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Friday, November 30, 2012

" Anchors away me boys"....and girls..

'Throughout the 600-year history of golf, the essence of playing the game has been to grip the club with the hands and swing it freely at the ball,' USGA Executive Director Mike Davis said. 'The player’s challenge is to control the movement of the entire club in striking the ball, and anchoring the club alters the nature of that challenge

So with that the R&A and the USGA gave decided to ban the anchoring that is inherent in using the long or belly putter. This I agree with although there are several things about the announcement that has the golf world buzzing that raises my ire.

* First of all it was the same governing bodies that allowed players to anchor back in 1989 that has led to yesterday's ruling.. Talk about hoisting yourself by your own petard..

* Next, the ban doesn't take place until 2016. I realize these suits change rules in 4 year cycles, but come on, if it is so bad, it starts on January 1, 2013..

* On the PGA tour this year 39 winners had regulation putters, 6 anchored. This ruling will lessen the enjoyment of golfing for millions of recreation golfers who might even be using them for health reasons (bad backs etc) for the sake of a very few pros.


I have always argued that anchoring simply is wrong. It is against the fundamental principle that to putt well, you have to be able to control your nerves, and for those who can't it shows up in their hands. Anchoring removes that problem, especially when you combine it with the claw grip, thus completely removing the hands.

As for we duffers, we break the rules of golf every time we play, foot wedges, 6 foot gimme's, tip ups, mulligans, you know them all don't you. So while I agree we all should be bound by one set of rules I am sure we will continue to see those ugly big sticks in golf bags long beyond 2016..

It may be "Anchors Away" for the pros and top amateurs, but along with the foot wedge and all the rest, I feel we weekend warriors will be humming the same old song..


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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Fritsch finishes T7, Hadwin 32nd at Q School..Live scoring links including all Canucks

This is the last year for Q school as we know it. There are 172 entrants for the men and only the top 25 will get their cards. It's a total stroke play event over 6 gruelling rounds at PGA West in California

Next year the players who finish 126-200 on the PGA Tour and the top 75 from the Web.com Tour will play 3 tournaments and the top 50 will get their cards. There will be a Q school but only for the Web.Com Tour.

I feel that's a shame because as many of you will know, Q school is full of thrills and spills and there aren't any tournaments all year with more tension.

PGA Tour

6th round wrap

Seven Canadians have made it to the final stage this year.      Mitch Evanecz T140 74 69,73 70 75  +1        
Brad Fritsch, T7 72 67,66 71,66 68 -22        Adam Hadwin,T32 74 71,68 68 68 68 -15          Matt Hill,T118, 74 65,73 70,72 74  -4              Richard Scott,T114 73 70,73 68 69 74 -5       Roger Sloan,T73 71 72,75 70 66 68 -10           Ryan Yip T118 72 71.74 69 70 72  -4

Brad Fritsch has finished T7 improving 11 spots on his 18th spot on the Web.Com money list. Adam Hadwin closed with 4 straight 68's to finish T32.... The top 25 got their tour cards.

The winner is Dong-Lwan Lee of South Korea at -25, English star Ross Fisher closed with 66 to place 2nd at -24



PGA West (Nicklaus Tournament Course and TPC Stadium) La Quinta California
Click here for live scoring  http://www.pgatour.com/qschool/leaderboard/



LPGA  Tour

There are 8 Canadians in the LPGA field.    Rebecaa Lee-Bentham,  1st  69 75 67 69,67 -13      Ashley Sholer,MC  80 73 76 +13      Sue Kim,T53 76 71 74 70 69 E     Stephanie Sherlock,T10 71 70 71 69 74 -5                 Seema Sedekar,  MC 76 70 75 +5        Kirby Dreher,  MC 78.80 73+15        Izzy Beisiegel,  MC 76.75 76 +11      Samantha Richdale MC 76 74 71 +5



Round 5 wrap

Rebecca Lee-Bentham sank a 60-foot birdie putt on the final hole of LPGA Final Qualifying to earn co-medalist honors with Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn. The Toronto native started the day six strokes off the lead but carded five birdies in her bogey-free round for a share of the top spot with Jutanugarn at 13-under par.

