who was at the 1st Tunisia Festival is the first to put his name down for the 2nd Festival you know he must have enjoyed himself. That's the case with Thomas Lavery junior from Inverclyde. He is going back for more of the same - great golf programme, great weather, great entertainment. It's all there in the package.

And he painted such a nice picture of the events at the 1st Tunisia Festival to Ian Bradshaw that he has made a booking as well.

Eric Morrison from Aberdeen and two of this golfing friends are thinking about making up a party to enjoy the Festival on an off the course in March. 

What a great idea! And what a great idea it would be to give 

someone the present of a trip to the 2nd Tunisia Golf Festival as a 

     
             CHRISTMAS PRESENT

 

You don't have to be Scottish or a male or even a golfer to join the party for the 2nd Tunisia Golf Festival. There will be something there for everyone to enjoy. Sightseeing trips for instance   

TOURNAMENT PACKAGE

£989 per GOLFER on HALF BOARD 

(Sharing a Double or Twin Room)

£760 per NON-GOLFER on HALF BOARD

 (Sharing a Double or Twin Room)

£80: Single room Supplement (for 7 nights)

The Tournament Package includes:

·       Return flight with TUNISAIR from London or Manchester inclusive of taxes + Check-in luggage + Golf Clubs Carriage + in-flight meal and drinks

·       Seven (7) Nights’ Accommodation on HALF BOARD in the LE ROYAL HAMMAMET HOTEL 5*

·       Five (5) Rounds of organised competitive golf to be played on YASMINE and CITRUS Golf Courses

·       Cocktail Party with Canapé on March 2

·       Gala Dinner with entertainment and Drinks: March 7.      Followed by Prize Presentation Ceremony

·       Excursion to PORT EL KANTAOUI

·       1 Massage per Golfer

·       SPA Package for NON-GOLFERS

·       Transfers: TUNIS Airport – LE ROYAL HAMMAMET Hotel – TUNIS Airport

·       Daily transfers: Hotel – Golf - Hotel

For bookings and Further details please contact:

ELITE EVENTS & TRAVEL

145-157 St John Street; London, EC1V 4PW , England

Tel: 0203 0049893  - Mobile: 07938334456  Email: golf@eliteevents-travel.com   

Tunisia: Golf amongst the palm trees. Don't miss the chance to play golf in the warmth of Africa.

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MYGOLF RANKINGS AT DECEMBER 15, 2013

MyGolfRanking International 

1 Toni McDonagh (Fortwilliam, Northern Ireland) 1217 pts

2 Conal Duffy (Fortwilliam) 1210

3 Scott Hunter (Tillicoultry) 1185

4 Alastair Wastson (Langlands) 1175

5 Craig Meeks (Thornton) 1157

6 Jo Elson (Aqualate) 1143, 7 Lewis Blyth (Prestonfield) 1133, 8 Adam Jobes (Seacroft) 1129, 9 Gary Barclay (Torrance Park) 1125, 10 Roger Leslie (Spey Bay) 1105, 11 Ricky McNeill (Dunnikier Park) 1102, 12 Douglas Taylor (Dunfermline) 1100, 13 Ian Gorn (Aberdour) 1092, 14 Kevin Wood (Prestonfield) 1085

15 Daniel Alexander (Kingsknowe) 1075, 16 Alex McKenzie (Lothianburn) 1061, 17= Graeme Cox (Drumoig) 1058, Jack Owens (Bangor, NI) 1058, Jim Rice (Aberdour) 1058, 20 Paul Page (Kingsknowe) 1056

21 John Douglas (Leven Thistle) 1055, 22 John Cowan (Ayr Carrick) 1050, 23 John Boag (Blairgowrie) 1048, 24= Greig Denton (Balfron) 1043, Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) 1043.

For up-to-date ranking lists of participating clubs, the full Regional, National and International Rankings and how it works, visit www.mygolfranking.net.

The MyGolfRanking service is free to clubs and members. Clubs wishing to participate should register on www.mygolfranking.net or email info@mygolfranking.net for information.

This week’s MyGolfRanking Golfer of the Week is Conal Duffy of Fortwilliam Golf Club, Northern Ireland. Conal jumps into the MyGolfRanking International Ranking Top 25 for the first time at No 2.                          

