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FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE Marc Warren, Mikko Ilonen, Tommy Fleetwood and Richard Sterne share the first-round lead with six-under 66s on Day 1 of the British Masters at the Grove
Scot Warren and Finn Ilonen both completed their opening rounds in 66 shots at The Grove to set the clubhouse target.
They were later joined on the 66 mark by Englishman Tommy Fleetwood and South African Richard Sterne.
Starting at the tenth tee, Warren (pictured by courtesy of Getty Images (c), fired a birdie at his first hole
before making another gain at the short 13th to get to two under.
A third birdie of the day at the 16th and back-to-back pars at the 17th and 18th saw Warren reach the turn in 33.
The 35 year old made a stunning start to his back nine, sending his
approach at the long second to within a foot of the hole before rolling
in for an eagle to jump to the top of the leaderboard.
Warren then sank his 20-foot birdie putt at the third to move to six under and open up a two-shot lead at the summit.
After safely parring the next five holes, Warren dropped his only
shot of the day at the ninth - his last - to fall back to five under.
Ilonen made a strong start to his first round, carding an eagle and a birdie on his way to reaching the turn in 32. A birdie at the tenth was followed by a bogey at the next but Ilonen
picked up shots at the 16th and 18th to finish on five under.
After his opening round, Ilonen said: "It was a perfect start. I played some of my best golf on the front nine.
"I sort of lost my rhythm a little bit there halfway through, but
came back strongly and made two birdies at 16 and 18, which was nice."
Englishmen David Horsey, Lee Westwood, James Morrison and Richard
Bland were one stroke behind the leading duo after producing opening
rounds of 67.
Defending champion Matthew Fitzpatrick's first-round 70 saw him finish the day four shots adrift of Warren and Ilonen.
LEADERBOARD
66 M Ilonen, M Warren, T Fleetwood, R Sterne. 67 D Horsey, L Westwood, R Bland, J Morrison, A Noren, A Johnston
OTHER SCORES 68 S Jamieson (T11) 70 C Lee, G Wright, S Gallacher (T29) 71 R Ramsay (T47) 73 P Lawrie (T84) 77 L Donald (T109)
British Masters: Ewen Murray gives his verdict on day one at The Grove
Ewen Murray reflects on an
entertaining opening day of the British Masters and discusses the change
in conditions, impressive rounds from Westwood, Warren and Hatton, and
his admiration for the loyal golf fans.
The morning lads had the better of the conditions for me. Yes
it was colder and we had some rain about, but you just wrap up, get out
there and get on with it.
The greens appeared to be a little more
receptive early on, and I thought the scoring conditions - apart from
the cold - were very good this morning and that was reflected on the
leaderboard.
Lee Westwood wrapped up and looked close to his best in the cold and wet early conditions
Lee
Westwood was out early, and it was hugely important for him to get a
good round under his belt after the disappointment of Hazeltine
a fortnight ago. At the start of the week, he was apologetic that he had
let his best friend down at the Ryder Cup.
But I didn't think
that was the case. If you look at his record over 10 appearances, he's
been a stalwart for the European team. You don't let anyone down at the
Ryder Cup - you win as a team and you lose as a team, it's never down to
one individual.
Westwood felt he had let Darren Clarke down at the Ryder Cup
Lee
bounced back with a nice 67 today and that was huge for his confidence
and his self-esteem. He looked close to his best, and his iron play in
particular was stunning.
Westwood is one off the lead held jointly
held by Richard Sterne, Mikko Ilonen, Tommy Fleetwood and it was great
to see Marc Warren in a tie at the top as well.
When Marc Warren is on form, he is as good as anyone out there
Marc
has struggled for consistency this year, and he missed four cuts in
five tournaments before boosting his bank balance with a tie for fifth
at the Dunhill Links last week.
I've been watching him for a
number of years now, and when he's on his game, he's as good as anyone
on the European Tour. We saw the best of him in '06 and '07 when he
picked up a couple of wins, and then there was a long gap before he won
the Made in Denmark in 2014.
When
you have an in-form Marc Warren, he's clearly in the top bracket of
players, but he needs to find out why he keeps having these lulls that
tend to go on for some months. We all wonder why, but he's the only one
that can unravel that.
There are no real obvious weaknesses in his
game, but there's obviously something that causes the downturns. But
when he gets an injection of confidence, we see the player we know he
can be.