I wasn’t really thinking about coming in first or anything,” said Lee-Bentham. “I just wanted to play well and focus on striking it well and making putts. I’ve been waiting for this for a while. It’s been a long grind for everybody out here.”

Stephanie Sherlock joins Lee-Bentham as the second Canadian to fill a spot in the top-20 this year and finished 10th after a 2-over 74 in the final round

Sue Kim finished T32 after a closing 69 and she will recieve Priority List 17 status as only the top 20 and ties get their LPGA cards.


LPGA International Daytona Beach, Florida
Click here for live scoring  http://www.lpga.com/golf/news/2012/11/qschool-stage-iii-rd2-results.aspx


Notes  

Graeme McDowell (68 -17) won for the fiirst time in 2 years as he beat his playing partner Keegan Bradley by 3 shots to win the PGA World Challenge. His last win was the same event when he beat Tiger in a playoff

Speaking of Tiger he put up $4m of his own cash to keep the exhibition event afloat after Chevron withdrew.

Meanwhile in South Africa Martin Kaymer shot -3 69 to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge by 2 shots at -8 280. Kaymer has struggled trying to regain his trademark fade after changing his game to a draw to try and play more effectively at the Masters.



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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Rory is the Story in Dubai.. live scoring links to all tours

Rory McIlroy has already won it, but the Race To Dubai officially wraps up at the Earth Course in Dubai this weekend. Expect to see Tour officials tweak the format this year so the outcome has a better chance of hinging on this final week..

You may remember Luke Donald had to travel to Florida for the season ending event last year to ensure he edged out Webb Simpson or the PGA Tour money title and in fact he finished 3rd in Dubai to wrap up the European Tour money title.

The Japan and Australasian Tours are in full swing as is the Sunshine Tour in RSA and as always I will provide live scoring links and reports here for them all..


EUROPEAN TOUR
DP World Tour Championship
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth Course (7,675 yards, par 72).
$8 million. 1st place: $1,333,560
Defending champ  Alviro Quiros..

Round 4 wrap 

europeantour.com  Rory McIlroy capped his remarkable 2012 season with victory at the DP World Tour Championship on a dramatic final day at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

The World Number One held off not only World Number Two and playing partner Luke Donald, but also Justin Rose - whose Earth Course record 62 had threatened to spoil the Northern Irishman’s lap of honour after a year in which he has won The Race to Dubai, the US PGA Championship and the money list in America.
McIlroy had found himself two behind as Ryder Cup teammate Rose put the finishing touches to a dazzling ten under par display, the lowest round of his European Tour career by two.

But the 23 year old, tied for the lead with second-ranked Donald overnight, was not to be denied and finished with five closing birdies.
He chipped close on the long 14th, pitched to three feet at the next, made a 20 footer on the 16th and went one ahead with a six foot putt on the short 17th.

Rose had done miraculously well to two-putt the par five last for birdie from around 100 feet, but McIlroy matched it to win by two; shooting 66 for 23 under.

By adding the title to his Race to Dubai crown McIlroy earned himself a combined €1,822,520 to set a new record for a single-season earnings with €5,519,117.

It was his fifth victory during a 2012 which included a second Major title - like the first by eight shots - and the same money list double on both sides of the Atlantic achieved by Donald last year. This season he has finished in the top ten in ten of his 15 tournaments on The European Tour

After finding the water on the last Donald shared third place with South African Charl Schwartzel



for tee times, live scoring click  http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012092/teetimes/index.html




PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA
BMW New Zealand Open, 
Clearwater Resort,
Christchurch, New Zealand

for live scoring click  http://www.bmwnzopen.co.nz/Tournaments/BMWNZOpen/TournamentLeaderboard.aspx

Round 4 wrap

Australian Jake Higginbottom became the first amateur golfer for 56 years to be crowned New Zealand Open champion with his one-shot victory in the BMW-sponsored tournament hosted by Christchurch at Clearwater.

Fellow Australian Harry Berwick achieved that feat also in Christchurch, but at Shirley, in 1956 that win coming two years after left-handed Bob Charles had won his country’s showpiece event as an amateur.

