Rumford wins Ballantine's in playoff
Australia's Brett Rumford eagled the first hole of a three-way playoff to win the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea on Sunday.
Rumford was leading by two shots when he double-bogeyed No. 17. He holed a 10-foot par putt at the last to finish at 11-under 277 and force a playoff with Marcus Fraser of Australia and Peter Whiteford of Scotland.
Rumford then holed a 4...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--Ballantine's Championship Scores,0235
Ballantine's Championsip Scores Leading scores Sunday in the Ballantine's Championship, a European and Asian Tours event at the 7,281-yard (6,660-meter), par-72 Blackstone Resort course:
Final round (x-denotes won tournament at first hole of playoff) x-Brett Rumford, Australia 73-67-69-68-277
Marcus Fraser, Australia 70-70-69-68-277
Peter Whiteford, Scotland 70-69-69-69...
Noren leads by 1 at Ballantine's
Alex Noren of Sweden leads by one stroke at the Ballantine's Championship after shooting a 3-under 69 in the third round following his earlier 67 in the rain-delayed second round on Saturday.
After two days of weather delays, the European and Asian Tour co-sanctioned event got back on track despite the cold and windy conditions on the Blackstone Course.
Noren is at 9 under...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--Ballantine's Championship Scores, 4th Ld-Writethru,0207
Ballantine's Championsip Scores Leading scores Saturday in the Ballantine's Championship, a European and Asian Tours event at the 7,281-yard (6,660-meter), par-72 Blackstone Resort course:
Third Round Alexander Noren, Sweden 71-67-69-207
Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 70-70-68-208
Peter Whiteford, Scotland 70-69-69-208
Brett Rumford, Australia 73-67-69-209
Marcus Fraser, Australia...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--Dubai Desert Classic Scores,0175
Dubai Desert Classic Leading Scores Leading scores Thursday at the Dubai Desert Classic, a European Tour event at the par-72, 6,713-meter (7,344-yard) Emirates Golf Club:
First Round Richard Sterne, South Africa 31-31 -62
Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 30-33 -63
Tommy Fleetwood, England 33-32 -65
Scott Jamieson, Scotland 33-32 -65
Chris Doak, Scotland 31-34 -65
Maximilian Kieffer...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--Qatar Masters Scores,0245
Qatar Masters Leading Scores Leading scores Thursday at the Qatar Masters, a European Tour event at par-72, 6,767-meter (7,400-yard) Doha Golf Course:
Second Round Martin Kaymer, Germany 68-67 -135
Ricardo Santos, Portugal 65-70 -135
Sergio Garcia, Spain 69-66 -135
Marcus Fraser, Australia 68-67 -135
George Coetzee, South Africa 69-67 -136
Felipe Aguilar, Chile 69-67 -136
...
Kaymer, Garcia among four leaders
Ryder Cup stars Martin Kaymer and Sergio Garcia share a four-way lead in the Qatar Masters, a stroke up after the second round on Thursday.
The leaderboard was bunched up in Doha after a day of unusually calm and warm conditions.
With Kaymer and Garcia at 9 under par were overnight leader Ricardo Santos and Marcus Fraser.
Former US Open champion Michael Campbell was among five...
Aussie Fraser holds lead in Sydney
Marcus Fraser of Australia shot a second consecutive 3-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Australian Open on Friday.
Fraser had five birdies and two bogeys to move to 6-under 138 at The Lakes. Fellow Australians Brendan Jones (71) and first-round leader John Senden (73) were tied for second.
Englishman Justin Rose was in a group tied for fifth at 3-under...
5 Things: Q-School drama tees off
No one wants to arrive at Q-School underprepared, but what can you do when you were a continent away just three days earlier?
A handful of European Tour players are plying their trade in this final Q-School that will offer PGA Tour cards. They played their home circuit's season finale, last week's DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, before arriving at the California desert...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--Hong Kong Open Scores,0222
Hong Kong Open Scores Scores Thursday from the Hong Kong Open, played at the par-70, 6,699-yard (6,127-meter) Fanling course:
First Round Javier Colomo, Spain 29-35-64
Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 33-32-65
Andrew Dodt, Australia 32-33-65
Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain 33-33-66
Fredrik Andersson-Hed, Sweden 32-34-66
Y.E. Yang, South Korea 31-35-66
Lorenzo Gagli, Italy 31-35-66
...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--European Masters Scores,0273
European Masters Scores Leading scores Thursday in the Omega European Masters, played at the par-71, 6,891-yard Severiano Ballesteros Course:
First Round Gregory Bourdy, France 31-32-63
Fredrik Hed Andersson, Sweden 34-31-65
Oliver Fisher, England 31-34-65
Anirban Lahiri, India 35-31-66
Rhys Davies, Wales 33-33-66
Robert Coles, England 33-33-66
Scott Barr, Australia 33-33...
Morrison leads 10 qualifiers for British Open
James Morrison earned his first trip to the British Open as the medalist Monday among 10 players who qualified at Sunningdale.
Morrison had rounds of 63 and 68 in the International Final Qualifying for Europe.