Tyrrell Hatton, who turns 25 on Friday, is showing more maturity in his approach
Talking
of confidence, Tyrrell Hatton also impressed me in the first round at
The Grove, especially when he responded to an ugly double-bogey with
immediate back-to-back birdies to return to three under.
I'm not
sure he would have come back like that two or three years ago, but what
we saw today was a sign of maturity and we wish him a happy 25th
birthday for Friday.
Tyrrell
has his first victory tucked away, and it was a big win at the Home of
Golf last week, and that is something he will remember for the rest of
his life. He wasn't quite at his best today, he missed a few tee shots
to the left, but he still came away with a 68.
The conditions may have been less than ideal today, but we still saw bumper crowds turning up for another Sky Sports
Thursday at the British Masters. I think it's fantastic to be able to
give away 20,000 tickets to the fans for such a big event.
Big crowds flocked to The Grove despite the cold, rain and wind
Strathmore's Alex Simpson finished joint fourth after a disappointing final round of eight-over 79 in the Faldo Series' Grand Final's Under-16 years category at Stoke by Nayland Golf Club. Simpson ran up a triple bogey and two double bogeys in halves of 41-38. He had birdies at the 12th and 14th. His earlier rounds of 73 and 68 had him in contention. His 54-hole aggregate was 220. The Under-16s title was won by England's Harry Goddard with rounds of 69, 70 and 71 for a three-under-par aggregate of 210. The only other Scot in the Grand Final field, Elgin's Carinne Taylor, finished seventh in the Girls' Under-21 years section. She ahd rounds of 79, 76 and 80 for 235 - 20 shots behind the winner, Sara Zrnikova (Slovakia) with 71, 71 and 73 for 215. Mary Doyle (Ireland) finished second with 75, 69 and 75 for 219.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Boys’ Under-21:
210 – Henrik Machado (BRA) (69-70-71)
211 – Adam Chapman (ENG) (67-72-72)
215 – Adam Puchmelter (SK) (70-71-74).
Boys’ Under 18:
206 – Jiri Zuska (CZE) (67-69-70)
210 – Frankie Capan (USA) (72-74-64)
211 – Nathan Longley (ENG) (71-67-73).
Boys’ Under 16:
210 – Harry Goddard (ENG) (69-70-71)
212 – Kiet van der Weele (NED) (74-67-71)
216 – Esteban Jaramillo (COL) (69-74-73).
Girls’ Under-21:
215 – Sara Zrnikova (SK) (71-71-73)
219 – Mary Doyle (IRE) (75-69-75)
220 – Jana Melichova (CZE) (77-70-73), Emily Brennan (ENG) (74-70-76).
Montrose Links assistant professional Graeme Brown finished joint 10th in the PGA of Europe professional championship at Pravets Golf Resort, Bulgaria today (Thursday). The tournament was reduced to three rounds when Wednesday's play was abandoned because of bad weather. Brown earned £995 with rounds of 71, 68 and 73 for four-under-par 212. The Scot finished 10 strokes behind the title winner, Dutchman Ralph Miller, who earned £9,050 with scores of 68, 67 and 67 for a 14-under-par total of 202 which saw him finish five strokes clear of the field. Falkirk's Craig Matheson was the second highest Scottish finisher with rounds of 74, 76 and 69 for three-over 219 which earned him £580 Craig Ronald (Carluke) and Scott Henderson (Kings Links) finished joint 38th on 223, Ronald with scores of 73, 75 and 75, Henderson with 72, 77 and 74. They earned £384 each. Norman Huguet (Musselburgh) totalled 230 with rounds of 77, 78 and 75 for 230 and a pay-out of £290. He finished 46th in a field of 52 players. LEADING FINAL TOTALS par 216 (3x72) 202 R Miller (Ned) 68 67 67 207 C Shave (Eng) 71 71 65 208 M-E Bussieres (Can) 69 69 70 SCOTS' TOTALS 212 G Brown 71 68 73 (T10) 219 C Matheson 74 76 69 (T25) 223 C Ronald 73 75 75, S Henderson 72 77 74 230 N Huguet 77 78 75 (46th) Field of 52 players
Sandy
Lyle has repeated his 2014 win in the World Hickory Open championship
at Panmure, near Carnoustie. He put a lock on the 2016 title when he led
the field by seven strokes after a first-round 67 and a second-round 71 for 138 saw him finished 10 strokes clear of the field of 50.