Higginbottom, a 19-year-old from New South Wales, started the final round three shots adrift of Mark Brown, New Zealand’s main hope of ending a drought of nine years since a Kiwi held aloft the winner’s silverware, the Brodie Breeze Trophy.

But his final round five under par 67 was good enough for a one shot win from Australian professionals Jason Norris and Peter Wilson who took home in the $A56,400 each from the event




JAPAN GOLF TOUR
Casio World Open
Kochi Kuroshio Country Club,
Kochi, Japan.

for live scoring click   http://www.jgto.org/jgto/WG02060000Init.do?year=2012&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=34&round=3


Round 4 wrap

Jung-Gon Huang 65 70,68, 66 -19 led from start to finish to win by 3 shots at the Casio World Open in Japan.



SUNSHINE TOUR
Lion of Africa Cape Town Open,
Royal Cape Golf Club, Cape Town, South Africa

for live scoring click  http://www.sunshinetour.info/tic/tmlsmon.cgi?tourn=CTOP~cardlink=Y~~season=212S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~

Round 3 wrap  (round 4 in progress)

South African Mark Williams -8 66,67,75 leads after round 3 by a shot over fellow South African Colin Nel



Gary Player Invitational,
Fairmont Zimbali Country Club,
Zimbali, South Africa.

for live scoring click   http://garyplayerinvitational.com/



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Friday, November 16, 2012

Yip, Sloan, Scott, Hill and Evancez all advance...Canadian results at Q school.. live scoring

Here is a summary of Canadian results from golfcanada. I have added live scoring links to each course

Stage 2 of Q School is now complete and on Saturday Matt Hill and Mitch Evanecz advantaced.
On Friday, Ryan Yip of Calgary, Roger Sloan of Merritt, B.C. and Richard Scott of Kingsville, Ont., all advanced to the final stage which will be played November 28th - December 3rd at PGA West.

Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., and Brad Fritsch of Ottawa will also be on hand at the final Q-school stage. Fritsch, who earned his PGA Tour card last month in the finale of the Web.com Tour Championship, will be looking to improve his priority standing heading into the 2013 season.

MURRIETA, California

http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq12/event/pgatq1227/contest/1/leaderboard.htm


Mitch Evanecz of Red Deer, Alta., played his worst round of the week but it did not cost him. The former Alberta Amateur Champion carded a round of 73 at the Bear Creek Golf Club to finish in a tie for sixth, good enough to advance to the final stage.

Stuart Anderson of Sooke, B.C., put together a furious final round only to come up two strokes short. Anderson shot a round of 67 which included seven birdies over a nine hole stretch but it left him tied for 26th. Only the top 19 and ties advanced.

Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., started the day two strokes off the cut line but a final round of 77 dropped him into a tie for 46th.



HUMBLE, TX

http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq12/event/pgatq1225/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

Roger Sloan of Merritt, B.C., carded a final round 72 at Redstone Golf Club to finish in a tie for 12th and advance to the final stage of PGA Tour Q-School.

Joining him was Richard Scott of Kingsville, Ont., who needed two birdies over his final four holes to make the cut on the number and finish in a tie for 18th. Only the top 19 and ties advanced to the final stage.

Michael Gligic (73) of Burlington, Ont., and Wes Heffernan (78) of Calgary both failed to advance




BROOKSVILLE, FL

http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq12/event/pgatq1224/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

For the third straight day, Matt Hill carded a 2-under 70 at Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville, Florida. That left him in ninth place at 11-under par which easily put him through to the final stage.

Jon Mills of Belleville, Ont., saved his best for last, posting his lowest round of the week, a 3-under 69, to finish in a tie for 51st.




PANAMA CITY, FL

http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq12/event/pgatq1228/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

Eugene Wong of North Vancouver, B.C., posted his best round of the week, 2-under 69 at the Hombre Golf Club. That left him tied for 23rd, which was two strokes shy of advancing to the final stage.

Ted Brown of Peterborough, Ont., shot 72 and finished in a tie for 60th



PLANTATION, FL

http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq12/event/pgatq1225/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

Ryan Yip of Calgary has qualified for the final stage of Q-school with a final round 67 on Friday at Plantation Preserve Golf Course & Club in Plantation, Florida. Yip finished in a tie for 13th as the top 19 and ties qualified to move on.