He was joined by Sam Walker, Jamie Donaldson, Alejandro Canizares, Marcus Fraser, Richard Finch, Ross Fisher and Matthew Baldwin. The final spots went to Thorbjorn Olesen...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--BMW International Open Scores, 1st Ld-Writethru,0179
BMW International Open Scores Leading scores Saturday at the BMW International Open, a European Tour event at 6,612-meter (7,228-yard), par-72 Gut Larcenhof course:
Third Round Danny Willett, England 65-70-69-204
Joel Sjoholm, Sweden 67-66-72-205
Chris Wood, England 65-70-70-205
Marcus Fraser, Australia 64-74-68-206
Keith Horne, South Africa 66-73-67-206
Marcel Siem, Germany...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--BMW International Open Scores,0201
BMW International Open Leading Scores Leading scores Thursday at the BMW International Open, a European Tour event at 6,612-meter (7,228-yard), par-72 Gut Larcenhof course:
First Round Marcus Fraser, Australia 33-31-64
Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay 32-32-64
Danny Willett, England 34-31-65
Paul McGinley, Ireland 33-32-65
Chris Wood, England 32-33-65
Pelle Edberg, Sweden 33-33-66...
European Tour reminds golfers of social media laws
The European Tour has reminded players that they face disciplinary action for breaching social media rules after James Morrison of England recently criticized the Wales Open in an online post.
The European Tour says sanctions will apply for any ''offensive, threatening, disparaging, hurtful or otherwise'' comments, and stuck a memorandum on a notice board at the...
Willett wins BMW International Open
Danny Willett of England won his first European Tour title after beating Marcus Fraser of Australia in a playoff at the BMW International Open on Sunday.
Willett shot a final-round 73 for an 11 under total of 277 to finish with a share of the lead with Fraser, who shot a last day 71 in rainy conditions on the Gut Larcenhof course.
Willett then sealed his first tour win in 106 starts...
Fraser, Zanotti share lead at BMW
Marcus Fraser of Australia and Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay are tied for the lead after the opening round of the BMW International Open.
Fraser and Zanotti each had an 8-under 64 at the Gut Larcenhof course outside Cologne on Thursday. Chris Wood, Danny Willett and Paul McGinley were next at 65.
Fraser birdied two of his opening three holes and five of his last six. It was his...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--Wales Open Scores,0156
Wales Open Leading Scores Leading scores Thursday at the Wales Open, a European Tour event on the par-71, 6,747-meter (7,378-yard) Twenty Ten course at Celtic Manor:
First Round Lee Slattery, England 34-33-67
Marcel Siem, Germany 34-34-68
Tim Sluiter, Netherlands 31-37-68
Gonzalo Fdez-Castano, Spain 35-43-69
Joel Sjoholm, Sweden 34-35-69
Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 35-34-69
Simon...
Wiesberger wins Ballantine's Championship
Bernd Wiesberger of Austria shot a four-under 68 to secure his maiden European Tour victory with a five stroke win at the Ballantine's Championship on Sunday.
The 26-year-old Wiesberger made four birdies on his way to claiming the win to become only the third Austrian to win on the European Tour after Markus Brier and Martin Wiegele.
''I played the best three rounds...
Wiesberger takes big lead at Ballantine's
Bernd Wiesberger of Austria shot a second straight 7-under 65 Saturday to open up a five-shot lead after the third round of the Ballantine's Championship.
He equaled the Blackstone Golf Club course record he had set the previous day to reach 14-under 202.
Marcus Fraser of Australia was in second after a third-round 69, with England's Oliver Fisher (67) and Chile's Felipe...
Wiesberger takes Ballantine's lead
Bernd Wiesberger shot a course record 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Marcus Fraser after the second-round of the Ballantine's Championship on Friday.
Wiesberger took advantage of calm early morning conditions to make seven birdies in a bogey-free round at the Blackstone Golf Course. The 26-year-old Austrian was at 7-under 137 in search of his first European Tour victory...
Wiesberger shoots course record 65
Bernd Wiesberger of Austria shot a course record 7-under 65 to take the second-round lead at the Ballantine's Championship on Friday.
Wiesberger, who has never won on the European Tour, took advantage of calm, early morning conditions to make seven birdies in a bogey-free round at Blackstone Golf Course.
He leads by one shot from 2010 Ballantine's champion Marcus Fraser...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--Ballantine's Championship Scores, 1st Ld-Writethru,0229
Ballantine's Championship Scores Leading scores Thursday from the Ballantine's Championship, a ?2.2 million European and Asian Tours event at par-72, 7,275-yard (6,678-meter) Blackstone Golf Club:
First Round Victor Dubuisson, France 35-33 -68
Jung Ji-ho, South Korea 36-34 -70
Richie Ramsay, Scotland 35-35 -70
Jamie Donaldson, Wales 35-35 -70
Mark Foster, England 35...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--Ballantine's Championship Scores,0234
Ballantine's Championship Scores Leading scores Thursday from the the Ballantine's Championship, a ?2.2 million event co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours at the par-72, 7,275-yard (6,678-metre) Blackstone Golf Club:
First Round Victor Dubuisson, France 35-33-68
Jung Ji-ho, South Korea 36-34-70
Richie Ramsay, Scotland 35-35-70
Jamie Donaldson, Wales 35-35-70...
GF,MGSPINTL *2080 AP-GLF--China Open Scores,0230
China Open Scores Scores Thursday from the China Open, a ?2.4 million ($3.15 million) event co-sanctioned by the European and Oneasia Tours at the par-72, 7,667-yard Binhai Lake Golf Club:
First Round (a-amateur) Matthew Baldwin, England 32-33-65
Joost Luiten, Netherlands 34-32-66
Gary Boyd, England 33-33-66
Scott Strange, Australia 32-34-66
Jean Baptiste Gonnet, France 33-33...
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