“I’m
delighted to have won my fourth Major,” joked Sandy, winner of the 1985
Open and the 1988 Masters and many other titles, including the World
Hickory Open 2014. “It’s been a fantastic few days at Panmure with a
great championship and great golf.”
Joint
runners-up on 148 were 2015 World Hickory Open winner, Andrew Marshall from
Bawburgh Golf Club, Norfolk and Johan Moberg from Sweden. Both shot 74 in each round.
Rymer Smith, a scratch player
from Buckinghamshire, won theArchie Baird Trophy, which is
presented to the tournament’s top amateur golfer. He scored 76 and 74 for 150
Switzerland’s
Mauris Lauber won the 55-64 category, with Christopher Homer from
Morecambe winning the 65+ category.
The women's scratch title was won by
Sweden's Brita Nord (81-97 for 178), while Ingrid Lind from the Emirates
claimed the handicap title.
“Once
again, everyone involved in the World Hickory Open, whether as an
organiser or a competitor, has had a fantastic time in Carnoustie
Country,” said Lionel Freedman, Chair of the World Hickory Open, as he
presented Sandy Lyle with his trophy.
“The enjoyment on everyone’s faces
at the prizegiving is testament to what fun it is to play hickory golf,
especially when added to the fun is the opportunity to play hickory
golf on such a great golf course.”
Although
the prizegiving marked the end of the World Hickory Open 2016, many of
the competitors stayed to play in an international hickory team match at
Arbroath , another historic Carnoustie Country course, on 13
and 14 October.
“The
International Triangular Match is between teams from the USA, Europe
and World Hickory Select and is extremely popular,” said Lionel. “Last
year, it was won by the World Hickory Select so it will be very
interesting to see which team wins this year.”
LEADING FINAL TOTALS AT PANMURE 138 S Lyle (RandA) 67 71 148 A Marshall (Dereham) 74 74,J Moberg (Norrkoping) 74 74 150 M Sunesson (Helensborg) 76 74, R Smith (Bucks) (am) 76 74 160 A Good (Gullane) 80 80 163 O Werner (Stockholm) 81 82 164 R Valentine (Loretto) 86 78, I Forrester (Hoenshuis) 82 82 165 J Smith (Bucks) 83 82
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Left to right: Peter Abbott (North District SGU secretary), Sam Christie, (Handicap winner),
Sandy Aird (sponsor), Thomas Bell (U18s winner), Calum Scott (U15s winner), Robert McKeron (Forres GC captain). Picture by Robin Wilson
By ROBIN WILSON
Home
course player Thomas Bell won the Sandy Aird Cup by beating Jamie
MacKintosh (Nairn) 2 and 1 in the Under-18s final of the North District
junior match-play championships at Forres Golf Club today (Thursday). Bell and MacKintosh halved the first five holes before the latter took a
two-hole lead with a birdie on the sixth and par at the eighth. Bell won the ninth
with birdie and then the 12th and 13th hole to give him a two-hole
cushion. His bunker save for par at
the 17th gave him a 2 and 1 win
The Under-15s final was won by Nairn's Calum Scott at the 20th against clubmate Logan Gillies.
The second protege from Nairn's Scottt family, Calum, just became a
teenager in August and added to his earlier district stroke-play title. Scott and Gillies could not be separated after 18 holes but at the second extra hole
a 20ft birdie put won the day for Calum.
Sam
Christie (Rothes), who plays off 25,beat Lewis Fraser, a
seven-handicapper at Inverness Golf Club, by two holes in the Christie was receiving 18 strokes from Fraser and won the first three holes with
nett birdies and held a one-hole lead at the turn. By the 16th he was
dormie but lost the 17th hole before winning with a nett birdie on the last.
Forres Golf Club professional Sandy Aird sponsored the tournament.
Results of finals:
UNDER-18s - T Bell(Forres) bt J MacKintosh (Nairn) 2 and 1.
UNDER-15s - C Scott (Nairn) bt L Gillies (Nairn) at 20th.
HANDICAP - S Christie (Rothes) (25) bt L Fraser (Inverness) (7) 2 holes.
England’s Ian Poulter marked his return from a four-month
injury lay-off with a stylish seven-under-par 64 to share the first-round
lead with Spaniard Carlos Pigem at the Venetian Macao Open.
The
former Ryder Cup star birdied all the par five holes at Macau Golf and
Country Club and did not drop a single shot in the US$1.1 million Asian
Tour tournament.
Pigem, who broke through for his first win in Asia in
July, matched Poulter
later in the day, thanks to an stunning outward 28 which included five
birdies and one eagle.
Thailand’s
Chapchai Nirat led the chasing pack, with two closing birdies giving
him a 65 while India’s Anirban Lahiri, champion here in 2014, shot a
bogey-free 66 to share fourth place with Australia’s Marcus Fraser, who
made two eagles
after suffering an injury scare at the start of his round.
Birthday
boy Miguel Tabuena of the Philippines, who turned 22 today, signed for a
67 to share sixth place with back-in-form Australian Marcus Both, last
year’s joint runner-up Chiragh Kumar of India and Australia’s Kalem
Richardson.
FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
PAR 71. YARDAGE 6,6606
64 - Ian POULTER (ENG), Carlos PIGEM (ESP).
65 - Chapchai NIRAT (THA).
66 - Marcus FRASER (AUS), Anirban LAHIRI (IND).
67 - Miguel TABUENA (PHI), Marcus BOTH (AUS), Chiragh KUMAR (IND), Kalem RICHARDSON (AUS).
68
- Rattanon WANNASRICHAN (THA), Adam GROOM (AUS), Toni FERRER (ESP),
Alex CEJKA (GER), Rahil GANGJEE (IND), Sutijet KOORATANAPISAN (THA).
69
- Minkyu HAN (KOR), Quincy QUEK (SIN), Branden GRACE (RSA), Simon
GRIFFITHS (ENG), Siddikur RAHMAN (BAN), Danthai BOONMA (THA),
Chikkarangappa S. (IND), Pavit TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA), ZHANG Lian-wei
(CHN), Rashid KHAN (IND), CAO Yi (CHN),
Adilson Da SILVA (BRA), Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND).
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While
Tiger Woods has spent a career lacking a true rival, he's used an
assortment of adversaries to his advantage.
Golf Digest Contributing
Editor Tom Callahan touched on this in his book, In Search of Tiger: A Journey Through Golf with Tiger Woods,
in a passage about Woods and his mother, Kultida:
"If you cross them,
you are dead. They are like Joe DiMaggio that way...Tida never forgives,
Tiger seldom does; neither of them ever forgets.
"They revel in paybacks
for the rest of their enemies' lives." Any slight -- even those
imagined or innocuous -- does not go unnoticed. Hence the Nixon-like
enemies list Woods has developed through the years. Here is a partial
list:
This was after Williams taunted Woods by saying a win with Adam Scott
was "the best win of my life" -- an obvious shot at the former employer
who made him wealthy.
Williams compounded his bad form at a caddie
awards dinner during the WGC-HSBC Champions when he explained his
Bridgestone celebration this way: "My aim was to shove it right up that
black [expletive]."
Brandel Chamblee
The
tour player-turned-Golf Channel analyst has been a consistent and
outspoken critic of Woods, often citing flaws in Woods' game in recent
years.
It was a column in Golf.com, however, in which Chamblee took on Woods' character,
saying that Woods was "a little cavalier with the rules" in 2013, that
was particularly pointed.
Chamblee never used the word "cheater" when
talking about Woods, but he strongly implied it, likening Woods' season
to a test he took in fourth grade in which he received an 'F' for
cheating. Chamblee went on to apologise for the column.
.
Hank Haney
The
celebrated instructor, who helped shepherd Woods to six major titles
between 2005-08 fell out of favour with his star pupil when he abruptly
resigned as Woods' coach in 2010, then wrote -- with Golf World's Jaime
Diaz -- a tell-all book, The Big Miss, about their time working
together.
The book steered clear of the tawdry details that accompanied
Woods' sex scandal, but still portrayed the golfer as self-centred, immature and easily distracted.
David Eger
True, Eger's call to the Masters rules committee
about Woods' improper drop during the second round of the 2013
tournament may have actually saved Woods from disqualification --
because of his call, the committee initially reviewed and dismissed the
infraction, providing Woods a loophole to only receive a two-shot
penalty.
Nonetheless, Eger is the face of a swelling population of
television viewers who can alter tournaments with a mere phone call. The
2013 season was a bad one for Woods in that regard (see item on Brandel
Chamblee), with his appearances at Abu Dhabi, the Masters, the Players
and the BMW Championship all featuring rules incidents that prompted
phone calls from viewers.