David Byrne of Essex, Ont., carded a final round 70 and missed the cut by three strokes while Yohann Benson of Montreal shot 71 to miss out by four strokes.

Rob Oppenheim took medalist honors at 21 under par after a 67 Friday. South Korea’s Meen Whee Kim finished second four shots back, while Kris Blanks finished third.

Ross Fisher,a European Tour winner and former Ryder Cup player, finished in a tie for 13th while another European Tour winner, Oliver Fisher, birdied his final two holes to make the cut on the number at 10-under par.

Among the notables who failed to advance were Hank Kuehne, Jamie Lovemark, Jesper Parnevik and Manuel Villegas, brother of PGA Tour pro Camilo Villegas, who will be playing in the final stage at the end of the month to try and retain his Tour card for next year 




MCKINNEY, TX

http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq12/event/pgatq1225/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

None of the four Canadians entered in the qualifier at TPC Craig Ranch managed to advance to the final stage. James Love of Calgary came the closest, missing by just five strokes after a final round 72 which left him tied for 33rd.

Only the top 20 and ties advanced to the final stage.

Adam Cornelson (70) of Langley, B.C., finished tied for 48th, David McKenzie (70) of Georgetown, Ont., finished tied for 55th while Chris Baryla (73) of Vernon, B.C. and Dave Levesque (74) of Sainte-Catherine, Que., finished tied for 65th.



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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Donald wins in Japan, Adam Scott in Australia, as golf's stars are scattered around the world this week.. live scoring links

The world's best are scattered around the world as play for the 2012 season winds down. Here are the events with live scoring links to them all..


EUROPEAN/ ASIAN Tour

Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Golf Club (6,734 yards, par 70).
$2 million. 1st prize.: $333,330.
Canadian  Andrew Parr MC +3 71,72

for live scoring click  http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012090/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y

Round 4 wrap
europeantour.com  .Miguel Angel Jiménez became the oldest winner in European Tour history as the Spaniard produced a masterclass in approach play to capture the UBS Hong Kong Open for the third time.

A five under par round of 65, which might have been even lower had his putter got going, gave him a 15 under par total at Hong Kong Golf Club and one shot victory over Fredrik Andersson Hed.

Australian Marcus Fraser was third and joint fourth came Ireland's Peter Lawrie – sealing his place at the DP World Tour Championship in the process - Scot Stephen Gallacher and 19 year old Italian Matteo Manassero, last week's Barclays Singapore Open champion.

New Zealander Michael Campbell, joint overnight leader with Jiménez, fell away to joint eighth


PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA
Australian Masters
Melbourne, Australia.
Kingston Heath Golf Club (7,116 yards, par 72).
$1.04 million. 1st prize: $187,395.

for live scoring click  http://www.pga.org.au/scores

Round 4 wrap
AP.. Adam Scott trumped playing partner Ian Poulter is a classic final day shootout to break a 15-month tournament drought and claim his first gold jacket at the Talisker Masters on Sunday.

Scott took on one of the fiercest competitors in world golf and beat him in a superb head-to-head battle at Kingston Heath, with the world No.5 overturning a one-shot deficit on the final day to win by four strokes at 17 under par.

The Australian's final round score of 67 was five shots better than Poulter's, with the pair showing their dominance by finishing well clear of the rest of the field.

Kiwis Gareth Paddison and Mark Brown had a close battle for third place, but had to settle for a share of the spoils some eight shots behind Scott





EUROPEAN TOUR/SUNSHINE TOUR
South African Open
Ekurhuleni, South Africa.
Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate (7,761 yards, par 72).
$1.27 million. 1st prize: $201,090.

for live scoring click   http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012098/leaderboard/index.html

Round 4 wrap 

europeantour.com   Henrik Stenson ended a five year wait for a European Tour title by capturing the SA Open Championship at the Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate.

The Swede saw off a spirited charge from George Coetzee, who was bidding to secure a maiden win with his national title, to finish on 17 under par and triumph by three shots.

Stenson, who also secured his spot at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai by coming out on top, moved to the leaderboard’s summit after the second round and retained his three shot lead by the end of play.





LPGA
CME Group Titleholders
Naples, Fla.
TwinEagles Club, Eagle Course (6,529 yards, par 72).
$1.5 million. 1st prize: $500,000.

for live scoring click   http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx


Round 4 wrap

lpgatour.com  South Korean standout Na Yeon Choi (@nychoi87) managed to hold onto her third-round lead to capture her seventh-career LPGA victory at the season-ending CME Group Titleholders (@CMEGroupLPGA) at The TwinEagles Club in Naples, Fla. Choi takes home the $500,000 first-place check after firing rounds of 67-68-69-70 to finish with a 14-under 274. Finishing two shots behind Choi is fellow Korean and  Rookie of the Year So Yeon Ryu.




JAPAN GOLF TOUR
Dunlop Phoenix 2012
Phoenix Country Club,
Miyazaki, Japan.

http://www.jgto.org/jgto/WG02020000Init.do?year=2012&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=33&round=3


Round 4 wrap
World number three Luke Donald has carded a three-under-par 68 to complete a five-stroke victory at the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan.

In an inconsistent final round on Sunday, Donald shot three birdies, an eagle and two bogeys but was never significantly challenged on his way to victory at the Phoenix Country Club in the south of Japan.

 Donald started with two birdies and an eagle in the opening eight holes but bogeys on the ninth and 10th halted the 34-year-old's momentum.Having started the final round of the Japan Golf Tour event four strokes clear at the top of the leaderboard, Donald cruised through the back nine with seven consecutive pars following his bogey on the 10th hole and wrapped things up with a birdie on the 18th.

Japanese amateur Hideki Matsuyama took second place thanks to a four-under 67 to finish on 11 under for the tournament, while Koumei Oda was a shot behind in third.
Australia's Brendan Jones finished in a tie for fourth with Hiroyuki Fujita



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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Rory wins PGA of America and US Vardon Trophy awards

 

 

 

Rory McIlroy has just won the PGA of America and US Vardon trophies.

The world number one won four times in the US during a season in which he topped the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic.

McIlroy's victories included his second major win at the US PGA in August.

The Northern Irishman will also be favourite to land the PGA Tour's own player of the year award.

Tiger Woods was runner-up for the PGA of America's Player of the Year but ineligible for the Vardon Trophy because of his injury withdrawal during the final round of the WGC Championship in Miami in March.

But for that he would have finished with an average of 68.9 to McIlroy's 68.87 but second place instead went to Jim Furyk on 69.3.

The PGA Tour has its own Player of the Year award, and members have until 30 November to vote.

Rory is defending his title in Hong Kong this week having just wrapped up the Race to Dubai after his 3rd place finish in Singapore.


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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Matteo Manessero wins a playoff Singapore, Beljan wins at Disney..with live scoring links and all Canadian scores

The last official event of the year is the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic at the Disney Resort in Florida and of course it is life or death for all the guys who have not secured their cards and are around the 125 mark. Billy Mayfair is on that number right now.

Remember last year Luke Donald had to play this event as he and Webb Simpson were close for the money title. He shot 64 won the tourney and went on to win the money titles on both tours in his year of years.

Rory McIlroy is about to emulate him, he has already wrapped up the PGA tour and has a healthy lead as he plays in Singapore this week, on the European Tour.


PGA Tour
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS CLASSIC
Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Walt Disney World Resort, Magnolia Course (7,516 yards, par 72) and Palm Course (7,010 yards)

Canadians  Mike Weir MC 74, 70

Round 4 wrap

pgatour.com   Two days after he was wheeled out of the scoring room on a stretcher, Charlie Beljan was celebrating on the 18th green as the band played "Zippity-Do-Dah." He arrived at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic with his job in jeopardy, and left with a two-year exemption that will send him to the Hyundai Tournament of Champions at the start of the year, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill and lots of other tournaments where winners belong.

"Every day I drove underneath that Disney sign coming in here that said, 'Where dreams come true,' and that's just what happened this week," Beljan said after closing with a 3-under 69 for a two-shot win.

Robert Garrigus and Matt Every each closed with 68s and tied for second.

Tim Herron was the other big winner Sunday, closing with a 69 to tie for ninth. That gave him enough money to move from No. 138 to No. 124 on the money list, giving him his full card for the 2013 season.
Kevin Chappell finished at No. 125. He wound up $1,809 ahead of Jerry Kelly, who is out of the top 125 for the first time in his career

for tee times and live scoring  http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r045/tee-times.html

top 125 money list click  http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/info/?109




European/ Asian Tour
SINGAPORE OPEN
Sentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course (7,372 yards, par 71).
$6 million. Winner: $1 million.

Canadians : None

Round 4 wrap
europeantour.com....Rory McIlroy had a 69 65 weekend to finish 3rd at -10.  Louis Oosthuizen and Matteo Manessero went to a playoff to decide the winner..

With both in the fairway in the third playff hole, each player found the green, with Oosthuizen using the slope long of the green to help his ball back onto the left of the putting surface while Manassero did the same, but half the distance to the hole, with an excellent chance of eagle. And the Italian took advantage, rolling his putt for a three right in the heart from 12 feet after Oosthuizen had missed from long range, and Manassero picks up the third win of his career on The European Tour at just 19 years of age



tee times and live scoring  http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012088/teetimes/index.html




LPGA
LORENA OCHOA INVITATIONAL
Guadalajara, Mexico.
Thursday-Sunday.
Guadalajara Country Club (6,644 yards, par 72).
$1 million. Winner: $200,000.

Canadians  None

Round 4 wrap

lpgatour.com   Cristie Kerr fired a final-round 3-under 69 and overcame a two stroke deficit to win this year’s Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Jalisco.
It feels amazing,” said Kerr. “You know, coming in those last couple of holes it didn’t feel like I had won before. I kind of just squeaked in. I won by a shot, that’s all that it takes, I’ve lost plenty of tournaments by a shot, but winning by a shot feels a lot better.”

Kerr entered today’s final round two-strokes behind second round leader Angela Stanford but carded six birdies and three bogeys to secure her first LPGA Tour victory in two years. The Floridian fired rounds of 67-69-67-69 to take home her 15th win on the LPGA.

Stacy Lewis Clinches Rolex Player of the Year… With her T4th finish at this week’s Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Jalisco, Stacy Lewis clinches this year Rolex Player of the Year and becomes the first American since Beth Daniel in 1994 to win the award.


tee times and live scoring click  http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Pairings.aspx?



eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR
Championship at River Run
River Run Country Club,
Davidson, N.C.

Canadians   Zack Schnurr MC +9 79,74

Final wrap

Matt Ryan of Santa Clarita, CA spent a good portion of 2012 working on his approach and his mental game. That work, as it turned out, was put to good use in Thursday’s final round of the eGolf Tour’s Championship at River Run. Errant tee shots on the front and back nines led to two balls out-of-bounds, but allowed Ryan to stay focused, turning two bad swings into a final-nine comeback, which left him on the winning side (73 -5), of a day-long battle with playing partner Bobby MacWhinnie of Charlotte, NC.. (74 -4)

live scoring click  http://tarheel.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/tarheel12/event/tarheel1220/contest/1/leaderboard.htm




EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR
Fubon Senior Open,
Miramar Golf and Country Club,
Taipei, Taiwan.

Canadians  Rick Gibson T19 72 71 73 E, Bill Hardwick T51 74 73 +3, Ken Tarling T24 73 69 75 +1,

europeantour.com   Tim Thelen has won his third European Senior Tour title of the year after a five shot victory in the Fubon Senior Open at Miramar Golf and Country Club in Taipei, Taiwan.

live scoring click http://www.europeantour.com/seniortour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012890/teetimes/index.html



JAPAN GOLF TOUR
Taiheiyo Masters,
Taiheiyo Club,
Gotemba Course,
Shizuoka, Japan.

Canadians  None

Final wrap

After 3 rounds Ryo Ishikawa -11 67 69 69 and a final round of 68 has just won the Taiheiyo Masters by a shot with a -15 total.

live scoring click  http://www.jgto.org/jgto/WG02060000Init.do?year=2012&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=32&round=3



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