The MyGolfRanking Club of the Week is Fortwilliam Golf Club, Co Antrim. This week the club has the top two players in the MGR International Ranking, Toni McDonagh, who also tops the Ladies Ranking, at No 1 and Conal Duffy at No 2.

 

MyGolfRanking Men

1 Conal Duffy (Fortwilliam, Northern Ireland) 1210 pts

2 Scott Hunter (Tillicoultry) 1185

3 Alastair Wastson (Langlands) 1175

4 Craig Meeks (Thornton) 1157

5 Lewis Blyth (Prestonfield) 1133

6 Adam Jobes (Seacroft) 1129, 7 Gary Barclay (Torrance Park) 1125, 8 Roger Leslie (Spey Bay) 1105, 9 Ricky McNeill (Dunnikier Park) 1102, 10 Douglas Taylor (Dunfermline) 1100.

MyGolfRanking Women 

1 Toni McDonagh (Fortwilliam, Northern Ireland) 1217 pts

2 Jo Elson (Aqualate) 1143

3 Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) 1043

4 Emily Aird (Blairgowrie) 1010

5 Mary Carragher (Arrowe Park) 1006

6 Rosemary Macintyre (Fort William) 1000, 7 Susan Baldwin (Scotscraig) 996, 8 Pat Magill (Newton Stewart) 981, 9 Hilary Brown (Scotscraig) 979, 10 Josie Cooper (Aqualate) 975.

MyGolfRanking Clubs

1 Fortwilliam, Northern Ireland 962 pts

2 Kingsknowe 879

3 Prestonfield 871

4 Dunfermline 868

5 Blairgowrie 861

6 Aberdour 859, 7 Awali 856, 8= Alyth 844, Milngavie 844, 10, 10 Falkirk Tryst 840.

David Moir

in LEAGUE with GOLF Ltd

info@mygolfranking.net

 

SERGIO GARCIA WINS THAILAND CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FIRST OF 2013

           Sergio Garcia with his first trophy of the year

REPORT FROM ASIAN TOUR

Chonburi, Thailand: Spaniard Sergio Garcia claimed a four-shot victory at the Thailand Golf Championship on Sunday, thanks to a final round of four-under-par 68 which gave him a first victory of 2013.

The Ryder Cup  star, who held an overnight four-shot advantage, held off World No. 3  Henrik Stenson of Sweden, who also signed for a 68 in the US$1 million Asian Tour event at Amata Spring Country Club.

Frenchman Alexander Levy carded a 69 to finish third while India’s Anirban Lahiri emerged as the joint best Asian performer by sharing fourth place with Japan’s Yuki Kono (69), last year’s winner Charl Schwartzel of South Africa (67) and world number four Justin Rose of England (72). Chapchai Nirat was the highest placed Thai golfer in tied eighth after a 69.

In a year which has seen him post 10 top-10s around the world, World No. 19 Garcia, who is expected to rise to 10^th in the world after picking up 38 world ranking points, produced some of his best golf to break his duck in front of massive galleries at the magnificent Amata Spring.

Stenson, winner of the European Tour’s Race to Dubai and PGA Tour’s FedExCup this season, trimmed the overnight lead by half at the turn but Garcia shifted into fifth gear with three successive birdies from the 10^th hole to eventually cruise home comfortably and pick up his 21^st Tour victory and fourth on the Asian Tour with his 22-under-par 266 winning aggregate.

“It was great, an amazing week …. obviously being the last week of the year and for having Katharina (Boehm) caddie for me,” said the 33-year-old, who had his girlfriend on caddying duty here.

“I knew Henrik was going to make it difficult for me. He's been playing so amazingly great, and he did. He kept hitting good shot after good shot. And then when I bogeyed seven, I had to make a good par save on nine after getting a bit unlucky with the approach shot. And then I made three very important birdies on the first three on the back nine and gave myself a little bit of a cushion,” added Garcia, who finished fourth here last year.

After safely hitting the floating island green on the par three signature 17^th hole and finding the fairway on 18, it was only then that Garcia could enjoy the victory march up the final green.

“I pretty much knew that finishing par, par, the tournament was pretty much mine, and then just making sure I kept the tee shot dry on 18 and I hit a great second shot with a six iron, and once the ball came out of the clubface, I knew that I was pretty much done,” said Garcia, who pocketed US$180,000.

Stenson, who has been enjoying dinners with Garcia throughout the week in Bangkok, lamented missed opportunities on eight and nine which would have drawn him level with the Spaniard.