Sergio Garcia
"The
reason Tiger dislikes him is that in the clubhouse once he saw Sergio
looking up at a television monitor and rooting somebody's golf ball out
of the hole," said Earl (Woods). "That's why he has no use of Sergio."
-- from Tom Callahan's book, His Father's Son: Earl and Tiger Woods.
The spring of 2013 didn't help, either. Woods and Garcia had a spat
while playing together at the Players, and their feud intensified when
Garcia made a racially insensitive joke about Woods at an awards dinner
weeks later.
Vijay Singh
At
the Presidents Cup in 2000, when Woods was matched with Singh, the
latter's caddy, Paul Tesori, wore a cap on which "Tiger Who?" was
stitched on the back.
Singh's response: "I don't know where he got that
hat, but I said, 'Why not?'" Tiger's response: He won the match, 2 and
1.
Ex-President Clinton
Shortly
after Woods won the Masters by a record 12 shots in 1997, he received
an invitation from then President Bill Clinton to a Shea Stadium
ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson having
integrated Major League Baseball.
The invitation also included a round
of golf. Woods declined both. "Why didn't Mr. Clinton invite me before
the Masters?" he said. "That didn't happen. As soon as I won, he invited
me. If he wanted me there, I think it would have been best if he would
have asked me before the Masters with all the other athletes that were
involved."
Greg Norman
They
were reasonably tight initially, and when Woods turned pro in August
1996, he listed Norman's Shark Shootout among the tournaments he would
play through the end of the year. Representatives of Norman, meanwhile,
said no such invitation had yet been tendered. Woods opted instead to
accept an appearance fee to play in the Australian Open the week after
the Shark Shootout. Finally, Norman's group invited Woods to play in the
Shark Shootout. Woods declined.
Fast forward to the fall of 2011.
First, Norman said that Woods would never win another major
championship. Then he said he would not have picked Woods to play on the
U.S. Presidents Cup team.
John Feinstein
A
Golf Digest and Golf World contributor, Feinstein has been a vocal and
frequent critic of Woods from the beginning of his professional career,
even writing a short book, The First Coming about him in 1998.
From page two of the book: "He signed endorsement contracts for
staggering amounts of money. He blew off the president of the United
States and Rachel Robinson, the widow of the century's most important
athlete -- and made no apologies for it.
He didn't have to. He was
Tiger. They weren't."
Feinstein has offered another unsparing looking of
Woods in his newest book, One on One: Behind The Scenes with the Greatest in the Game.
The man who led Australia's charge in its rout of the recent
World Amateur Championships has decided to turn professional before the
start of the country's summer of golf. New South Welshman Cameron Davis, who
fired the lowest individual score to help Australia win the prestigious
Eisenhower Trophy and boast the world's best amateur golfers, will begin
the next phase of his career at the Queensland Open next week. Turning pro: Cameron Davis. Photo: David Tease/GolfNSW
The Monash Country Club product who battled back from a serious wrist
injury late last year when a recovery shot went horribly wrong has
secured a start in the US PGA Tour's OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Mexico
next month before teeing it up in the Australian Open alongside Adam
Scott and Jordan Spieth at Royal Sydney the following week.
"I was
waiting for the opportunities for next year and seeing if I could
qualify for a major and if I had that would have been the thing that
would have stopped me [turning professional]," Davis said. "My
statistics have been telling me for a while that I can compete and it's
been a matter of getting a bit of confidence up and the last few weeks
has really helped with that. I'm happy with the decision and it
definitely feels like the right time."
The 21-year-old only
narrowly missed a start in the US Masters when his charge at last week's
Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Korea, won by compatriot Curtis
Luck, fizzled over the final few holes.
And it has spurred Davis to immediately turn professional, having
missed the majority of last year's Australian summer with the wrist
injury, which triggered a change in his swing and surgery on his wrist
bone to repair a tendon that was slipping in and out of its groove.
"It
gave me a bit of time to think about how I was going about things,"
Davis said. "I couldn't have done anything better in terms of how I
dealt with the injury and how I came back from it.
"I was able to
work on some parts of my game like chipping and putting around the
greens. My golf swing I've had to protect against little things that
might have weakened my wrist to the point where doing what I did might
have damaged it.
"The tournament in Mexico is a PGA Tour event
and it's already a chance to experience what it may be like if I get to
where I want to go. That was a bit of a surprise because I didn't
realise the tournament I won would get me a start there and to have all
these opportunities straight after I turn pro is a pretty awesome thing
to happen."
Lesley Atkins was at one time the Scottish Under-18 girls' champion and rated a top future prospect. Somewhere along the line the talent has disappeared.
Latest news from the US women's college circuit is that Lesley, a final year student at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, finished 52nd in a field of 55 players at the Golden Eagle Jam tournament at Hattiesburg Country Club, Mississippi. Atkins, pictured, had rounds of 82, 76 and 88 for a total of 30-over-par 246 over a par-72 course or 6,228yd. She finished 35 shots behind the winner by two, Emma Svensson (Central Arkansas), who had scores of 67, 71 and 73 for five-under 211. Will Lesley ever be the player her teenage form marked out for her? Never, say never. Justin Rose, who went on to win the US Open and play Ryder Cup golf, missed the cut in his first 25 tournaments as a professional.
A
report in The Guardian newspaper suggests that Donald Trump lost £26 million
($31.8 million) in 2014 and 2015 on his two golf properties in Scotland,
Trump International Golf Links at Balmedie, Aberdeenshire and Trump Turnberry in
Ayrshire.
That figure, discovered in recent filings with United Kingdom
authorities, allowed the Republican presidential nominee to avoid paying
U.K. corporation tax. Additionally, according to The Guardian, the
documents show differences between those accounts and filings Trump has
made with the United States Federal Election Commission.
The newspaper states that Trump declared in U.S. FEC filings that Trump Turnberry generated
$20.4 million (£16.6 million) in income in 2014, with Trump
International Golf Links earning just north of $4.4 million (£3.6
million).
However, his U.K. company accounts highlight losses on both
courses in 2014: £3.6 million at Trump Turnberry and £1.1 million at
Trump International. Last year's operating losses for Turnberry came in
at £8.4 million. Moreover, Trump faced £2 million in losses in
dollar-to-sterling currency exchanges last year; in 2014, that number
was £3.1 million.
Part
of the losses in these years may be explained by investments Trump and
his companies have made in improving the properties. According to The
Guardian, Trump has invested a total of £62.7 million in buying and
refurbishing Trump Turnberry.
Trump's son, Eric, in the filings states
the expectation is that the property will return to profitability "in
the short to medium term", according to The Guardian.
Trump,
who has boasted his business prowess and acumen throughout his
campaign, has lost money on Trump International Golf Links for four
straight years, from 2012 to 2015, according according to another newspaper, the Daily Record.
Sandy Lyle has repeated his 2014 win in the World Hickory Open championship at Panmure, near Carnoustie. He put a lock on the 2016 title when he led the field by seven strokes after a first-round 67.
“I’m
delighted to have won my fourth Major,” joked Sandy, winner of the 1985
Open and the 1988 Masters and many other titles, including the World
Hickory Open 2014. “It’s been a fantastic few days at Panmure with a
great championship and great golf.”
Joint
runners-up were 2015 World Hickory Open winner, Andrew Marshall from
Bawburgh Golf Club, Norfolk and Johan Moberg from Sweden. Both shot 74 in the first round.
Rymer Smith
from Buckinghamshire won the coveted Archie Baird Trophy, which is
presented to the tournament’s top amateur golfer.
Switzerland’s
Mauris Lauber won the 55-64 category, with Christopher Homer from
Morecambe winning the 65+ category.
The women's scratch title was won by
Sweden's Brita Nord, while Ingrid Lind from the Emirates
claimed the handicap title.
“Once
again, everyone involved in the World Hickory Open, whether as an
organiser or a competitor, has had a fantastic time in Carnoustie
Country,” said Lionel Freedman, Chair of the World Hickory Open, as he
presented Sandy Lyle with his trophy.
“The enjoyment on everyone’s faces
at the prizegiving is testament to what fun it is to play hickory golf,
especially when added to the fun is the opportunity to play hickory
golf on such a great golf course.”
Although
the prizegiving marked the end of the World Hickory Open 2016, many of
the competitors stayed to play in an international hickory team match at
Arbroath , another historic Carnoustie Country course, on 13
and 14 October.
“The
International Triangulation Match is between teams from the USA, Europe
and World Hickory Select and is extremely popular,” said Lionel. “Last
year, it was won by the World Hickory Select so it will be very
interesting to see which team wins this year.”
