Monday at Wimbledon, Hovland makes history, final golf scoreboards/ stories..

The Wimbledon fortnight at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club gets underway in SW London under rain filled skies this Monday morning, however since my last year there in my capacity as the GM at Craiglockhart Sports &Tennis Centre, some things have changed, some never will. Roofs covering the courts may be the  biggest change of all, making the life of the Tournament Director, like my old pal Alan Mills a lot easier. The days of dodging the showers, and constantly re-scheduling matches was a nightmare. Often the mixed doubles had to be cancelled all together, and remember the UK used to come to a standstill, with millions tuned into the BBC at home watching the uninterrupted coverage.

LPGA; 

Seb Korda is due to play today at Wimbledon,, yesterday he watched his older sister Nelly win her first major, the KPMG Women's PGA. Alena Sharp had a great week except for her last 9 holes with two doubles and 2 bogey's, she T25 -2, while Brooke Henderson T21 -3.. The results are here.

Champions Tour:

Mike Weir 72, Stephen Ames 73 both T20 +8 at the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, not alone in being miles behind run away winner by 6 shots, Steve Stricker (70) at -7. Results here 

PGA Tour:

Not a great week for any of the Canadians at the Travelers Championship, David Hearn 71 T73 +2, Mac Hughes 74 +3 T76.

Sloan, Taylor, Hadwin, Gligic all missed the cut and all six of them play this week in Detroit at the Rocket Mortgage.

Harris English took 8 playoff holes to beat pga someone called Kramer Hickok. Results here.

 PGA Tour Latinoamerica:

Drew Nesbitt from Shanty Bay, Ontario, has been a topic of conversation in this blog from time to time, this week he travelled down to Ecquador and lost in a playoff at the Banco del Pacifico.

At -17 for the week he lost to a birdie on the 1st extra hole to American Connor Godsey. Results here

European Tour:

Since he turned  pro in 2019 I've been touting a young Norwegian, Victor Hovland, he has already won twice on the PGA Tour and yesterday made history in Germany at the BMW International Open with a 2 shot victory (70 -19)) over Martin Kaymer who closed with a 64 -17.

This is the first time a man from Norway has won on the European Tour. Results

Bryan Angus