“I've had a great year but coming here really on the fumes left in the tank, not too much going for me to perform in that sense. But I played really nicely yesterday and I was hanging in there today and I was just coming up a couple short,” said the Swede, who has won three times since August.

“I needed something really, really good to happen on eight and nine but I didn't make those two birdie putts and Sergio was hanging in there, made one or two good saves and then he made three birdies in a row, and pulled away. Congratulations to Sergio on a great week. He played really well.”

Playing in the last group with Garcia and Stenson, Lahiri got off to a bright start with a birdie on two but failed to build on any momentum with bogeys on eight and 14 leaving him in a share of fourth place.

“It was a disappointing round. I don't think I was as focused as I needed to be on the greens. I missed a lot of putts, especially on the back nine. I couldn't get any momentum. 

"Any time I hit a good shot, I would miss the putt. It was probably my worst round of golf in three tournaments, so not a great time but still happy with the way I played this week,” said Lahiri.

Rose failed to mount a title charge, missing some early opportunities to eventually settle for a share of fourth position to conclude a season which saw him winning a first Major trophy at the U.S. Open.

“It was like yesterday, hit it to four foot on the first hole and missed it, and then drove it in the bunker at the second. So, momentum was difficult, and the weather was very tough. But, I've enjoyed my week and I'm happy to put the clubs down for a few weeks but I thought it was a really fun tournament. It's been an amazing year,” said the Englishman. 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 288 (4x72) Yardage 7,486

266 Sergio GARCIA (ESP) 68-65-65-68.

270 Henrik STENSON (SWE) 70-67-65-68.

274 Alexander LEVY (FRA) 70-65-70-69.

275 Charl SCHWARTZEL (RSA) 68-73-67-67, Yuki KONO (JPN) 72-69-65-69, Justin ROSE (ENG) 65-68-70-72, Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 71-64-67-73.

277 Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 72-69-67-69, Rickie FOWLER (USA) 70-66-71-70.

278 Thongchai JAIDEE (THA) 71-71-68-68, Marcus FRASER (AUS) 69-73-67-69, Gaganjeet BHULLAR (IND) 66-73-69-70.

279 Hunter MAHAN (USA) 71-72-68-68, Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL (THA) 74-68-65-72.

280 BAEK Seuk-hyun (SKOR) 72-71-68-69, Ryo ISHIKAWA (JPN) 74-68-68-70, Berry HENSON (USA) 72-71-66-71.

281 Prayad MARKSAENG (THA) 72-72-71-66, Masahiro KAWAMURA (JPN) 69-70-72-70, Masanori KOBAYASHI (JPN) 75-68-67-71, Alex CEJKA (GER) 64-71-73-73, Kiradech APHIBARNRAT (THA) 69-68-71-73, D.A. POINTS (USA) 73-69-66-73, Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA) 71-68-67-75, KIM Gi-whan (SKOR) 74-68-64-75.

WESSELINGH COMPLETES DREAM DOUBLE IN SENIOR TOUR FINALE

A double handful for winner Wesselingh 

 Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)

REPORT FROM EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

Paul Wesselingh ended a fairy tale year in stunning style with a commanding five-stroke victory in the MCB Tour Championship as the Englishman sealed the European Senior Tour Order of Merit crown in empathic fashion in Mauritius.

Wesselingh completed a dream double at Constance Belle Mare Plage, closing with a three under par 69 for a winning total of 14 under par 202, ahead of defending champion David Frost (66) and Spaniard Miguel Angel Martin (67), who shared second place on nine under par.

It was an impressive display of front running from Wesselingh, emulating the feat of Henrik Stenson, who won the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai on The European Tour to win The Race to Dubai and finish as the continent’s Number One player.

Echoing Stenson’s commanding performance last month, the outcome of neither the tournament nor the John Jacobs Trophy was never really in doubt on a comfortable afternoon over the Legend Course for the 51 year old Liverpool-born player. 

Starting the day with a three stroke lead over Colin Montgomerie, Wesselingh quickly extended his advantage on the front nine with birdies on the fourth, seventh and eighth holes, as 2010 European Ryder Cup Captain Montgomerie faltered, first with a bogey on the second hole then with a double bogey on the fifth after finding water.

Wesselingh then birdied the tenth to open up a seven shot cushion early on the back nine, but suffered a brief moment of concern with back-to-back bogeys on the 14^th and 15^th holes, before signing off a magnificent season with a birdie on the last hole.

That clinched back-to-back Senior Tour victories following his triumph in the Fubon Senior Open in Taiwan last month, as an emotional Wesselingh claimed his fourth victory of 2013.

It also completed a remarkable rise from a long time club professional to the European Senior Tour No. 1, 12 months after he had secured the Senior Rookie of the Year in Mauritius.

“It feels incredible,” said Wesselingh. “To do it in the way I have done it, by winning the tournament and playing alongside Colin Montgomerie, winner of eight European Tour Order of Merits and a big hero of mine, is very special.

“It feels like it was meant to be. I feel incredibly honoured and delighted. It’s hard to believe what I have done this year, really. To win four times and to win the Order of Merit is an incredible achievement.

“I love this course and it suits my game down to the ground. I won the Rookie of the Year here last year and now the John Jacobs Trophy. I really do have to pinch myself at it all.”

Wesselingh took a lead of €47,936 in the Order of Merit over Steen Tinning into the Senior Tour’s season finale, meaning Tinning needed to win the title to stand any chance of claiming the John Jacobs Trophy.

However, the Dane, who has the consolation of succeeding Wesselingh as Rookie of the Year, finished 13 strokes off the pace in tied 20^th position, meaning Wesselingh only could concentrate solely on winning the tournament.

“Halfway through the round I knew I had won the Order of Merit, so I had to refocus a little bit,” he said. “I wanted to win the Order of Merit first and foremost, but then I had this big lead and it is just a dream come true the way it has all happened this week.

“Winning both titles is just like Henrik Stenson, in a way. I can’t tell you how proud I am of myself.”

Frost, who has now won twice and finished runner up twice over the Legend Course, eagled the 13^th hole and carded five birdies in his round of 66, while Martin had four birdies in a row from the 11^th hole to join him in second spot, claiming his ninth top ten finish of the season – a record match only by Wesselingh.

Roger Chapman, the 2012 Senior Tour Number One, carded a final round of 69 to share fourth position with Spaniard Pedro Linhart on eight under par, with Montgomerie two shots further back in sixth position following a closing 74.

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72)

202 P Wesselingh (Eng) 67 66 69

207 M Martin (Esp) 66 74 67, D Frost (RSA) 70 71 66

208 P Linhart (Esp) 72 68 68, R Chapman (Eng) 67 72 69

210 C Montgomerie  (Sco) 70 66 74

211 S Brown (Eng) 72 73 66, M Cunning (USA) 72 73 66

212 P Golding (Eng) 72 72 68, R Drummond (Sco) 71 70 71, C Williams (Eng) 72 72 68, M Farry (Fra) 71 69 72

213 M McLean (Eng) 69 71 73, A Sherborne (Eng) 68 72 73

214 G Ryall (Eng) 68 75 71, J Carriles (Esp) 74 68 72, R Thompson (USA) 70 71 73, P Fowler (Aus) 72 69 73, C Rocca (Ita) 73 72 69

215 P Eales (Eng) 72 70 73, S Tinning (Den) 71 71 73, B Lane (Eng) 74 73 68

216 G Manson (Aut) 73 71 72, A Oldcorn (Sco) 73 73 70, R Gibson (Can) 70 71 75

217 G Wolstenholme (Eng) 74 72 71, L Carbonetti (Arg) 72 75 70,

218 B Cameron (Eng) 75 74 69, G Brand Jnr (Sco) 73 74 71, H Buhrmann (RSA) 70 69 79, A Franco (Par) 72 72 74

219 N Job (Eng) 77 70 72, S Luna (Esp) 70 75 74, T Thelen (USA) 76 72 71

220 J Bruner (USA) 76 66 78

221 S Van Vuuren (RSA) 74 79 68, J Quiros (Esp) 75 71 75, D Smyth (Irl) 71 75 75, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 75 70 76

223 B Longmuir (Sco) 75 71 77

224 S Torrance (Sco) 75 76 73, K Spurgeon (Eng) 74 71 79

225 P Jonas (Can) 74 73 78, W Grant (Eng) 74 73 78

226 D Russell (Eng) 74 78 74

228 M Harwood (Aus) 80 77 71

232 J Gould (Eng) 75 79 78

245 G Brand (Eng) 84 84 77

  

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS